1974 Book Protest notes
One of the great joys of writing about the 1974 Book protest is the opportunity it gives me to address such a broad range of political topics. In the past year alone, I’ve used this experience to discuss everything from Anti-bully legislation to Health Care Reform. I always look forward to what the next challenge will be. Today, I get to go where I have not visited for a long time and talk politics. (And no, I am not running for anything.
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Earlier this year, I began interacting with the program called Facebook. I have joined bunches of groups but tonight I have come across a group that is going to discuss the Great 1974 Book protest. The name Book protest was given to this movement by the Public School Educators who did not want to think of a better name.
You would have thought that they could have come up with a much more creative name than simply “Book Protest”
The names I would have developed had I not just been 9 years old would have been the following:
- Conflict or Choices promoting Parent involvement in the federally funded public schools Protest.
- Social Readjustment Debates about: bullies, parents on school property and the pornography industry.
- Creating real grievance system debates and opts out programs from federally funded services.
- Debates on understanding the trouble public school system and why they do not want parents on property. (It is noteworthy that this policy of not allowing the parents to participate on school property was the real spark that started the protest.)
- The proper study of the differences between administrative personnel and the parent they serve.
- The Triangles of the old verse the new the public schools administration ability to separate from the parental role to the collaborator role with parents and go to new places.
- Headlines: The argument continues to escalate: who is responsible for the children’s well being while at school the school administrator, the parent or both?
- The heart of the drama: injecting family into the public school experience in the form of volunteers.
For the past 35 years, I have sat quietly by listening to the wild stories blown out of proportion about the 1974 book protest. I am deeply proud to have been part of this great American redesign. Now, for the newbie’s let me bring you up to speed on West Virginia history. In 1921, West Virginia took on the whole United States when the Battle of Blair Mountain erupted; even the airforce was called into action. So, needless to say mountain people do not back down easily when we think we are right. While I’ve long admired the courage and strength of the Appalachian Mountain People, my role as the daughter of the women who’s idea sparked a movement all across this great land, has given me an even greater appreciation for the efforts of one simple women who did not want to cause trouble but on the other hand could not live with her choices in her community, she put on the thinking cap to create change. Now, my mama was a fairly easy going gal who was and is very spiritual and loves her church may I add. She had always dreamed of being a mother and she wanted a big family; she met my dad when she was 18 years old and he was 10 years older. My mom was quite a beauty so dad did not take long to pop the question. They were rumored only to have dated a few weeks when they were married on Nov 23, 1962. By the spring of 1974, she had Belinda age 11, Pam age 9, Ben age 7, and Dreama age 5. The first of the three children were attending Alum Creek Elementary School. Letters in the local news paper read like this
Editor:
In your article “Creation textbook divides board,” you illustrate once again the problem posed by teaching evolution in public schools: No one is allowed to dissent from the prevailing view.
I find it ironic that the American Civil Liberties Union takes such a strong, and clearly overstated, stand against providing teachers (not students in the classroom) with a source material that presents evidence against evolutionary theory and alternative ideas proposed by scientists and based on scientific principles. In no other realm of scientific study can experts be demonized so viciously by those who conveniently forget that evolution is a theory, after all, and not a proven fact or revealed truth.
When the honest opinions of trained scientists are ridiculed and their reputations attacked, when honest dissent is squelched and those who teach our children are threatened with the loss of professional status for failing to vigorously support the prevailing doctrine, then religion is being taught in our public schools. It is the religion of evolutionism.
Terry L. Yahr
Charleston, WV (1)
The two direct responses to frustration are either fight or flight. Every day you may employ aspects of the fight or flight reaction to frustration and stress in your life. The five people who came together one spring day were determined to make a difference. There is no sense in the struggle, but there is no choice but to struggle—Ernie Pyle. Opposing emotional drives created conflict and frustration within the educational system and between the people it served. Frustrations occur when one group is prevented from reaching a positive goal or avoiding a negative goal. Frustration is a very basic response to being thwarted, blocked, or trapped in negative relationships or situations in which you see no clear way out.
