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187: How to use Movies in your Homeschool In this episode, guest Rachel van der Merwe, discusses how to use movies in your homeschool. Rachel is Assistant professor of media studies at the University of Groningen and FundaFunda’s teacher of the “I Spy: A Course in Visual Literacy” online class. Rachel starts off talking about Movies vs Documentaries – listen in for her interesting perspective. Some specific content areas we cover and the movies mentioned are: History movies – Newsies Geography movies – Michael Palin’s videos English – Movies based on books (eg Shakespeare plays by Kenneth Branagh and Akira...

Independence Day is a great inspiration for some summer homeschooling! Check out these ideas for a Declaration of Independence unit study and take advantage of the opportunity to discuss United States history, the founding fathers, government structure, and much more! A great resource for younger students, Ducksters.com offers a history lesson about the Declaration of Independence, along with additional activities and interesting facts. You’ll find a brief history of the timeline leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a short quiz to test your knowledge, a full list of the signers of the declaration, and a full...

Vaxxed and boosted? It's time to protest!Remember that time that I happened upon an abortion rights march happening downtown and I got so excited that I literally hopped out of the car right then and joined them in my sweaty gym clothes?Since then, I've been keeping my eye out for ways to volunteer, and other protests that I can join--with a little more advanced notice this time, ideally!And by "advanced notice," I suppose that I meant 3 hours, because that's the approximate amount of time ahead of this particular protest that I announced to my homeschool that "Hey, there's an...

I’m so excited to share lifeschooling tips for using the newspaper printable! “Extra, extra! Read all about it!” There’s something fun and nostalgic about watching an old black and white movie with scenes of a newsboy shouting out this line. It brings to mind one of my favorite movies, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, where the newspapers (bad and good) played an important role in the outcome of Smith’s dilemma. Newspaper: Out with the Old, In with the New The days of the newspaper are not quite what they used to be, with the source of daily news having been dependent...

This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: Creative Language Arts for Homeschool High School, Interview with Julie Polanco. Creative Language Arts for Homeschool High School, Interview with Julie Polanco Teens can have fun with ELA. Why not let your homeschool high schoolers be inspired, not tired by their English/Language Arts? That’s why we invited our friend, Julie Polanco, to talk about the creative things her teens are doing! Julie Polanco is the mother of four but her youngest is now a sophomore homeschool high schooler and the next youngest will be a senior in the fall! It is so exciting to...