Home School Creative Commons Resources
Homeschool Commons was created to serve as a central juncture for finding free resources to use in personal and commercial ventures.
There are other amazing websites that are directed towards homeschoolers which organize and/or provide free resources for use in educating your children. This site is not trying to reproduce the efforts of others.
Instead, this site attempts to provide a clear distinction between material that is free for personal use, and that which is truly liberated. Therefore, much of what is found here will be content in the public domain or copyrighted under a flexible creative commons license.
This means that much of the material can be used to create new works and share with others.
All the material you will find in this category, unless otherwise noted, is free.
I have homeschooled my children since 2004 and have used tons of free use or public domain content in our studies. I love to make printables and other resources from public domain sources.
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- List of free homeschool curriculum other than Homeschool Commons.
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How to Use The Commons Category
This category is meant to serve as a hub for free educational material found on the web that is suitable for use in homeschooling, unschooling, and other alternative educational ventures.
There are three main categories. The information in this category is organized in three ways: by grade level, subject, and copyright license.
You can also find what you are looking for by typing in the search button located at the top-right of every page. Try keywords rather than specific phrases to get the most results from your search.
Mushroom Culture
Posted in Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on October 16, 2012
This ebook is fairly short and would be fun for a unit study. Learn how mushrooms are cultured, grown, and harvested. The book also details the various types of common mushrooms, as well as which ones are edible and how to cook them. There are great illustrations of the mushrooms as well as mushroom houses, Read More »
Mythical Monsters
Posted in High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Mythology, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on October 16, 2012
Does the written history of man, comprising a few thousand years, embrace the whole course of his intelligent existence? Just in time for Halloween! This book is not spooky or scary – don’t worry. It is an account of some of the most common creature myths, and an exploration of their origins. Could dragons really Read More »
Illustrations From The Costume Of China
Posted in Public Domain on October 11, 2012
These illustrations are cropped and edited – ready to use in projects! From the book The Costume of China in the public domain.
On The Trail: An Outdoor Book For Girls
Posted in High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Scouting And Survival, Upper Elementary on October 8, 2012
Why do boys get to have all the fun? On The Trail is a book about forestry and survival that is just for girls! Great illustrations show how to make shelters, track animals, read the constellations, and much more. Download On The Trail from archive.org.
Images From Mother Goose
Posted in Public Domain on October 5, 2012
Gems From Mother Goose Part 1 These images come from the public domain book Gems From Mother Goose. I have cropped them and adjusted some of their color. You are free to use them – they are public domain! Here are some more images from Gems From Mother Goose. I have cropped them and adjusted some Read More »