I wrote an article this year on facebook that also described the 1974 book protest as follows:
Any numbers of variables play into memories of childhood, the Uncle I remember the most is my Uncle Darrell. For the sake of one’s sanity, it is best for the two of us to be separated. Even when I was an infant, I gave him the most trouble. All the attention was on me as I wailed for my mom when he was trying to comfort me. I was so flexible I would do a back bend to come out of his arms backwards. He was the first one that I can remember calling me stubborn. Of course, something will invariably draw us close again and for what ever reason this sort of Camelot would not last long. I remember the book protest of 1974. My mom was upset with the Principle. The principle told mom that whiles her children was on school campus she do as she pleased with them. Parents were not allowed on school property. My Moms word was “We will see about that.” That is my very first memory of the book protest. My next, memory was meeting with Alice Moore who was sympathetic with mom and the issues of bullies and pornography Mom was also concerned because a pornography group had just been busted at the George Washington Junior High were they had been taking inappropriate pictures of the children. This occurrence was also feeding moms fear. Mom recruited her brother in this concern. Alice Moore recruited Mom and Darrell on her textbook fight. The textbooks contain scenes of rape, violence and other issues. So, the focus went away from the concerns of Bully activities to fighting the influence of the pornography industry in the school system.
“Approved a bill yesterday that eliminated the two-year statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse, but it does not apply to public school teachers. Pornography in the school system helps open the discussion and then the acts.”
The second, anti-text book group to form was The Concerned Citizens. This group is responsible for the boycott of classes which began Sept. 3 Ministers affiliated with this group are the Rev Avis Hill, Darrell Beach, Marvin Horan and Ezra Graley.
I can remember the day we recruited Avis Hill. He was just a Plummer and we made him famous. We started having tent revivals with gospel groups like the Patriots. We had a mission church in Amandaville were the trash piles were higher than the houses in the 1970’s. We sang on stage. We protested along side the road. We heard the book protestors were violent. We believed them because it was my mom, my aunt and about 10 kids under the age of 12. So, we just believe they saw us acting up. I remember marching from the Sears building in Charleston to the Capital with my Uncle Darrell. Which was a lot of fun, but my mom lost her baby boy she was caring that night. I remember singing on the radio trying to raise support for the cause. I can remember Arch Moore coming out to our group on the lawn and shaking my hand. We spent hours at the capital. It is such a beautiful capital. When the men took the protest over, which happened shortly after mom lost the baby, we quit going to the side of the road for the following reason:
A Rand man was shot in the chest today shortly after he and other United Parcel Service truck drivers prepared to return home after being turned away from their trucks by school book protesters, deputies and state police said.
The victim identified as Philip Cochran, 30, of 5205 Midland Driver, was undergoing surgery at Charleston Memorial Hospital. He was listed in serious condition.
A short time after the 9 a.m. shooting, a man identified as Bill Noel, 27, of Raven Drive, Rand, surrendered to deputies at the Kanawha County jail and said he was the person who had shot the man at Rand, deputies said. Noel was charged with felonious shooting and was to be arraigned before Justice of the Peace Millard Stone.
Two pistols, a .32 and a .22, were found in the man’s car. The caliber of the bullet that struck Cochran had not been determined, but it appeared to have been of the smaller caliber.
A police source said Noel, in a statement, said he was in his car heading for Charleston when he pulled up near the UPS center where picketing activity was in progress.
