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.
If you are looking for more information try one of these pages:
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- List of free homeschool curriculum other than Homeschool Commons.
- Find out ways you can use public domain material to create your own homeschool projects.
- View a list of reviewed homeschool curriculum.
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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.
Annie Oakley TV Comics
Posted in American History, Culture, High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on August 1, 2012
While digging for resources to share on my Annie Oakley unit study over on my blog, I came across these great comic books! These are not historically accurate. They are based off of the TV series of the same name that aired between 1954-1957. They are a fun read and can be used in a Read More »
Cavalcade of America: Annie Oakley
Posted in American History, High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on July 30, 2012
Annie Oakley was one of the most famous women of the Wild West. Her shooting skills won her a top billing in Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West show. Over at my blog, I am sharing a short unit study about Annie Oakley in celebration of her birthday in August. Check out all the links, books, Read More »
Pacific History Stories
Posted in American History, High School, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary, Western Civilization on July 25, 2012
The stories of Balboa, Magedan. Cabrillo, Drake, the Discovery of Gold, the Bear-Flag Republic, and others are interesting on account of the human and heroic side of the adventures. Written for “the middle grades”, this history reader details the explorations and adventures that occurred on the Western coast of North America, along the Pacific Ocean. Read More »
The Heroic Life of Abraham Lincoln: The Great Emancipator
Posted in American History, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on July 25, 2012
A short (64 pages) book that covers the major aspects of Abraham Lincolns life, this book has amazing illustrations! 4 color pictures, along with several more black and white illustrations make this book great for younger children. They would also look great in your projects about the Civil War! Download The Heroic Life of Abraham Read More »
Stories Of Our Mother Earth
Posted in Geology, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on July 23, 2012
Children want to know the relation existing between things in the world about them. I am thoroughly convinced also that they are capable of understanding many of the processes involved in the shaping of the earth, but because of the idea that the subject is too difficult, or from lack of proper familiarity with nature Read More »
