📚 🇺🇸 HOMESCHOOL HISTORY: The Veterans History Project

November 11th is Veterans Day in the United States, the day we honor all those who have served in the country’s armed forces. If you and your homeschool students would like to make a valuable contribution to the study of American history, consider participating in the Veterans History Project from the Library of Congress:

• ➢ Veterans History Project (loc.gov)

The Veterans History Project asks citizen-participants (like you and your students) to interview American veterans and compile their reminiscences into a permanent record for deposit in the Library of Congress. The interviewees may be family members who are veterans, or veterans living in your local community. There is a special page for teachers and students who wish to participate as interviewers — the recommended student grade level is 10 and up:

• ➢ Veterans History Project: How to Participate (loc.gov)

Participation requires a significant commitment on the interviewer’s part: materials must be collected, interviews documented, and so on. Here’s a short video that describes the process:

If you have high-schoolers in your homeschool, participation in the Veterans History Project would be an exceptional learning opportunity for them as well as a valuable contribution to your community and to the record of American history.

What educational discoveries have you and your students been making in your favorite library this Cygnus Term? 😊

❡ Dukedoms large enough: Have you found all the local libraries in your area? There may be more than you realize, and there’s no better homeschool field trip than a field trip to a new library! The WorldCat Library Finder will help you find all the library collections near you — public and private, large and small — and the WorldCat catalog itself will help you locate the closest copy of almost any book in the world. 🏛

❡ Books in the running brooks: The sidebar on the River Houses website has links to several wonderful online library collections that we like to explore. Why not sit yourself down at a large screen for a while (rather than a phone) and give them a browse. 🖥

❡ When in doubt, go to the library: This is one of our regular Homeschool Books & Libraries posts. Add your name to our weekly mailing list and get great homeschool teaching ideas delivered right to your mailbox all through the year. 📫

❡ Homeschool calendars: We have a whole collection of free, printable, educational homeschool calendars and planners available on our main River Houses calendar page. They will help you create a light and easy structure for your homeschool year. Give them a try today! 🗓

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❡ Join us! The aim of the River Houses project is to create a network of friendly local homeschool support groups — local chapters that we call “Houses.” Our first at-large chapter, Headwaters House, is now forming and is open to homeschoolers everywhere. Find out how to become one of our founding members on the Headwaters House membership page. 🏡