These are my ideas for a new type of school curriculum. This is just an overview and the subjects, of course, would need to be taught in an age appropriate way, which I haven’t done here. Ideally, the student would pick from each subject what interested them.
10th grade
1. cooking
– ingredients
– methods
– health and safety
– scientific aspects
– cuisines
2. The Bible
– development
– hebrew bible
– torah
– nevi’im
– ketuvim
– original languages
– septuagint
– incorporations from theodotion
– final form
– christian bibles
– old testament
– new testament
– development of the christian canons
– divine inspiration
– versions and translations
– views
– other religions
– biblical studies
– higher criticism
– archaeological and historical research
3. finding a job
– resume
– networking
– referrals
– job boards and career websites
– job fairs
– company websites
– cold calling
– recruitment agencies
– temping and internships
– interview
4. physical health
– diet
– exercise
– sleep
– disease
5. skepticism
– legal
– philosophical
– religious
– scientific
6. multicultural theology
– apologetics
– conceptions of god
– eschatology
– existence of god
– opposition to religion
– theism
– theologies
– seminaries
7. sports
8. career paths
– assessment
– information
– counseling
– education
9. teaching (education)
– formal education
– preschool
– primary
– secondary
– tertiary (higher)
– vocational
– special
– educational forms
– alternative
– indigenous
– informal learning
– self-directed learning
– open education and electronic technology
– development goals
– internationalization
– education and technology in developing countries
– private vs public funding in developing countries
– educational theory
– purpose of schools
– educational psychology
– the intelligence-education relationship
– learning modalities
– philosophy
– curriculum
– instruction
– economics of education
10. music (history)
– eras of music
– prehistoric
– ancient music
– biblical period
– early music
– western art music
– medieval
– renaissance
– baroque
– classical era
– romantic
– 20th and 21st century
– classical music outside of europe
– byzantium
– asia
– india
– china
– middle east
– persia
11. dance (choreography)
– ballet
– contemporary
– jazz
– hip hop
– folk
– techno
– k pop
– religious
12. television (criticism)
13. theater (history)
– classical and hellenistic greece
– roman
– sanskrit
– chinese
– post-classical in the west
– eastern traditions
14. film (animation)
– traditional
– stop motion
– computer
– 2D
– 3D
– mechanical
15. fine arts (photography)
– general concepts
– equipment
– forms of photography
– processing
– techniques
16. applied arts (architecture)
– styles
– theory
– buildings
– materials
– structural elements
17. design (fashion)
– structure
– designing a garment
– types of fashion
– haute couture
– ready-to-wear
– mass market
– income
– fashion education
– areas
– world fashion industry
– american fashion design
– belgian
– british
– canadian
– french
– german
– italian
– japanese
– chinese
– soviet
– swiss
– terms
18. computer science
– theory of computation
– information and coding theory
– algorithms and data structures
– programming language theory
– formal methods
– artificial intelligence
– architecture and engineering
– performance analysis
– graphics and visualization
– security and cryptography
– computational science
– networks
– concurrent, parallel and distributed systems
– databases
– software engineering
19. chemistry
– matter
– atom
– element
– compound
– molecule
– substance and mixture
– mole and amount of substance
– phase
– bonding
– energy
– reaction
– ions and salts
– acidity and basicity
– redox
– equilibrium
– chemical laws
20. the law
– the constitution
– criminal
– taxes
21. history (political)
– antiquity
– medieval islam
– medieval europe
– european renaissance
– european age of enlightenment
– industrialization and modern era
22. languages (foreign)
phonology
vocabulary
syntax
writing system
– mandarin
– spanish
– hindi
– arabic
– portuguese
– french
23. writing (journalism)