He said pickets ran toward his car and he held up his gun to frighten them. One man kept coming, he said, and he cocked the gun and fired one shot. http://www.wvculture.org/history/education/textbook02.html
In addition, to this what people don’t know is that they shot at our house one night. We had to lie on the floor. Also, I was the last one up doing dishes. I always had the he bee jebees when I was the last one in the kitchen. Sure enough, that night a rock came sailing through the living room window. Had I not killed the light by instinct I really think I would not be here today. It took almost a week for the sheriff office to come and investigate the incident. We did live in Alum Creek the police are very busy. I was there the night after the St Albans rally when Officer Keys came into the Burger Boy and pulled Bob McCune to the floor in front of his family and our family while we were sitting in the booths. He pulled him over the back of the seat. We were lucky that the Rally participants showed when they did. The police would put them in the cars and the protestors would come out the other side. I remember going to Campbell’s Creek to sing and coming out of the sing I saw a cross on fire. It stood taller than a basketball hoop. I never could determine if the KKK was on our side or the cross was a warning. I remember the Rallies when Nashville would come to town and we got to meet some of the Country singers. When they went to Washington D.C to march, most of the women and children stayed behind. I remember making apple butter at the church all day long. We would jump rope and play double Dutch. My Aunt Brenda was the best at that. I can remember the truancy officers coming to our home. I remember Brenda, Mom and Francis McCune tying them together and getting arrested. They turned them loose that night cause all of kids were with them. I remember sitting at Marvin Horns trial not knowing what was going to happen. Understanding the protest was changing in a different direction.
We then started Dollie Hill Christian School named after Avis Hill’s mom. We were meeting at one of the book protestor’s garage. I learned how to stuff envelops and type for the mass mailings that went on. We did various fund raising activities. My mom and Aunt always had an idea to come up with money. My Uncle Darrell would make me walk around the classroom with a pencil in my hand to try and get me to learn which hand was the right hand and we would butt heads over fractions. I can remember being in the attic of the church walking the rafters helping Uncle Darrell wire the church. The rafters and sheet rock was an adventure to work around pulling wire. I found several snake skins. He would always let me run the pop machine during the gospel sings after I got done singing. He would tell us silly stories like Mr. Shaky bones. I can still remember the night when we were all singing and on the radio. A thunderstorm was blowing and raining outside. When this really tall dude comes into our church to surrenders, he was running from the law. He was from the Hells Angel’s so I was told. You have to remember that I am taller than Avis Hill so this was a sight to see. I just remember that he was tall and had curly dark hair. You could tell he was scared. He prayed at the alter with Avis that night and disarmed. Yes, you guessed it the power went off about the time he was disarming. So, other than couple of candles and the lights from the police cars it was dark for a few minutes. You could hear the police outside. So needless to say, I do remember my Uncle Darrell. I remember the morning he drove us to school in the next town. We would be listening to Jimmy Swagart on the way to school. I remember the early Easter mornings when we would go to the graveyard on Coal River road and sing until the sun came up. I am just glad I was able to spend 11 days down in Winston Salem October 2007. We were able to visit and for once we had a truce. Short lived may I add but we had a wonderful 11 days. They teased me about my friend I had made while cleaning moms back porch. I had come across a green snake. So, I picked it up and moved it to the front yard by the grill. Well the next day, Darrell and Brenda had been sitting under the tree and I came out to join everybody under the tree. Everyone left except me and my Brother Paul who were left sitting under the tree. We hear this noise of something rattling the leaves high up in the tree. I did not think anything of it until that green snake was staring me right in the face. Well the next day, the snake did the same thing. Needless to say, I did not stay another day. Just in case that snake decided to find me in the house which at this point I was not sure. I will always remember my Uncle Darrell singing “We shall not be we shall not be moved, just like a tree planted by the water. I shall not be moved.” We sang this at the court house while the liberals as we called them drove by in their cars and taught the children what a “moon was.” So, it was just natural that I became a nurse.
Here are some additional readings for your information only; I have collected these links over the past 35 years.
One person on a mission can make a difference:
http://www.wvculture.org/history/education/textbook03.htmlhttp://
www.wvculture.org/history/education/textbook01.htmlhttp://www.
wvculture.org/history/education/textbook02.html
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http://www.wvculture.org/HISTORY/education/mooreposter.jpg
http://www.dailymail.com/static/specialsections/lookingback/lb09073.htm
The book contains scenes of rape, violence and other issues the parent thought
Farley fights the good fight, trying to convince people that a library that stocks trade magazines for the coal industry, for example, really should, in fairness, stock environmentalist magazines as well.
http://www.newswithviews.com/Turtel/joel42.htm
Approved a bill yesterday that eliminated the two-year statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse, but it does not apply to public school teachers. Porno in school helps open the discussion and then the acts.
