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Feb. 28, 2012

Ideas for Using Your Book of Time

By Karla

One of my favorite supplemental resources from Sonlight is the Book of Time. I love how it offers a hands-on, visual way for my children to see the "big picture" of history-- what events happened around the same time as other … Continue reading →

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Feb. 6, 2012

What Test Results Tell Us

By Luke

I took a brief American Civic Literacy Exam today. I passed with an 85%. That's not great. But I console myself with the idea that I was answering based off information I learned while homeschooled prior to 9th grade. My … Continue reading →

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Dec. 12, 2011

On Lectures and Learning

By Luke

Khan Academy is a pretty popular free education site. My wife and I have enjoyed "taking classes" on iTunes U. YouTube EDU is another education hub. And now places like Stanford and Harvard are offering certain classes online for free. … Continue reading →

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Nov. 15, 2011

Did You Learn Useful Stuff in School?

By Luke

My class nuked Cuba. While studying the Cuban Missile Crisis in Honors American History, our teacher broke us into two groups, one to promote history by arguing against nuking the island, and one to try to persuade the class to … Continue reading →

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Jul. 6, 2006

Why You Will Find Contradictions in History

By Guest Post

We at Sonlight hear from clients who are confused by "problems" they find in our history books. You might read one thing in one of our books, and then see something else in another book, on television, or from another … Continue reading →

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