You might be familiar with the tradition of requiring a college student to purchase the latest edition of a textbook, even though it hardly differed from the previous edition. Perhaps the change was merely a new cover or an update of a photograph. In effect, the previous edition became a waste and a candidate for […]
Homeschool
Do You Like to Hike? We’ve Got Guide Books Just for You!
Are you planning a hiking trip for the summer? We’ve added several hiking guide books to our online catalog just for you!
Apollo 8
With astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, Jr. and William Anders, Apollo 8 blasted off toward the moon on December 21, 1968. Their mission was the first manned spacecraft to reach the moon, orbit it, and then return home. This endeavor included several historically-significant events, one of which was actually setting eyes on the far side […]
George Washington at Valley Forge
George Washington encamps army at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Mayflower Docks at Plymouth Colony
On December 18, 1620, the famous Mayflower docks at what would become modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. The success in the establishment of Plymouth Colony has been remembered in the United States through the Thanksgiving holiday tradition of feasts of celebration shared with family and friends. The Mayflower‘s crew took the ship back to England on April […]
Correcting Someone Else’s Mistakes Is Much More Fun … and Educational!
Written by Debi Polen The Role of an Editor: Finding Other People’s Mistakes and Correcting Them You’ve experienced it: you were reading over one of your compositions and you didn’t catch the grammatical or technical mistakes the first time, or even the second time, or maybe even the third time through it! Why couldn’t you […]