Gov Joe Manchin In his own words:
“Turning attention to the most important people in our lives, our children and grandchildren, …I also plan to work closely with our state’s teachers on addressing the growing problem of classroom and student bullying. Schools should be places where you enjoy the process of growth and learning; not places of fear and intimidation. For the protection of students, teachers and school service personnel alike, I will do everything possible to make our schools bully-free.” http://www.wvgov.org/sec.aspx?id=100
In the 2008 “State of the State” address the governor declared that West Virginia schools are still dangerous places for children.
In his own words:
“I sincerely believe that until we’re committed to giving our teachers back the ability and freedom to teach their students, instead of requiring them to spend their days policing their students, we are never going to truly accomplish all of the other things that we know are so important in education. Our teachers and our students deserve better, and I am determined to do better and to give our teachers every possible tool they need to take back their classrooms.”
http://www.wvgov.org/sec.aspx?id=109
The system is sick at its core. Its foundation is corrupt— the idea that a government should control what, when and how its citizens learn, that it should have the power to force its agenda on the people it is supposed to serve, that as long as it says it’s doing it for our own good, we must submit, is 100% contrary to the principles of liberty, justice and equality.
People left the Old World for the New because they could not tolerate a government telling them what they were permitted to believe. People, even children, are no more tolerant of a government dictating what they should learn and think, how they should view the world, how much time they should spend on each “subject,” their every move and action. When a system endeavors to control people in such a manner, it can expect, like the old Soviet communist system, to meet with lethargy and resistance.
2007/2008 headlines
29 out of 101 teacher misconduct cases involve sex allegations
http://library.cnpapers.com/cgi-bin/texis/search
Phys ed teacher won’t serve jail time for sex with 13-year-old student
http://www.dailymail.com/News/200712040013
Alleged Sissonville assault investigated
http://library.cnpapers.com/cgi-bin/texis/search
Grant will bring locked doors and security passes
http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=27538
One Teacher Suspended, The Other Fired for Drugs
http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/9703117.html
School police officer convicted of sexually abusing student
http://library.cnpapers.com/cgi-bin/texis/search
Kanawha gets mediocre marks for school safety
http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/News/2007071118
Schools & Drugs – An Unsafe Combination
http://wvinformer.blogspot.com/2007/08/schools-drugs- unsafe-combination.html
Computer worker arrested in sex assault
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2007102425
Overcrowding on School
http://theintermountain.com/page/content.detail/id/500276.html?nav=5008
5-year-old expelled
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/+/2007101751/5-year- old+expelled+over+scissor+incident/
Lincoln County
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/2007101718/State- education-official-says-his-redneck- remarks-were-taken-out- of-context/
One Teacher Suspended, The Other Fired for Drugs
http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/9703117.html
Four students suspended for oral sex on school bus
http://www.register- herald.com/archivesearch/local_story_170215204.html
Area teens abusing cough medicine
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2007102224
Principal arrested because of guns at school
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/+/2007101914/Principal+arrested+because+of+guns+at+school/
School police officer convicted of sexually abusing student
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/2007103079/School- police-officer-convicted-of-sexually- abusing-student/
County reeling over unprecedented number of school threats
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/200711053/County- reeling-over-unprecedented-number- of-school-threats/
School
WEST VIRGINIA ORGANIZATIONS
West Virginia Christian Education Association
http://www.wvcea.org/
Christian Home Educators of West Virginia
http://www.chewv.org/
