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Links to Study Guides and Learning Resources
One tip: If you Google for any subject followed by the words "study guide," you'll find all sorts of helpful resources. For example, if you are interested in the middle ages, just search for "middle ages study guide." I haven't tried that particular search, but I'll bet you come up with some very good study outlines, essay questions, and even images. Remember, I welcome suggestions for new websites to add. There's some overlap between these links pages, but whichever ones you choose to browe, I think you'll enjoy them! |
One of the reasons that lifelong learning and homeschooling are possible is that there are an amazing number of resources available online and in libraries to make knowlege accessible. The best thing you can do for your brain is to read and think!Study Help : Language Arts - History - Art - Science and Geography - Miscellaneous
Language Arts
History
Library of Congress
The nation's library - everything you'd expect in a library, plus multimedia presentations on U.S. and World History, Today in History, and much more.
Internet Public Library
Links to oodles of information about lots of things from almanacs to zoology. Interesting!
Purdue University OWL
Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides on-the-spot help with writing and grammar questions, plus workshops, and a free e-newsletter.
The Literature Network
This site offers searchable online literature, including books, poetry, and short stories. A very helpful resource when you can't get to the library!
Writing About Literature
A wonderful, detailed article on how to write about literature. You will need to know this for my English classes, as well as for college.
Norton Anthology of English Literature
Introductory essays, brief author biographies, quizzes, and more for English literature. Very useful.
Norton Anthology of American Literature
Background resources for American literature.
Guide for Writing Research Papers
Helpful information on research papers. Includes everything from note-taking to citing sources.
A Word A Day
Sign up for AWAD, and you'll get daily e-mails with an interesting vocabulary word, its definition, and its use in context. Great SAT prep!
Poem Hunter
A searchable poetry database with over 35,000 poems.
Bartleby.com
This is one of those research resources that would have been unthinkable in the precomputer era. Having access to Bartleby.com is like having a library of anthologies at your fingertips. You can search the database for the full text of many prose and poetry works as well as access an encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, quotation database, and English usage handbook. Add this one to your list of Favorites!
Books Online
The PDF Project has full texts of great books in Adobe Acrobat PDF format available on CD-ROM. Free samples are available.
Rocket Reader
Reading Improvement Progam: Improve your child\'s reading speed and comprehension with RocketReader speed reading software. Great for homeschooling families. FREE trial copy available from the website.
ArtInternet History Sourcebooks
An awesome site from Fordham University containing collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational use. There is a ton of information here.
Read Your Way Through History
A list of good books arranged by historical time period. Quite helpful!
The Victorian Web
This extensive, scholarly resource contains articles and essays about art, literature, philosophy, political science, social history, theatre, economy, and virtually anything else that happened during the Victorian era.
American Library Association Biography Links
A list of links to online biographies, plus other link lists.
Science, Geography, and MathKids Art
Ready-to-use instructions for art projects, art-related games, links, and other resources.
The Easy French and The Easy Spanish
Great Commission Languages offers these two excellent, multi-grade language programs. They have been very well reviewed by Cathy Duffy and others, and are a wonderful, multi-sensory way to learn a language. If you are looking for a phonetically-based language program with Christian content, be sure to check these out!
MiscellaneousCountry Reports
Data on over 260 countries around the world, including maps, flags, histories, national anthems, weather, and more. You have to subscribe for full access, but you can get basic information as a guest.
Geographia
Explore other countries through articles and photos. A fascinating site!
Exploratorium
This museum of science, art, and human perception offers an excellent site with articles and activities.
Insect Lore
A well-designed site with more than you really want to know about insects.
The National Map
A U.S. Geological Survey site that provides access to maps and other information.
Helping With Math This useful site can be found at http://www.helpingwithmath.com and it is intended for parents and who want to help K-7 students with math. HelpingWithMath.com includes math worksheets, tables, charts, number lines, flashcards, and the like all formatted for printing and totally free. There are also a number of online activities including math games, calculators, and an online math tutoring system that adapts course materials based on questions answered by students. The resources are organized by grade level and include many illustrated, worked examples.
Learn the Net
If you aren't familiar with how to use the internet, this is a very helpful site.
Instacert
This site offers study help for CLEP exams. There is a fee for access to some resources, and I have not tried what they offer, but you may find it a useful resource.
Snopes
Remember hearing tales about alligators living in the sewers and other urban myths? If you hear something you think may be too good or too bad to be true, check it out at Snopes, a site that specializes in debunking myths. Very interesting!
The Old Farmers Almanac
History, weather, gardening advice, and more.