
Instructor & Club Leader
Becky Frank has been steeped in American History from her early days growing up on the family farm in Northeastern North Carolina. Although Barrow Creek farm has been in her family since the 1680s, her parents were the first to live on it in three generations. On the farm she learned to milk cows, sheer sheep, and drive a tractor.
After an internship at historic Edenton, she received a B.S. in Public History from Appalachian State University in 1992. Answering God’s call to teach in a classroom setting, she added teacher certification from East Carolina University to her degree in 1998. Becky then taught social studies in Gates County, North Carolina where her classes included U.S. History, World History, Economics, Government, and Humanities. After she moved to Northern Wake County with her new husband and began a family in 2004, she taught American History online for six years.
Becky currently homeschools her three children and is active in her church and local Christian homeschool group. She enjoys gardening, cooking, scrapbooking and long walks with her kids and the family dog. Sharing the heritage of our great country is one of her passions as. Her lifelong dream is to return to the family farm and make a portion of the acreage a living history site.
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Closed
Animals in American History (Offered SY 2023-2024)
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FlexibleFull Year
Devotional Club: Bible Verses That Made America
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FullSpring
Economics (With a Touch of Personal Finance) – GROUP 1 – FULL
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Spring
Economics (With a Touch of Personal Finance) – GROUP 2
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FlexibleSpringFall
Focus on American History – Ind. Study
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Spring
Heroes of American History
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Closed
History Detectives: Using Critical Thinking to Answer Questions from America’s Past (Offered SY 2023-2024)
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FlexibleSpringFall
Interactive History Adventure – Ind. Study
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Fall
Medieval History: Shining a Light on the Dark Ages
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Closed
More Heroes of American History (Offered SY 2023-2024)
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Spring
Renaissance and Reformation: The Birth of the Modern World
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Fall
Symbols of America
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Fall
The American Civil War
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Full Year
U.S. History – GROUP 1
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Full Year
U.S. History – Group 2
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FallAlmost Full
U.S. History Up Close: Colonial and Revolutionary America – GROUP 1- ALMOST FULL
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Fall
U.S. History Up Close: Colonial and Revolutionary America – GROUP 2
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Spring
U.S. History Up Close: Westward Expansion
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