West Virginia Home Educators Association
http://www.wvhea.org/
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS
American Association of Christian Schools
http://www.aacs.org/
Association of Christian Schools International
https://www.acsi.org
Christian Schools.com
http://www.christianschools.com
Council for American Private Education
http://www.capenet.org
Discover Christian Schools
http://www.discoverchristianschools.com
National Assoc. of Christian Educators/Citizens for Excellence in Education
http://www.nace-cee.org
National Christian School Association
http://www.nationalchristian.org
Office of Non-Public Education (US Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/index.html
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools
http://www.sbacs.org
Village Christian Schools
http://www.villagechristian.org
HOMESCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS
Action for Home Education (UK)
http://www.ahed.org.uk
African American Homeschoolers Network
http://www.aahnet.org
African-American Homeschoolers Unschooling
http://www.afamunschool.com/index.html
African American Homeschooling today (Blog)
http://www.africanamericanhomeschooling.com
Afrocentric Homeschoolers Association
http://homeschooling.about.com
All Home School Online
http://allhomeschoolonline.com
American Homeschool Association
http://www.americanhomeschoolassociation.org
A-Z Home’s Cool Homeschooling Curriculum and Information
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com
Backflip (search “homeschool”)
http://www.backflip.com
Black Homeschoolers Network
http://www.blackhomeschoolers.homestead.com
Classical Christian Homeschooling
http://www.classical- homeschooling.org
Classical Curriculum
http://www.classicalcurriculum.com
Coalition of Independent Homeschoolers
http://www.homeschoolcoalition.org
Considering Homeschooling
http://consideringhomeschooling.com
Considering Homeschooling (Morningstar Educational Network)
http://www.consideringhomeschooling.org
Education Association of Christian Homeschoolers
http://www.teachct.org
Everything Homeschooling
http://www.everythinghomeschooling.com
Exploring Home Schooling
http://www.exploringhomeschooling.com
First Class Homeschool Ministries
http://www.firstclasshomeschool.org/pages
Heads Up! (Special Needs Children)
http://headsupnow.com
Heritage Homeschool Academy
http://www.heritagehomeschool.com
Home Education Network
http://www.homeschoolingusa.com
Homeschool Blogger
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/home.php
Homeschool Buzz
http://homeschoolbuzz.com/
Homeschool Christian
http://www.homeschoolchristian.com/Position/index.html
Homeschool and Education News Beat
http://reliableanswers.com/hs/news.asp
Homeschool.com
http://www.homeschool.com/
Homeschool Digest
http://www.homeschooldigest.com/
Home School Foundation
http://homeschoolfoundation.org/
Homeschool Journey
http://www.jeanniefulbright.com/index.html
Home School Legal Defense Association
http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/WV/default.asp
Homeschool Math
http://www.homeschoolmath.net/
Homeschool Mom (Blog)
http://homeschoolmomtips.blogspot.com/
Homeschool Oasis
http://www.homeschooloasis.com/
Homeschool Starter
http://www.goboy.citymax.com/home.html
Homeschoolers in Missions
www.homeschoolersinmissions.org
Homeschooling and Its many Faces
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/homeschoolmethods/a/methods.htm
Homeschooling Easy
homeschoolingeasy.com
Homeschool Edge
http://www.thehomeschooledge.com/products/
Homeschooling Explained
http://www.homeschoolingexplained.com/index.asp
Homeschooling Family to Family (RECOMMENDED BY EXODUS MANDATE)
http://www.homeschoolingfamilytofamily.org/
Homeschooling for Beginners
http://eho.org/
Homeschooling Radio
http://www.homeschoolingradio.com/index.html
Jon’s Homeschool Resources
http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/
Laurel Springs Home School
http://www.laurelsprings.com/default.asp
Learn in Freedom
http://learninfreedom.org/
Learning is for Everyone
http://www.learningis4everyone.org/
Local Homeschool
http://localhs.com/
Morningstar Academy
http://www.themorningstaracademy.org/
National African-American Homeschoolers Alliance
http://www.naaha.com/
National Black Home Educators
http://www.nbhe.net/
National Home Education Legal Defense
http://www.nheld.com/
National Home Education Network
http://www.nhen.org/
National Home Education Research Institute
http://www.nheri.org/
Special Needs Children
(See “Heads Up!”)
