George Albert Wentworth. Wikipedia image.

For about ten years, I have owned the domain MathDoctor.net.  When I first acquired it, I slapped some content there, planning to update it when I got a Round Tuit.  That time has finally come, and I’ve started putting some useful content there.  In particular, I now have a full course in Algebra 1, which I think is suitable for homeschoolers, or perhaps just parents wanting to brush up on basic principles in order to help their kids with homework.

The course is based upon the text written in the late 19th century by George A. Wentworth, pictured at the left.  You can view the original text at the Internet Archive at this link.  For most of the first half of the 20th century, most kids used this text to learn algebra.  And those kids are the ones who got us to the moon, so Ol’ Wentworth must have been doing something right.

The language has been updated somewhat.  And when Wentworth’s word problems talked about bushels of oats, we’ve done our best to make them more relevant.

The site is still under construction, and I hope I can update it faster than the last update took.  But the Algebra course is now ready to go, although I intend to add more exercises (and answers) for all of the chapters.  I will also add additional complete courses.  You can go directly to the Algebra course at this link.

If you know a parent who’s grappling with helping Junior with their algebra, please share the link.

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