The Alabama Archives is excited to announce the launch a new #virtual program series Alabama History Behind The Scenes! These occasional presentations will take the public behind the scenes to explore how archivists, curators, and historians bring our state’s history to life.
The first Alabama History Behind The Scenes will be presented on Thursday, October 1st at noon via Facebook Live on the Alabama Archives’ Facebook page. Dr. Hayden McDaniel, education curator at the Archives, will present “Rediscovering an Alabama Suffragist.” Dr. McDaniel will introduce us to Alabama writer and suffragist Scottie McKenzie Frasier. Well-known during her lifetime, Frasier has faded into obscurity despite being called “one of the South’s most active spirit[s] in the cause of women’s rights.” Dr. McDaniel will bring Frasier back to the forefront and offer insights into the complexities of locating, researching, and describing Alabama women, particularly from the early 20th century.
Are yall ready for information on the NEXT Alabama Homeschool Capitol Day?? We are already working on getting that to you. After the response we got this year to both the event planned in Montgomery and then the participation we got in the reimagined virtual event, we know this next year is going to be bigger and better! To that end, we hope you will join us in Alabama Home Educators Community to hear more about the planning, and get even more support from our Alabama Homeschool community!
If you are one of the many families just getting started on your homeschool journey I put together this write up to help you find your feet.
CNN shared messages of hope from Seniors all over the U.S. The last young gentleman to speak is Augustus Tucker III, an Alabama homeschooler from HOPE Christian Academy.
There are FIVE albums of fantastic pictures taken by Alabama homeschoolers on our Alabama Home Educators page. Go like/love/react to your favorites in each age category in each album! Then join us over in Alabama Home Educators Community to not miss future statewide homeschool events and announcements!
We all enjoyed having Alabama Secretary of State Merrill speak to the kids virtually in Alabama Home Educators Community last week. If you missed it it is recorded in the group! Here is information on absentee ballots, deadlines, and expanded parameters to those ballots. This is such a great civics lesson for the kids to learn about the usual limitations and how/why exemptions can be made!