25 Best Free 6–12 Social Studies Resources for Homeschooling
One of the best ways to save money on homeschool social studies is to choose an inexpensive “spine,” like a textbook or a lecture-style video series, then add a few…
What Counts as Social Studies When Homeschooling? (A Middle and High School Guide)
One question I hear from homeschool parents all the time is some version of “What exactly is social studies?” or “What’s the difference between history and social studies?” And these…
10 Easy Yet Powerful Social Studies Lessons to Homeschool
Learning history or social studies can quickly become information-heavy. Read a chapter (or watch a video), answer questions, then move on. Even great homeschool curriculum can fall into that repetitive…
All-in-One Homeschool Economics & Financial Literacy Curriculum for Middle School
Economics is an important part of a social studies curriculum sequence—but it can be overlooked, thought of as only a high school elective, or assumed that just personal finance topics…
Complete Homeschool Civics & Government Curriculum for Middle School
Civics and government are essential parts of social studies—but they can sometimes get reduced to memorizing the branches of government, a few constitutional facts, or election trivia. Or they’re covered…
Open-And-Go Homeschool Geography Curriculum for Upper Elementary & Middle School
Geography is just one aspect of a well-rounded social studies education, but it’s an important one. Especially because geography includes way more than looking at and labeling maps or memorizing…
A Complete Essay Writing Curriculum for Middle & High School
Essay writing is one of the most important skills students learn in middle and high school—but it’s also one of the hardest. It’s no wonder that essay writing is one…
How to Teach Vocabulary in Middle & High School (Strategies That Work!)
Vocabulary instruction often shifts once students reach middle and high school. As students dive into deeper content vocabulary—osmosis, oligarchy, onomatopoeia—we tend to stop intentionally teaching general academic words like augment,…
Best Tips for Teaching Map-Reading Skills in Middle & High School
Reading maps is one of those skills we tend to assume students will have naturally. Perhaps it’s because the thinking is, “well… you just look at them.” But maps do…
US Geography Homeschool Curriculum Resources for Middle & High School
We often think that learning the 50 states and capitals, state facts, or how to read a map, in fourth or fifth grade, is all students need to know about…
