At school, you go to school and rotate every 50 minutes between classes. This may be what a day looks like:
- Fill in geography papers about mountain ranges in Africa
- Solve 2 variable algebra problems in math
- Discuss the 4th president of the United States in history
- Watch a video about electrons in science
- Write an essay about how you will change the world in English
Those are awesome things to learn! BUT- there is a certain level of disconnect between the subjects.
Interest-based learning is the mode of learning I want to pursue with Einstein. If he is interested in the colonization of America, we would:
- Map out the first 13 colonies in order, along with distinguishing geographical features
- Discuss taxation without representation and do a sample budget and calculate taxes back then compared to now
- Make a diorama of how Native Americans lived, and another of early settlers
- Read biographies about King James and George Washington
- Write contrasting essays about what you would have done as the king trying to maintain control over the colonies versus what you would do as a colonist trying to gain freedom
- Find out what scientific discoveries were made during this time period and discover their use today- still relevant or obsolete?
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