As a mom, I found myself looking for a curriculum to use with my children. What I have developed is a curriculum that met the needs of my children, but it might meet the needs of yours as well.
Geo-Centric Learning Curriculum is designed for Grades 6, 7, and 8. The
curriculum is designed to teach each major subject area within a context of a
region of the world. Regions are divided into macro geographical (continental)
regions and sub-regions. The curriculum is designed for easy entry for
students of all levels. And the curriculum is open-ended for students of all
levels to excel beyond grade level. The goal is to build curiosity and extend
learning beyond a typical worksheet or set of questions.
15 regions are covered each year. Approximately 2 ½
weeks are spent per region including lessons, explorations, and assessments.
The textbooks for this curriculum are simple. All you need is an atlas and an almanac.
Subject Areas: Core
English/Language
Arts
Math
Social
Studies/History
Science
Subject Areas: Other Areas Integrated
Music
Health
Geography
Technology
Arts
World
Languages
World
Religions
Spelling/Vocabulary
How Students Learn
Geo-centric learning meets multiple learning styles- auditory,
visual, and kinesthetic. The curriculum encourages exploration and builds cross-curricular connections. This curriculum is uniquely designed to meet the deficits and strengths of
students. Students are exposed to other cultures. And this curriculum gives students multiple ways to connect
what they learn to prior knowledge.
Important Key Components
- integrate national standards, including but not limited to Common Core and Next Generation State Science Standards
- link to technology and efficient ways to find and evaluate sources of information
- determine safe internet searching
- find multiple ways to gather information, choose a strategy, and solve problems
- build in reversibility-flexibility-generalization to allow for analytical problem solving
- integrate algebra skills (algebra is a limiting reagent)
- easy entry for all students
- sufficiently difficult and open-ended to provide challenge
What is not taught?
Foreign language and religion is not taught in this curriculum.
Stay tuned for more information on this exciting upcoming curriculum release...
