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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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.
Elementary Geology
Posted in College Prep, Geology, High School, Public Domain on August 23, 2012
The title of this book includes the word “elementary”, but it doesn’t mean that the book is written for K-6 students. Elementary in this sense means “first things” or the beginning of a study. This book is made for high school and college students who wish to gain an overview of the principles of geology. Read More »
A Day With William Shakespeare
Posted in Culture, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary, Western Civilization on August 21, 2012
If you could give your students a glimpse into the lives of some of the greatest poets and play-writes that ever lived, they might gain a deeper appreciation for the work such men and women created. Most children’s books about Shakespeare are a retelling of his plays. This book, however, attempts to retell a day in his Read More »
American History Stories
Posted in American History, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on August 21, 2012
Our family has really been enjoying this series by Mara Louise Pratt. The series starts with Columbus and the colonization of America and goes through the Civil War. There are 4 volumes, each about 250 pages long. With great storytelling and plenty of illustrations, these books are great for confident readers. Or you can read Read More »
Boys’ Book of Model Boats
Posted in Hobbies and Crafts, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on August 16, 2012
The author was an ardent boat-builder, and he well remembers how he combed the Children’s Department of the local library in search of a book that would tell him something about boats, and especially for information regarding the construction of models. He found books on model airplanes, toys, electricity, radio, and chemistry, but alas! nothing Read More »
Aunt Charlotte’s History Stories
Posted in American History, Ancient History, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary, Western Civilization on August 13, 2012
Charlotte Mary Yonge was a prolific author during the late 1800′s. She wrote mostly novels, but also several history books for children. One of those series was her “Aunt Charlotte’s stories” set of books. They are written in a relaxed, narrative style that is great for reading out loud. Two of those series are the Read More »
