The most recent additions to TheHomeSchoolMom website http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2010-09-03 2010-09-03 TheHomeSchoolMom is turning ten years old! It's hard to believe, but in October we will be celebrating a decade of service to homeschoolers. We've come a long way since we launched TheHomeSchoolMom.com and that first issue of the newsletter with less than 90 subscribers (we now have over 22,500). Thank you to all of you who have been with us since the beginning or joined along the way, and a big welcome to our new subscribers. As we look to our second decade of publication, we are expanding TheHomeSchoolMom.com to include a new section for homeschool reviews. We are working diligently on the back-end and will keep you posted on our progress. When we launch, you'll want to be ready to post reviews of the homeschool products that you have used because we will be raffling some great prizes for reviewers! http://answermom.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/thsm/20100901142718/ 2010-09-01 14:55:21 GradeSaver offers high quality study guides that are written and edited by Harvard students. ClassicNotes are excellent book notes available online, in PDF or in print from Amazon. The detailed book summaries are linked to character summaries, helping the reader sort out who is who. The ClassicNotes also include suggested essay questions, interactive quizzes, and author backgrounds. http://answermom.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/siteweek/20100825113439/Site of the Week: Literature Resource 2010-08-25 13:33:56 News-Basics.com provides concise, impartial background information about the major news stories of our time. Each News-Basics piece is geared toward grades 9-12 (but is written simply enough so that 7th and 8th graders can use it too) and can be read in a few minutes. As with any resource, parents may want to preview the content on controversial topics before assigning them. The topics I checked were impartial but I only selected a few for review. There is a Teacher Page with links to lesson plans, news quizzes, suggestions on how to use the site in the classroom, and more. http://answermom.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/siteweek/20100818123923/ 2010-08-25 11:28:56 I found this incredible site when I was searching for resources for our new page about the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. I love primary sources and the way that Awesome Stories embeds links to primary sources within each story is a great way to discover history while verifying the accuracy of the facts. The stories exist as a way to place original materials in context and to hold those links together in an interesting, cohesive way (thereby encouraging people to look at them). It is a totally different kind of web site in that its purpose is to place primary sources at the forefront - not the opinions of a writer. Its objective is to take the site's users to places where those primary sources are located ... Each story on the site links to online primary-source materials which are positioned in context to enhance reading comprehension, understanding and enjoyment. http://answermom.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/siteweek/20100811090004/ 2010-08-18 12:29:06 Recommended by a reader, Education Corner is a vast website with tens of thousands of editor-reviewed articles and links. In particular, the Study Skills page is work a look. Dozens of test taking and study skills guides are listed, along with links to study guides for specific subjects. Resources range from Improving Your Note Taking to an Anthropology Study Guide. http://answermom.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/siteweek/20100804172858/ 2010-08-04 18:48:53