Teaching Mom
http://www.teachingmom.com/index.php
Unschooling.com
http://www.unschooling.com/gws/
Unschooling FAQ
http://home.rmci.net/abell/page7.htm
Why Homeschool (Blog)
http://whyhomeschool.blogspot.com/search?q=
MISCELLANEOUS
Alliance for Separation of School and State
http://www.schoolandstate.org/home.htm
Alternative Education Resource Organization
http://www.educationrevolution.org/
America Asleep KNOW More
http://www.asleepknowmore.com/index.htm
Bayith Ministries
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~emcd/Education.htm
Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org/default.html
Children’s Scholarship Fund
http://www.scholarshipfund.org/index.asp
Christian Distance Learning
http://www.bakersguide.com/
Christian Education Awareness Network
http://www2.whidbey.net/jmboyes/
Christian Family Page
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/family.htm
Cracking the Code
http://www.edurevolution.org/index.htm
Deliberate Dumbing Down of America
http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/
Freedom of Education
http://www.freedomofeducation.net/
Issues in Education
http://issuesineducation.org/links.htm
LEARN
http://www.learn-usa.com/index.htm
My Kids Deserve Better
http://mykidsdeservebetter.com/
Natural Learning
http://www.geocities.com/moonwindstarsky/naturalearning
Pat Farenga.com
http://www.patfarenga.com/index.html
Rescue Your Kids
http://www.rescueyourkids.com/
Search for Private Schools
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/
Tammy Drennan’s Blog
http://educationconversation.wordpress.com/
RESOURCES (mostly Christian)
Alpha Omega Publications
http://www.aop.com/home/
A Beka Book
http://www.abeka.com/
Accelerated Christian Education
http://www.aceministries.com/Default.aspx
Bible
http://daystarpublishing.org/ (Day Star)
http://deeperroots.com/ (Deeper Roots)
Christian Liberty Academy
http://homeschools.org/
Classical Christian Education
http://www.classical- homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html
Curriculum (Misc)
http://www.rodstaff.com/ (Anabaptist)
http://www.calvertschool.org/calvert-school (Calvert School)
http://www.christianbook.com/html/specialty/1016.html (Christian Books)
http://www.curriculumexpress.com/shop/index.htm (Curriculum Express)
http://www.delpublications.com/index.htm (Del Publishers)
http://edplus.com/ (Education Plus)
http://fortunatelyforyoubooks.com/ (Fortunately For You Books)
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/index.htm (Homeschool Curriculum and Information)
http://robinsoncurriculum.com/ (Robinson Self- Teaching Homeschool Curriculum)
Driver Education (Charleston area)
http://www.budsdriversedge.com/
Home Skills (tutoring)
http://www.ministry.com/math-tutoring-reading- tutor-better- grades.html#c1
Homeschool Headquarters
http://www.homeschoolheadquarters.com/
Homeschool Super Center
http://www.homeschoolsupercenter.com/
Homeschooling Supply
http://www.homeschoolingsupply.com/cbs/Christian- Literature-Christian-Novels-Suspense- 2.htm
Kuyers Mathematics
http://webapps.calvin.edu/kuyers/math/home.php
Lifeway
http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/mainpage/0%2C1701%2CM%253D200575%2C00.html
Math and Science
http://diveintomath.com/
Nehemiah Institute (Worldview Testing and Training)
http://www.nehemiahinstitute.com/
Paideia
http://www.paideia-inc.com/index.html
Plain Path Publishers
http://www.plainpath.org/store/index.php?pid=4204834&SID=9684930&act=cart-home
Private School Review
http://www.privateschoolreview.com/
Resources for Christian Teachers
http://www.teacherhelp.org/
Robinson Self-Teaching curriculum
http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/
Science
http://apologia.com/
Transforming Teachers
http://www.transformingteachers.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Trivium Pursuit NOTE: This is NOT Trivia Pursuit!
