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Help Your Homeschool Student Build Real Research Skills

Our new ebook shows how one National History Day project builds research, writing, and independence for homeschool students.

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Why We Wrote This Book

Homeschool parents ask the same question every year: does National History Day work outside a traditional classroom? Our answer is yes. This ebook walks through ten specific ways National History Day can benefit project builds research skills, writing confidence, critical thinking, and independence, written for parents managing their own curriculum.

What the Book Covers

  • How to pick a workable topic without a classroom teacher setting deadlines
  • Building a research routine that fits a homeschool schedule
  • Teaching primary source analysis at home
  • Turning research into a clear, well organized project
  • What independence looks like when a student owns the process start to finish

About the Authors

Craig and Lesley Mateer have coached National History Day since 2012. They run the NHD program at Pensacola High School, producing 4 National Champions, 11 National Finalists, 28 State Champions, and more than $55,000 in student scholarships

Get Your Copy

10 Reasons Your Homeschool Student Should Try National History Day is available now on Amazon Kindle. More titles in the History Happens series are on the way.