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.
6th grade
1. cooking
– ingredients
– ingredients
– methods
– health and safety
– scientific aspects
– cuisines
2. hygiene
hands
– washing with soap and water
– when to wash hands
– germs
– respiratory
– cover your cough
– using a tissue
– food
– sanitizing surfaces
– separate raw from cooked
– cook thoroughly
– keep food at safe temperatures
– washing food
– water
– clean water vs. dirty water
– kitchen
– food storage
– cleaning up
– when to refrigerate
– bathroom
– hand washing
– taking a bath
– laundry
– putting dirty clothes in the hamper
– medical
– cleaning a cut
– disinfectant
– surfaces
– body
– washing
– brushing teeth
– washing hair
– changing clothes (dirty and clean)
– nail trimming
– sleep
– don’t touch blood
– getting a haircut
– going to the doctor/dentist
3. physical health
– diet
– exercise
– sleep
– disease
4. inventing
– play
– re-envision
– insight
– exploration
– improvement
5. sports
6. woodwork
7. music (playing)
– percussion
– wind instruments
– stringed instruments
– electronic instruments
8. dance (performance)
– concert dance
– latin/rhythm
– swing
– traditional jazz
– ballroom
– freestyle
– hip hop
– disco
9. theater (stage design)
10. film (filmmaking)
– initial story
– screenwriting
– three act structure
– the hero’s journey
– syd field’s paradigm
– the sequence approach
– imagery
– dialogue
– plot
– casting
– shooting
– basic terms
– cinematography
– lighting
– special effects
– sound recording
– editing
– editing techniques
– screening
11. fine arts (photography)
– general concepts
– equipment
– forms of photography
– processing
– techniques
12. applied arts (architecture)
– styles
– theory
– buildings
– materials
– structural elements
13. agronomy (agricultural science)
– producing plants
– using plants
– environmentalism
– resources
– energy supply
– waste and pollution
– habitats and species
14. earth science
– earth’s interior
– electromagnetic field
– atmosphere
– methodology
– earth’s spheres
– atmosphere
– biosphere
– hydrosphere
– lithosphere
– pedosphere
– systems
15. space science
– astronomy
– space exploration
– aeronautics
16. politics (government)
– elections
– corruption
– government
– philosophies
– governments of the world
– political issues
– politics by region
– political parties
17. history (natural)
– ancient times
– medieval
– birth of scientific biology
18. languages (foreign)
phonology
vocabulary
syntax
writing system
– mandarin
– spanish
– hindi
– arabic
– portuguese
– french
19. writing (non-fiction)
– expository (explaining or informing the reader about a certain topic)
– argumentative
– background
– thesis
– 3 claims
– evidence for each claim
– opposing views (2)
– refutation of 2 opposing views
– conclusion
– opinion
– both sides of argument
– opinions
– reasons for opinions
– examples to support reasons
– conclusions
– essay
– introductory
– body
– transitions
– conclusion
– biography
– research
– reading works already written about the subject
– interviews
– visit places significant to the subject’s life
– explore what interested, influenced and inspired the subject
– study the time and place of the subject’s life
– analyzing the subject’s life
– look for patterns
– thesis statement
– decide how to recount the person’s life
– narrative
– write
– drafts
– get someone to read it
– proofread
– title
– sources
– publish
– memoir
– memories
– historical
– outline
– scientific
20. philosophy (history)
– western
– middle eastern
– indian
– buddhist
– east asian
– african
– indigenous american
