Homeschooling - Getting Started and Social Studies Curriculum

I am often asked by new homeschoolers how we got started and what we do for homeschooling.  We began two years ago by just registering with our local educational agency (LEA) and reporting the days attended to them at the middle of the year an the end of the year.  A good link is the "Getting Started Homeschooling in Tennessee" website.  We didn't have a particular curriculum but studied in an eclectic way in the first year.  We have used some of the following curriculum resources in Social Studies:

• Ancient Civilizations & the Bible: From Creation to Jesus Christ (History Revealed) 
• The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Volume 2: The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance, Revised Edition
• The Discovery Channel
• The History Channel
• Christian Heroes of History like George Mueller George Mueller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) 
• Torchlighter's DVDs like Eric Liddell Torchlighters: Eric Liddell 

I will post other curriculum ideas and resources in the future.