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A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century

10 best books like A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century (Oliver DeMille): The Chosen, The Door in the Wall, Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, Understood Betsy, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, The Lonesome Gods, Father and I Were Ranchers, The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, For the Children's Sake, Honey for a Child's Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life

The Chosen
AuthorChaim Potok
ISBN0449213447
Danny Saunders en Reuven Malter groeien in de jaren veertig van de vorige eeuw op in een gemeenschap van chassidische joden in New York. Danny is orthodox opgevoed en voorbestemd zijn vader op te volgen als rabbijn. Het milieu waarin zijn vriend Reuven opgroeit, is veel moderner. Steeds meer wordt Danny...
The Door in the Wall
AuthorMarguerite de Angeli
ISBN0440227798
The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great house is empty, his father is fighting the Scots in the north, his mother is traveling with the Queen, and the servants have fled. He calls for help but only the stones hear his cries. Suddenly someone else is...
Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
AuthorJohn Taylor Gatto
Before reading this book I really thought I was 100% sure about my reasons to homeschool. Boy, was I wrong. I guess I was only half way there because now that I have finished this book, I realize that I never really saw the harms of the public school system 100%.

Our children are being limited every...
Understood Betsy
AuthorDorothy Canfield Fisher
ISBN1887840133
For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to her "horrid Putney cousins." But when her aunt can no longer care for her, Elizabeth Ann must leave her sheltered life to live in the wilds of Vermont with those distant relatives.

In the beginning,...
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
AuthorJean Lee Latham
ISBN0618250743
Readers today are still fascinated by “Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s world—Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn’t promise to have the makings...
The Lonesome Gods
AuthorLouis L'Amour
ISBN0553275186
“I am Johannes Verne, and I am not afraid.”
 
This was the boy’s mantra as he plodded through the desert alone, left to die by his vengeful grandfather. Johannes Verne was soon to be rescued by outlaws, but no one could save him from the lasting memory of his grandfather’s eyes, full of...
Father and I Were Ranchers
AuthorRalph Moody
ISBN0803281781
Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes, the pleasures and perils of ranching in the early twentieth century are experienced... auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes and wind storms all give authentic...
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
AuthorSusan Wise Bauer
ISBN0393059278
This book will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school. Two veteran home educators outline the classical pattern of education—the trivium—which organizes learning around the maturing capacity...
For the Children's Sake
AuthorSusan Schaeffer Macaulay
Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would like education to be a joyous adventure and celebration of life, as well as a solid preparation for living. Sadly, most education today falls far short of this goal.

But as Susan Schaeffer Macaulay...
Honey for a Child's Heart: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life
AuthorGladys M. Hunt
ISBN0310242460
Family favorite now revised and updated, including an annotated list of books for ages 0-12

Everything parents need to know to find the best books for their children

Since its publication in 1969, this has been an essential guide for parents wanting to find the best books for their...
Charlotte Mason Companion
AuthorKaren Andreola
ISBN1889209023
This is a thorough chapter-by-chapter overview of the inspiring teaching principles of Christian educator Charlotte Mason from the original Charlotte Mason authority, speaker, and columnist, Karen Andreola. With warmth and humor, Karen provides a wealth of insight, practical advice, and narratives,...
The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education
AuthorLeigh A. Bortins
In the past, correct spelling, the multiplication tables, the names of the state capitals and the American presidents were basics that all children were taught in school. Today, many children graduate without this essential knowledge. Most curricula today follow a haphazard sampling of topics...
Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace
AuthorSarah Mackenzie
In the book of Philippians we are told to be anxious over nothing, and yet we are anxious over everything. We worry that our students will be "behind," that they won't score well on the SAT, get into a good college, or read enough of the Great Books. Our souls are restless, anxiously wondering if something...
Laddie: A True Blue Story
AuthorGene Stratton-Porter
ISBN0253204585
My favorite quote in the book:

"Had I life to live over, I see now where I could do more; but neighbor, believe me, my highest aspiration is to be a clean, thrifty housekeeper, a bountiful cook, a faithful wife, a sympathetic mother. That is life work for any woman, and to be a good woman is the greatest...
Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know about Schools and Rediscover Education
AuthorClark Aldrich
ISBN1608321169
While most schools continue to resist change, homeschooling families are abandoning the K-12 system and rediscovering what childhood education means. They are identifying new methods and goals that are powerful, born of common sense, and incompatible with today's schools. The author, education...
THE QUESTION: Teaching Your Child the Essentials of Classical Education
AuthorLeigh A. Bortins
If I could give this 10 stars, I would! Wow!.
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