About Us
Our mission is to be the best place for parents to go to help their child make sense of the world we live in.
Meet Our Team
Knowable World was created BY homeschoolers FOR homeschoolers!
Scott Powell
Scott Powell is a historian and teacher who has been teaching homeschooled students online for nearly 20 years. He is the author of three books including “The 4-Hour Historian”, “The History of Now”, and the upcoming “The History of Tomorrow”. His present-centric approach was developed from the conviction that history is an essential subject that is vital for anyone who wants to live a fully engaged life and make sense of the world they live in.
Heather Schwarz
Heather Schwarz is a homeschooling parent, homeschooling coach and Masters of Education student whose mission is to make it easy for parents to provide a high-quality academic education to their children at home. Her own children have been students of Mr. Powell’s History at Our House program for several years, and she is keenly aware of the need for a conceptual, easy-to-use, secular curriculum for the youngest students. Heather brings more than ten years of experience and study in the field of home education.
Created by Homeschoolers, For Homeschoolers
Knowable World is a homeschool history provider committed to meeting the needs of homeschooling parents and students.
We know that homeschoolers aren’t looking to replicate the content or teaching methods of public school classrooms. We want to give our children something better: meaningful knowledge, personal understanding, and deep learning that will help them live fulfilling and effective lives.
And we know that a great history solution not only needs to provide all of that, it also needs to fit seamlessly into your family’s routine!
Our Journey So Far
Knowable World was founded in 2022 as a collaboration between Scott Powell and Heather Schwarz. We set out to create a K-2 curriculum that would cover history, social studies, and geography concepts for young children in a format designed for home use. The first year of that curriculum is now available, and further levels are in production.
In 2024, we decided to expand our offerings to include homeschoolers of all ages by incorporating Scott Powell’s full history curriculum into the Knowable World brand. Scott has spent two decades honing his approach to history education by teaching these classes, formerly known as History at Our House. The result is a completely unique and innovative method that equips students with powerful, relevant, and lasting knowledge of the world we live in.
“History is the revelation and explanation of
the world we live in.”
– Scott Powell
Future Development
We will continue to offer live classes for students in grades 3-12, as well as recorded classes for each topic in the three-year rotation:
- America and the World We Live In
- Europe, Russia, and the World We Live In
- Asia, Africa, and the World We Live In
The second and third levels of the History Detectives curriculum for grades K-2 are still in development as of 2024. We are continuing to optimize the lessons to ensure that we are providing the BEST solution for parents to help their children begin to make sense of the world we live in.
In the future, we hope to create screen-free versions of the History detectives program, as well as standalone curriculum for grades 3-12. We will eventually offer training for teachers who want to teach our live classes or use our curriculum in co-ops or private schools.
History for Homeschoolers