Mary Nix on July 15th, 2009

I learned of this free copy of Secrets of a Buccaneer- Scholar from Barb Lundgren on Facebook.
“A Buccaneer-Scholar is anyone whose love of learning is not muzzled or shackled by any institution or authority; whose mind is driven to wander and find its own place in the world.”
This is a fantastic resource and you can [...]

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Mary Nix on May 16th, 2009

The website states that there are thousands of archived events which happened to or affected the indigenous peoples of North America. For example, it states that on today’s date he reports that the following occured:
1677: Mugg, an Arosaguntacook Indian Chief, dies in Black Point, Maine. At the outset of King Philip’s war, Mugg [...]

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Mary Nix on April 28th, 2009

This series chronicles the adventures of the Gaia Girls – four girls from different corners of the globe chosen by the living organism of the earth to help stop the destructive practices of human beings….
The first book introduces us to 10 year old Elizabeth Angier and her fight against factory farming to save her family’s [...]

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Fifty Miles from Tomorrow:: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People  by William L. Iggiagruk Hensley looks like a fascinating read.  Here is an overview from Barnes and Noble:

Synopsis
The inspiring true story of one man’s quest to preserve and defend his people’s Ilitqusiat—Native Spirit.
As a young man growing up on the shores of Kotzebue [...]

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Mary Nix on December 11th, 2008

Below is a great homeschool resource from Stanford. It seems that more and more colleges are offering open source type classes on the Internet.
SEE programming includes one of Stanford’s most popular engineering sequences: the three-course Introduction to Computer Science taken by the majority of Stanford undergraduates, and seven more advanced courses in artificial [...]

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Helen Hegener on December 3rd, 2008

HearthSong.
HearthSong – Toys You’ll Feel Good About Giving
Barbara Kane founded HearthSong in 1983 because of a growing conviction that, “..too often, in our culture, children are pushed to grow up too fast. I started HearthSong to make a statement reinforcing what parents themselves know is true, right and healthy–that childhood is a very special time.” [...]

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