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Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Painted Churches of the Troödos Region of Cyprus.
🦃 THANKSGIVING at the LIBRARY: Franklin Roosevelt Talks Turkey
President Roosevelt offers a stern admonition on how to prepare your turkey. (Oh, the things you can find in the library!)
🔎 HOMESCHOOL RESEARCH & NEWS – November 2023
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Our November roundup of some recent academic research and news about home education in the United States and around the world, with links to sources. We have three items this month, on homeschool coverage in the Washington Post; comparative international homeschooling; and gifted homeschooling in Iran.
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 19 November 2023
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Great homeschool teaching tips and wonderful little lessons for the week ahead, including: Thanksgiving days, amazing astronomers, phamous philanthropists, ethereal music, excellent evacuations, Czech rivers, a toast to two great American birds, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: North Carolina, Cyprus, Djibouti, and More
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Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: North Carolina, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, and Djibouti. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Sandpipers (Part I)
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the long-legged Sandpipers (Part I), familiar shorebirds all around the world.
🇺🇸 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: Eight Score Years Ago
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“What place is this? Where are we now?” (Marking the 160th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, with help from Ken Burns and Carl Sandburg.)
🖋 🌠 WONDERFUL WORDS: Of Poems and Meteors
“Stars, I have seen them fall, / But when they drop and die / No star is lost at all / From all the star-sown sky.” (Our sublunary homeschool poem-of-the-week, from A.E. Housman, for the annual Leonid meteor shower.)
🌎 🇨🇷 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Cocos Island in Costa Rica
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Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: Cocos Island National Park in Costa Rica.
🌠 🦁 HOMESCHOOL ASTRONOMY: Leonid Meteors for November
Take your young astronomers outside this week and look to the constellation Leo for the annual Leonid meteor shower.
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 12 November 2023
Great homeschool teaching tips and wonderful little lessons for the week ahead, including: Leonid meteors, magical movies, Gettysburg Addresses, wading birds, Costa Rican parks, Croatian rivers, a toast to freedom, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: New York, Costa Rica, Cuba, and More
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Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: New York, Costa Rica, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, and Cuba. Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🌟 STAR BRIGHT: Algol and Perseus for November
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Make the acquaintance of the variable star Algol this month — “the demon star” in the constellation Perseus the Hero and one of the brightest stars in the northern hemisphere sky — and make it your homeschool friend for life.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Lapwings, Plovers, & Jacanas
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the leggy Lapwings, Plovers, and Jacanas.
📚 🇺🇸 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: The Veterans History Project
You and your homeschool students can contribute to an important historical documentary project by interviewing American veterans in your family or community for the Library of Congress.
🖋 🕊 THE ELEVENTH DAY of the Eleventh Month: We Will Remember Them
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: / Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. / At the going down of the sun and in the morning / We will remember them.” (Our commemorative homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Laurence Binyon, for Veterans Day and Armistice Day.)
🌎 🇨🇴 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: The Fortresses of Cartagena in Colombia
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Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: the Port, Fortresses, and Monuments of Cartagena in Colombia.
🖋 🇺🇸 WONDERFUL WORDS: America’s Choosing Day
“These stormy gusts and winds waft precious ships.” (An extra electoral homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Walt Whitman, for the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.)
📚 LEARNING THE LIBRARY: The Philosophical 100s
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Explore your local library and the whole universe of knowledge with our homeschool tour of the Dewey Decimal System. This month: the Philosophical 100s.
⚗️ HOMESCHOOL SCIENCE & HISTORY: Happy Birthday to Marie Curie!
Happy birthday to the great Polish-French physicist, chemist, and two-time Nobel laureate Marie Skłodowska Curie, born on this day in 1867.
🗓 QUICK FRESHES for Homeschool Families – Week of 5 November 2023
Great homeschool teaching tips and wonderful little lessons for the week ahead, including: Veterans Days, falling stars, Dewey decimals, Mayflower compacts, celebrated chemists, Colombian rivers, a toast to remembrance, and more!
🌎 🇺🇸 SUNDAY STATES: Virginia, Colombia, Congo, and More
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Take a homeschool tour of the U.S. states and the countries of the world with the River Houses. This week: Virginia, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Kinshasa), and Congo Republic (Brazzaville). Open up your atlas and almanac and follow along with us!
🔭 WATCHERS OF THE SKIES: Homeschool Astronomy for November
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Our homeschool review of the educational wonders that you and your students can watch for in the northern hemisphere night sky during the month of November.
🦅 FRIDAY BIRD FAMILIES: Stilts, Avocets, & Oystercatchers
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Come along on our homeschool tour of North American birds and pick up some great science and natural history lessons along the way. This week: the long-legged Stilts, Avocets, and Oystercatchers.
📸 PHOTO CHALLENGE for November: “Bicycles” and “Too Many to Count”
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Calling all homeschool photographers! The Wikimedia Commons Photo Challenge is a great way for enthusiastic homeschool photography students to develop their skills and gain some recognition for their work. This month’s themes are “Bicycles” and “Too Many to Count.” Take a look!
🖋 🍂 WONDERFUL WORDS: A Leaf-Treader
“I have been treading on leaves all day until I am autumn-tired. / God knows all the color and form of leaves I have trodden on and mired.” (Our autumnal homeschool poem-of-the-week, from Robert Frost, for the falling leaves.)
🌍 🇨🇫 WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: St. Floris National Park in the Central African Republic
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Pay a homeschool visit to a World Heritage Site from one of our countries-of-the-week and learn some great history and geography along the way. This week: Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park in the Central African Republic.
