What are your plans for Independence Day? Tap into Deborah Wuehler’s thoughts for creating adventures that will make the entire month of July memorable. She outlines fun unit study ideas full of freedom and patriotic activities. Listen to Episode 22 of the Hey, Mama! Homeschool Show: “Creating Adventures for Independence Day,” then plan your family’s adventures!

Connections

Connect with God’s Word 

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.” (Galatians 5:13 KJV)

“For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.” (1 Peter 2:15-17 KJV)

“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”  (James 1:25 KJV)

Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

How did Webster define freedom in 1828? Find out from this online dictionary. 

Copywork Ideas

Children can learn important truths by copying simple quotes like these:

• “All we have of freedom, all we use or know, this our fathers bought for us long and long ago.” – Rudyard Kipling, The Old Issue, 1899.
• “For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vo. 9 (Poems): 1909.
• “From every mountain side, let Freedom ring”. – Samuel F. Smith, America, 1832.

Connect with History

In today’s episode of the Hey, Mama! Homeschool Show, Deborah Wuehler reads a passage from chapter eight of Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. What a great glimpse of Independence Day celebrations of the past!

Connect with The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine 

For more on today’s topic, click on the links to these articles from The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine:

• “The Declaration of Independence and What It Expects of You”
• “Learning from War”
• “The Roots of Homeschooling”

Connect with the TOS App

Do you have the new and enhanced TOS App? It’s the hub for homeschooling. You can access all The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine articles—and more—wherever you go, whenever you need them. Search for homeschooling topics important to you. You’ll find curriculum choices, resources, homeschool advice, help, and encouragement. The app content is updated weekly. The TOS App is now better than ever, and it’s free. You can find the TOS App on Google Play or download from the App Store today! 

Connect with SchoolhouseTeachers.com 

Discover holiday and seasonal themed resources and activities for every season at Holidays and Celebrations on the SchoolhouseTeachers.com site. Includes Independence Day, American Patriotic Holidays, and many more.  

History of Holidays in America is an introductory survey of the historical and social background of some of the major American holidays. This course and over 400 others are accessible for members of SchoolhouseTeachers.com.

Connect with The Canadian Schoolhouse

Happy Canada Day on July 1! Learn more about the country through these links shared by The Canadian Schoolhouse, brought to you by The Old Schoolhouse: 

• “History of Canada Day”
• “A Brief History of the British North America (BNA) Act, Canadian Bill of Rights, and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”
• “History of Canadian and Provincial Holidays”

Connect with The Homeschool Minute 

Spend a minute with your friends from The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine!

The Homeschool Minute is a weekly eNewsletter for anyone homeschooling or considering starting. It is brief yet packed with a powerful dose of encouragement to keep you going strong in your commitment to your family and to the Lord. Subscribe to the free homeschool newsletter.

Connect with The Old Schoolhouse Store

The Old Schoolhouse® is sharing a free eBook during the month of July in 2023. Discover patriotic quotations from great men and women in 4th of July: A Nation Built on Freedom, a 160-page eBook. As your child reads and copies these quotations, his grammar, handwriting, and punctuation skills will improve, and he will be exposed to important thoughts about liberty. 

Connect with the Homeschool Influencer Network

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Connect with Upcoming Episodes

New episodes of the Hey, Mama! Homeschool Show are released every Monday. Check back right here for show notes and links at HomeschoolShow.com. Here is what you can look forward to next:  

• 7/3/23: Episode 23—“The Freedom of Home Education” hosted by Deborah Wuehler of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine
• 7/10/23: Episode 24—“Preparing for Life After High School” hosted by Stephanie Morrison of The Canadian Schoolhouse
• 7/17/23: Episode 25—“Lapbooks, Notebooks, or Unit Studies – Should I Use Them?” hosted by Christine Weller of SchoolhouseTeachers.com and The Canadian Schoolhouse

Questions or comments on the Hey, Mama! Homeschool Show podcast? We would love to hear from you at HomeschoolShow@TheOldSchoolhouse.com.