History Education

Okay, I don't know how I got signed up for this! Maybe someone did it for me. Maybe I did it myself without remembering.

But, for the past two months I have received complimentary materials from The History Channel.

Last month was a newsletter with study guides on various upcoming History Channel topics. One of them is on a Greek God we will be studying in a few weeks. I was excited to receive it!

Than today I got this ....

A complimentary copy of the 3-dvd set of America: The Story of Us by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

I looked at the site and it sells for $39.95! It's a 12-part series, which means a future 12-week study on the formation of America at our little school.

I looked all over the website for any link to sign up for free materials like I am getting, to share with you, but I couldn't find anything! If you know how to do this, please let me know and I'll pass it along.

These materials are fantastic! Thank you to whoever signed me up for them! {And if it was me then, "thank you, me."}

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