http://www.triviumpursuit.com/index.php
Vision forum
http://www.visionforum.com/
Walden Media
http://www.walden.com/walden/index.php
Zion Academy (Distance Learning)
http://www.zionacademy.com/
MAGAZINES (some articles are on line)
Classical Homeschooling Magazine
http://www.classicalhomeschooling.com/
Old Schoolhouse Magazine
http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/
FUNgasa: Free Oneself (African American)
http://www.afamunschool.com/fungasa.html
Home Education’s Magazine
http://www.homeedmag.com/
No Greater Joy (has lots of references/articles on line)
http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/
Practical Homeschool Magazine
http://www.home-school.com/
RESOURCES (secular)
***WATCH OUT FOR EVOLUTIONISM LINKS IN SCIENCE AREAS***
19th Century Schoolbooks
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/n/nietz/
The Arts
http://joy2learn.org/about.html
Ask A Biologist
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/
American Museum of Natural History
http://amnh.org/education/resources/index.php
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/index.jsp/
Biology Browser (See “For Students and Educators”)
http://www.biologybrowser.org/
Busy Teachers Cafe
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/
Center for Science Education
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/products/lessons/lessons.html
Computational Science (a little tricky, but resources are there)
http://cwis.shodor.org/refdesk/SPT– BrowseResources.php
Core Knowledge Foundation
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/index.htm
Creative Chemistry
http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/
Discovery School
http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Education and Career Articles
http://www.suite101.com/educationandcareer/
Education Place
http://www.eduplace.com/
Education Trust
http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust
Engineering Pathway
http://www.engineeringpathway.com/ep/
Federal Reserve Education
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/FRED/?CFID=6725440&CFTOKEN=86376800
Free Reading
http://free- reading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page
GEM (resources)
http://www.thegateway.org/
Geography
http://www.kidsgeo.com/index.php
Global Education & Learning Community
http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome
High School Education Online
http://cdis.missouri.edu/high-school.aspx
HippoCampus
http://hippocampus.org/
Home Science Tools
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/
Homework Center
http://www.infoplease.com/homework/
Honorable Character Classroom Management System
http://www.honorablecharacter.com/shop/
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Ideal Lives (Special Education)
http://www.ideallives.com/index.php
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
JCE (chemistry)
http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib/ChemInfo/http://www.biosciednet.org/portal/
Language
http://braingrow.com/
Lesson Plans
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/CI.htm
MaMaMedia (technology)
http://www.mamamedia.com/
Marco Polo (Misc)
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
Math and Science Careers
http://thefunworks.org/
Math Forum – Ask Dr. Math
http://mathforum.com/dr.math/
Math Goodies
http://www.mathgoodies.com/
Math Worksheet Site
http://themathworksheetsite.com/
Math World
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
Measurement Conversion
http://www.onlineconversion.com/
MERLOT (misc teaching resources)
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
Microsoft Education
http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.mspx
Middle School Portal
http://msteacher.org/
Mindworks Learning Institute
http://mindworksmaryland.com/
MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
Mosdos Press
http://www.mosdospress.com/
Multiplication Tables
http://www.teachildmath.com/
My Study Hall (grammar)
http://mystudyhall.com/myskillbuilder/default.aspx
Natural History
http://www.arkiveeducation.org/
Physics to Go
http://www.compadre.org/informal/index.cfm
Powell Center for Economic Literacy
http://www.powellcenter.org/
PRISMS (middle School Science)
http://prisms.mmsa.org/index.php
Science Education
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/#k12
Science Resources
http://www.amasci.com/edu.html
School Express
http://www.schoolexpress.com/
Score (tutoring)
http://www.escore.com/
Teachers’ Domain
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
Teacher’s Guide
http://www.theteachersguide.com/
Teachnet
http://www.teachnet.com/
Teach-nology
http://www.teach-nology.com/
TextWord Press
http://www.textword.com/
Time for learning
http://www.time4learning.com/
Try Science
http://www.tryscience.org/
United States Government
http://esc.nasa.gov/ (Aeronautics)
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/ff_index.html (Coastal Wetlands)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/educate.html (Food Science)
http://education.usgs.gov/schoolyard/ (Geology)
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/contaminants- online/pages/ToolsTeachers/TTintro.htm (Geology)
http://science.education.nih.gov/LifeWorks (Health)
http://nationalatlas.gov/printable.html (Maps)
http://www.kids.gov/ (Miscellaneous)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~ear/hwm/labelman.html (Nutrition)
http://www.noaa.gov/ (Oceanic and Atmospheric)
http://www.science.gov/ (Science)
USGS Science Links
http://education.usgs.gov/
World Book Course of Study
http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?curriculum
