Literature
Free Harvard Online Shakespeare Course - The Merchant of Venice
Posted in High School, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Literature on May 10, 2017
Once again, my wonderful connection, Jenny, from HarvardX Communications reached out to me with a great course idea for high school homeschoolers. This is a new course that could be a good fit for high school students interested in Shakespeare. Shylock’s Bond is a new online course taught by Harvard’s Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan University Professor of the Humanities. Read More »
Free World Literature Course - Past, Present, and Future of World Literature
Posted in Creative Commons, High School, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Literature on March 14, 2017
HarvardX is aware of Homeschool Base's mission to connect the homeschool community to high-quality educational resources. We are excited about this post because the HarvardX communications staff directly reached out to us with the news that one of their most popular courses has been relaunched in an updated version. An updated version of the popular Read More »
Ten Boys and Ten Girls From Dickens
Posted in Elementary, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Literature, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on May 24, 2015
If you want to introduce younger children to the classics, a great way to do that is to get them interested in the individual characters. Rather than trying to explain a long, complicated plot, Kate Sweetser has created little vignettes of some of Dickens’ most famous children. In this small volume there are presented as Read More »
The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning
Posted in Elementary, Home School Creative Commons Resources, Kindergarten, Literature, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading on May 3, 2015
“Please your honours,” said he, “I’m able, By means of a secret charm, to draw All creatures living beneath the sun, That creep or swim or fly or run, After me so as you never saw! And I chiefly use my charm On creatures that do people harm, The mole and toad and newt and Read More »
A Day With Keats
Posted in High School, Literature, Middle School, Public Domain on January 11, 2015
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Join the poet John Keats in a narrated day in his life. This series attempts to Read More »
