by Scott Powell | Mar 13, 2025 | For Parents, Around the World, Jr/Sr High School, Uncategorized
Why Study the Past? Our mission at Knowable World is to be the best place for parents to go to help their child make sense of the world we live in. Notice that our goal is not focused on the past, but on the world we live in—the now—the present. That’s what...
by Scott Powell | Mar 9, 2025 | For Parents, Around the World, Jr/Sr High School, Uncategorized
Worried About “Whitewashing”? Our mission at Knowable World is to be the best place for parents to go to help their child make sense of the world we live in. That includes handling the difficult topics in history. Case in point: Islamic history. We are...
by Scott Powell | Mar 6, 2025 | For Parents, Uncategorized
Adult Learning is an Important Part of Homeschool Teaching “Do as I say, but not as I do” is the surest way to kill a student’s motivation. Moms and dads, you have to do better — and at Knowable World, we can help. As our Anchor Fact series of...
by Scott Powell | Mar 5, 2025 | For Parents
Don’t Settle for Boring! If your student has trouble seeing the relevance of history — and let’s be honest, we all do — then it’s time to try the Knowable World approach, and start learning “anchor facts.” As our Anchor Fact...
by Scott Powell | Jan 14, 2025 | Uncategorized, For Parents
The Birth of Historical Inquiry History was never meant to be just “the study of the past.” When Herodotus, the father of history, invented the subject, he called it The Inquiries. Into what? When Herodotus began his work, there was no record of human...