The Shorter  Word
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 About the author:

I'm a former homeschooling mom with three children who were homeschooled through high school. I live with my husband in a log house in the middle of the woods in Covington, Georgia, surrounded by flint-lock rifles, brain-tanned hides, wild turkey, and deer that eat my daylilies. Along with researching and writing, I have taught both English and history at private academies and am now engaged in tutoring adult literacy students. As you can tell, my books and this site reflect my long term interests in both the English language and history.

 

Laurie White
email:   laurie@theshorterword.com

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Book suggestions for high school and beyond

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NCCA STUDENTS 

Freely Educate: homeschool resources all for free.

Knowledge Quest's 5 Must-Have, No-Cost Resources for Homeschooling  

Math

The Kahn Academy-- All educators should know about Sal Kahn (really!)-- Click here for his TED talk. Sal has won awards from Microsoft and Google for what he is doing.
His stated purpose is to educate the world for free!

History

Write in HIEROGLYPHICS

culturefocus.com

openculture.com -- for free audio books plus much, much more!

KnowledgeQuest.com recommendations as well as Terri Johnson's whole website.

Owl and Mouse free online geography games (I love these)

Science

Stardome

Principles of Physics (animated demonstrations)

Top 10 quirky science tricks for parties

Video shorts

Galileo & the telescope

Galileo proven right

The Evolution of Beauty

Drawing the City of Rome

Video programs

J.J. Abrams(creator of Lost) TED talk on technology & movies

Merchants of Cool

The Paradox of Choice--Why Less Is More

Laser Archaeology

ted.com

Most Popular TED Talks--What's TED? Find out!

Ministries anyone can do:

Use Replyforall to have an advertiser send money to a charity you select every time you send an email--and it's free to you!

Bead For Life
--beaded jewelry made by women in Uganda from recycled paper. Get a package for free, sell what you can, & mail it back. Or simply buy online.

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