For National Fossil Day, why not explore a big collection of rare and beautiful books on paleontology made available by the Smithsonian Institution and the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
🏛 Homeschool Museums & Historical Monuments (Recent Posts)
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
A collection of great homeschool teaching ideas, resources, and little lessons on museums and historical monuments from the River Houses Homeschool Network. Add your name to our free River Houses mailing list and get posts like these delivered right to your mailbox every week! 😊
📜 🇺🇸 THE U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES and Constitution Day
The National Archives in Washington has a wealth of free teaching materials available that are ideal for homeschoolers. Why not pay them a visit this week to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on 17 September 1787.
📜 🇺🇸 CONSTITUTION DAY and the U.S. National Archives
Pay a homeschool visit to the National Archives in Washington this week to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on 17 September 1787. The National Archives has a wealth of free teaching materials available that are ideal for homeschoolers.
📜 🇺🇸 INDEPENDENCE DAY and the Declaration
Be sure to add a visit to the National Archives and the Declaration of Independence (in person or online) to your homeschool Fourth of July calendar!
📺 HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARIES for Your Homeschool Summer
Ten multi-part masterpieces of the documentarian’s art that you and your homeschool students can watch together and discuss over the summer.
🇺🇸 AMERICAN ICON: The Concord Minute Man
Teach your homeschool students to recognize one of the most famous artistic symbols of the American Revolution this week: Daniel Chester French’s “Minute Man” (1874).
⛏ NATURE NOTES: It’s National Fossil Day!
For National Fossil Day, why not explore a big collection of rare and beautiful books on paleontology made available by the Smithsonian Institution and the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
📜 🇺🇸 CONSTITUTION DAY and the U.S. National Archives
Pay a homeschool visit to the National Archives in Washington this week to celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on 17 September 1787. The National Archives has a wealth of free teaching materials available that are ideal for homeschoolers.
📜 🇺🇸 INDEPENDENCE DAY and the Declaration
Be sure to add a visit to the National Archives and the Declaration of Independence (in person or online) to your homeschool Fourth of July calendar!
🇺🇸 AMERICAN ICON: The Concord Minute Man
Teach your homeschool students to recognize one of the most famous artistic symbols of the American Revolution this week: Daniel Chester French’s “Minute Man.”
⛏ NATURE NOTES: It’s National Fossil Day!
For National Fossil Day, why not explore a big collection of rare and beautiful books on paleontology made available by the Smithsonian Institution and the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
📜 🇺🇸 INDEPENDENCE DAY and the Declaration
Be sure to add a visit to the National Archives and the Declaration of Independence (in person or online) to your homeschool Fourth of July calendar!
💰 🇻🇮 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Salt River Bay in the Virgin Islands
Explore American history and geography in your homeschool with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
🗓 👩⚕️ HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the American Red Cross!
Happy birthday to the American Red Cross, one of the largest public service organizations in the United States, founded by Clara Barton on this day in 1881.
🇺🇸 AMERICAN ICON: The Concord Minute Man
Teach your students to recognize one of the most famous artistic symbols of the American Revolution: Daniel Chester French’s Concord Minute Man.
🌸 VISIT THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS in Washington, D.C.
On this day in 1912, the Japanese government presented a gift of 3000 cherry trees to the United States to line the banks of the Potomac River and other sites in Washington, D.C., where they and their successors may still be seen today.
🖍 ATTENTION HOMESCHOOL ARTISTS: It’s Color Our Collections Week 2020!
Download a whole year’s worth of free educational coloring pages and booklets from major libraries and museums all around the world.
💰 🇦🇸 🦇 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: The National Park of American Samoa
Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint — with free lesson plans! New this month: a quarter for the National Park of American Samoa — with bats!
💰 🏞 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Idaho’s Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho.
⛏ NATURE NOTES: It’s National Fossil Day!
For National Fossil Day, why not explore a big collection of rare and beautiful books on paleontology made available by the Smithsonian Institution and the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
💰 🏞 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: San Antonio Missions National Park
Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in Texas (which also happens to be a World Heritage Site).
📖 🐳 MELVILLE @ 200: A Homeschool Visit to Herman’s Home
The great American author Herman Melville was born 200 years ago this week. Why not take a few homeschool minutes to explore the house where he lived and wrote: “Arrowhead” in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts.
🇺🇸 INDEPENDENCE DAY and the Declaration
Be sure to add a visit to the National Archives and the Declaration of Independence (in person or online) to your homeschool Fourth of July calendar!
📚 BOOKS & LIBRARIES: The Carle Picture Book Museum
It’s Books & Libraries Day in the River Houses, so why not pay a homeschool visit to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.
💰 🇬🇺 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: Guam’s War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the War in the Pacific National Historical Park in the U.S. territory of Guam.
💰 🇲🇵 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: American Memorial Park, Northern Mariana Islands
Explore American history and geography with this ongoing series of quarters from the U.S. Mint. (With free lesson plans!) New this month: a quarter for the American Memorial Park in the Northern Mariana Islands.
🇺🇸 AMERICAN ICON: The Concord Minuteman
Teach your students to recognize one of the most famous artistic symbols of the American Revolution: Daniel Chester French’s Concord Minuteman.
