Civics – Elective or Required ?
Do you teach civics in your homeschool? In a recent, non-scientific and totally spontaneous survey I took among homeschooling families I know, 4 out of 6 “admitted” to me that they neglected to teach civics.
Meet Pat FennerAuthor Since: 2009-02-27 18:21:04Pat and her husband Paul have been homeschooling for 15 years. They have 5 children: 2 in college and 11-, 9- and 6-yr olds at home. Besides homeschooling, Pat publishes Help-4-Your-Homeschool.com, where she offers creative homeschooling solutions; they also own and run a neighborhood coffee shop. |
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Do you teach civics in your homeschool? In a recent, non-scientific and totally spontaneous survey I took among homeschooling families I know, 4 out of 6 “admitted” to me that they neglected to teach civics.
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