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John Quincy Adams

Homeschooled by his gifted mother and tutored by his distinguished father at the time of the American Revolution, this teen was already an experienced foreign diplomat at age 19!  John Quincy Adams was the oldest of John and Abigail Adams’ five children. His middle name “Quincy” came from Abigail’s maternal grandfather, Colonel John Quincy, […]

The Technological Terror

By Peter Olsen For my high school senior science project, my dad challenged me to build a computer from scratch – and he offered to foot the bill. I couldn’t believe my ears! Once I overcame the initial surprise, I started thinking about what I needed to do: research computer hardware, decide what to get, order the […]

Teen Read Week: Read Beyond Reality

College Bound Reading List Teen Read Week 2009 will be celebrated October 18-24! This year’s theme is “Read Beyond Reality @ Your Library,” which encourages teens to read something out of this world, just for the fun of it. The following books in the genre of science fiction, fantasy, and alternate realities are recommended reading […]

Civil Disobedience

College Bound Reading List Have you read “Walden,” the book that Henry David Thoreau wrote while living at Walden’s Pond in Massachusetts? If you haven’t, you should! “Walden” is a great book to read in high school, college, and throughout one’s life, because like all good literature, with each subsequent reading new depths of understanding […]

Walden and The Elements of Style

College Bound Reading List Remember E.B. White’s birthday on July 11 (1899) and Henry Thoreau’s birthday on July 12 (1817) with these classic books! E.B. White is best known for his three children’s books: Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte’s Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). White was noted for his crisp, graceful style, […]

Robin Lee Graham

Throughout history, many people who found success at a young age were the result of parents supporting their goals. Such was the case with Robin Lee Graham, a 16-year-old boy who dreamed of sailing around the world in 1965. “At first, he hoped to find a companion to share the adventure, but few schoolboys have […]

East Texas Baptist University

East Texas Baptist University or ETBU is a private, coeducational Christian university associated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. ETBU is located in Marshall, Texas, an historic city with a population of 25,000 nestled in the scenic piney woods of East Texas. Marshall is in the center of a recreational and tourist region, and […]

Books for Summer

College Bound Reading List Books for Summer Relax and be inspired with these books about sailing and the sea, nature, travel, adventure, and more. Dana, Richard Henry. Two Years Before the Mast. (A detailed autobiographical account of a two-year trip out of Boston and around Cape Horn to California circa 1834. For an extra touch […]

The Summer of Saint Nick, by Josh Burk

This review was originally published at http://www.knowledgehouse.info/review_SaintNick.html Josh Burk, a homeschool graduate, wrote his first book after finishing college. The goal was to create a novella for young teen readers that would be both entertaining and educational, seeking to improve the readers’ vocabulary while delivering a captivating story. The end result was The Summer of […]

Tim Tebow

  If you’re a sports fan, you’ve probably heard of football quarterback Tim Tebow. Besides being an outspoken Christian athlete, Tebow is a homeschool graduate. Although he did not attend public school classes, he played on the Nease High School football team which won the 2005 State Championship. In his freshman year at college, Tim […]

Check Out Your Professors!

RateMyProfessors.com is the Internet’s largest listing of collegiate professor ratings. Online since 1999, it contains more than 8 million student-generated ratings of over 1 million professors from over 6,000 colleges and universities across the United States, Canada, England, Scotland and Wales. Thousands of new ratings are added each day, and even local community colleges are […]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

College Bound Reading List A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare is one of my favorite Shakespearean dramas. It’s a romantic comedy that features three interlocking plots connected by a wedding celebration, a woodland rendezvous under the light of the moon, and a nighttime realm inhabited by fairies. To get the most enjoyment out of […]

Pursuing Dreams: Career Exploration for High School Students

By Carol Topp “At first Andrew didn’t want to take your Career Exploration class, but it turned out to be one of his favorites,” the enthusiastic mother told me. I had just completed a semester-long class for eighth-twelfth graders at our homeschool co-op. The 17 teenagers relished studying themselves! My two semesters of experience teaching […]

University of Wyoming

If you are looking for a community of friendly people located in a small town, the University of Wyoming (www.uwyo.edu) is the college for you. UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on a high plain between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. UW is large enough to offer the facilities and activities of a major […]

The 5 Browns

What happens when you take five uniquely talented siblings in their 20’s and put them on stage with five Steinway pianos? You get a packed concert hall with thousands of excited young fans screaming and dancing in the aisles! The most amazing part is, these performing artists are not the latest rock or pop band, […]

Meet Victoria Kasten: Rising Young Author

Victoria Kasten, a 17-year-old homeschool student who loves horses, wrote her first Mighty Stallion book at age 12, after a trip to the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in South Dakota. A couple of years later, Victoria’s family decided to self-publish it as a homeschool project to preserve something that she wrote in her childhood. Her uncle, […]

Christopher Paolini

“Everything I did was only possible because my parents were dedicated and loving enough to homeschool my sister and me. My mother, a former Montessori teacher and author of several children’s books, took the time to instruct us every day. Aside from textbook lessons, she had us perform many exercises designed to stimulate our creativity.” […]

Call for Submissions

  Homeschooling Teen Magazine needs submissions from teens like YOU! Do you have an idea? Send it in! If you have a story to tell, we want to know! Maybe you’ve written a poem that our readers would enjoy, or perhaps you want to bring attention to someone who deserves recognition. Send us your editorials […]

Books By Homeschoolers

Homeschooling Teen Magazine has featured profiles of many homeschool authors over the years. For your convenience, we will list all of their books on this page. Click on the titles that you are interested in to learn more. Purchase via the Amazon links and help support Homeschooling Teen! (If you are a homeschooling teen or […]