I was assigned to compare two calendars for personal finance lessons 8-11. I chose to compare Homeschool Planet and Google calendar. First, let’s state what each is and what it’s intended use is: Homeschool Planet is a planning website created for families that homeschool to keep track of their events. It also serves as an …
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History 7 #160: Colonial Culture
Colonial cities were either created around a harbor town or a seat of government. In every city there was a church, where, obviously, the people would go for church services. There was always some form of government building in a city, regardless of whether it was a harbor or not. There was at least one …
English 8 #4: The Farthest I’ve Been From Home
One fact you may not know about me is that I have never actually left the state of Indiana. We live in Indianapolis, right smack in the center of the state, also known as the Crossroads of America. Now, here’s the funny thing. Although we have an international airport and four interstates in our city …
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3 Things To Manage Time Better: PF#10
One way that I can learn and practice managing my time better is by avoiding distractions. A really good way to do that is to have a paper handy to write down something I am thinking about so that I don’t forget about it and I can focus on it later if/when I have free …
English 8 #3: My Least Favorite School Subjects
I’m going to talk about my least favorite subject in each school year that I have been doing Ron Paul Curriculum (every year) and talk about why I disliked it. This should hopefully give you some good insight as to which courses you should try to avoid. I don’t really remember what I did for …
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History 7 #135 Blaise Pascal
Pascal was the inventor of the calculator. He also contributed to science and physics a lot. Pascal was one of the most influential Frenchmen of his time. Blaise Pascal was born in 1623. When he was a young boy, Pascal’s family moved from the country where they lived before to Paris. There, his father bought …
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History 7 #130: Settlers of America (Off Brand Settlers of Catan)
The London Company was the company that founded Jamestown. Like the British West India company, it was designated to colonize a certain region (in this case America rather than India). The London Company appointed three ships to sail to America and establish a colony. The Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery were chosen for …
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English 8 #2: My Top 3 Favorite 3D Printed Items
My favorite hobby is 3d printing. I have already talked about it in these essays: For how I made 3D Catan, look here: https://essaybank.home.blog/2021/01/01/catan/ For how I make successful prints look here: https://essaybank.home.blog/2022/11/18/3d-printing-how-i-make-successful-prints-history-lesson-50/ Today I’m going to talk about things I 3d printed that I am proud of, or things that I am in the …
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English 8 Lesson #1 and 5
For my first assignment in this grade, I was asked to write about my summer vacation. Because I did not really have a summer vacation I am going to use the time that was supposed to be my vacation for this assignment. That time was from July 1st 2023 through August 6th 2023. I had …