Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography for Multi Genre Research Project

Kochenderfer, Rebecca. “Welcome to Homeschool.com.”  www.homeschool.com. Homeschool. com, Inc. Nd. Web. 14 November 2010.

Homeschool.com “The #1 Homeschooling Resource” was created to “empower parents to create the ideal school for their child at home!” Rebecca Kochenderfer writes that homeschooling has experienced a boom in recent years and states that “between two and three million children in the United States are learning at home.” The site offers FAQ’s about homeschooling, an article on different homeschooling methods, “The Ten Most Important Things You Should Know About Homeschooling” and more articles and resources to support homeschoolers. It also has forums where homeschoolers can ask questions on virtually any homeschooling topic.


Heritage Builders Home Educators Inc. http://homeschool-life.com/in/hbhe/. Developed and Hosted by homeschool- Life.com. Nd. Web 14 November 2010.

This is my co-op's website and I used it to get pictures of events for my collage. The site is mainly for members of Heritage Builders Home Educators, but it does have informational pages for public viewing. Members use it to interact and to sign their children up for co-op provided classes and social events.  It is provided by Homeschool Life, which creates websites for many homeschool groups. It is a good example of the many co-ops that are all over the nation.


Homeschool Central. www.homeschoolcentral.com.  Site Design and Hosting provided by Abiding Web. Nd. Web. 14 November 2010.

Homeschool Central has existed since 1996, helping all kinds of homeschoolers. The site has information on subjects from Art to Writing and everything in between. They also run a site called Homeschool Simplified, which helps families get on their feet when starting the homeschooling process. This site is very similar to the others.

 Homeschool Legal Defense Association. www.youcanhomeschool.org.  Homeschool Legal Defense Association. Nd. Web. 14 November 2010.

The Homeschool Legal Defense Association is a nationwide group that provides legal defense for homeschoolers in court cases and resources to homeschool families in general. It was founded in 1983 by J. Michael Smith (President) and Michael P. Farris (Chairman). The Introduction to the site contains a summary of the history of homeschooling, touching mostly on the recent increase in homeschooling. It then goes on to offer information about specific aspects of homeschooling and contains links to popular homeschooling sites and curricula sellers. 

Weight, Matt. "Homeschooled Children - Social Butterflies or Social Misfits?" www.discovery.org. The Discovery Institute. 19 May 2006. Web. 16 December 2010.

The Discovery Institute exists to promote ideas in the common sense tradition of representative government, the free market, and individual liberty. Weight's article talks about the myths regarding homeschool socialization and serves as an introduction to Dr. Patricia Lines report on homeschooling. He talks about how homeschoolers have better social interaction with adults and other individual in different age groups.

Zeise, Anne.  A to Z Home’s Cool.www.homeschooling.gomilpitas.com. Ann Zeise. Nd. Web. 14 November 2010.

A to Z Home’s Cool community website offers resources to help homeschoolers teach their kids from preschool through high school with lesson ideas, educational websites, books curriculum and etc.  Over 88.4 million homeschoolers are said to use the site, which consists of Articles written mainly by founder Anne Zeise. This site was incredibly extensive and offered over 60 links to articles. It gives links to blogs, state homeschooling logs, curriculum sites and more.