Scott Powell’s “History At Our House” Program
A good history curriculum for homeschoolers or parents wanting to add to their child’s public or private education (watch the video showing what the student …
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1947 Classroom Management Video
Maintaining Classroom Discipline, 1947. (13 minutes, 44 seconds.) How human nature has not changed; but how American society and culture have… What do you tihnk?
HistoryAtOurHouse Success
Theo, one of Scott Powell’s students in Mr. Powell’s HistoryAtOurHouse program, has a ten minute video on YouTube in which he discusses ancient Roman history. …
Happy Birthday, Mr. Gauss!!
The Prince of Mathematicians. Bookrags.com says in a short bio of Gauss: Karl Friedrich Gauss was born in Brunswick on April 30, 1777. At an …
4-30: On This Day In History
Scopes Systems’ ‘on this day in history’ page says that these events occurred on this day: 1006 Brightest supernova in recorded hist ory is observed …
San Jacinto Day — April 25th
Posted on TAFFIE-Announce: Event: San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Re-enactment Date: April 25, 2009 Location: La Porte (Houston) San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site …
The “General Welfare” Clause
In “Good Ideas,” Walter Wiliams says: Let’s look at what the men who wrote the Constitution had to say about its general welfare clause. In …
The American Government: What Is It?
Someone with the username “notdemocracy” has a (10 minute) video on YouTube about the nature of American government. The video is an introductory, general presentation; …
First Steam Engine in America!!
On this date in history, the first steam engine in America was installed and used to pump water from a mine. I don’t recall my …
An Ancient Hunter-Gatherer Culture: The Cradle of Civilization?
Tom Knox in “Do these mysterious stones mark the site of the Garden of Eden?” (05 March 2009) on the UK’s Mail Online writes about …