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Lunchtime Trivia

Use bagged lunches to introduce a morsel of history.  In addition to sandwiches, fruit, and chips, include a note in each lunch bag that tells about some historical event that occurred on that day or the name of an important person in history that was born that day.  Have your carschoolers read their note out [...]

January 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: activities, Learning Fun | Leave a comment

Honesty is the Best Policy

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong, by James W. Loewen identifies historical markers, monuments, and sites in every state that have historical interpretations that are either misleading or wrong.  Loewen is the author of the award-winning best seller Lies My Teacher Told Me, a book that discredits 12 leading high school history [...]

October 27th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: activities, Learning Fun, Road Scholar, travel | Leave a comment

Two Bit Geography

One carschooling family uses out-of-state license plates and the U.S. Mint’s introduction of individual state quarters to help them with an informal study of United States geography.  While riding in the car, they enjoy searching through pocket change for the new state quarters.  If they find one, they use the Official United States Mint 50 [...]

July 7th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: activities, Learning Fun, Road Scholar, travel | Leave a comment
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