FLOTILLA OF FRATERNITY Economics – Class 7 – Main Lesson This can also be used with the business class in 6th grade… The Secretary-to-the-Prime-Minister sat at the side of the classroom watching the group of curious Class 7 children stroll in. His face was stern, judgmental even; after all, he has been sent to the […]
Golden Beetle Curriculum Guides
What is X? Why is Y? Algebra in 7th Grade
“Al-Jabr means union of the parts.” Algebra – Class 7 – Main Lesson “Al-jabr means ‘union’ – of the parts.” Said old Al Jabr cheerily to the frowning Class 7 teacher. The two were new friends, having just met in the small park outside the local mosque. Taur had that same frown even then, which […]
What is X? Why is Y? Geometry in 7th Grade
EUCLID AND THE PHARAOH Geometry – Class 7 – Main Lesson The Room, or should I say the Grand Hall, where Euclid toiled was salubrious indeed, being part of tan Academy devoted to scholarly pursuits in the pharaonic palace of Ptolemy I at Alexandria in northern Egypt. The Pharaoh had been watching his busy countryman […]
What is X? Why is Y? Cosmometry to Geometry in G7 & G8
AS ABOVE – SO BELOW Cosmometry to Geometry I am Point, the Horror Vacuum – of revelation. My nothingness ignites fear in the material heart. I am the Fount of Man – spirit-water of Word, Spirit-light, a sword. From me all Being is born, to me all Beings are drawn. I am Circle – […]
What is X? Why is Y? Color and Form Complements
It is the legion number of properties the Golden Section (as seen in the logarithmic spiral above) possesses that make it so special. This ration – approx. 1 : 1.618 xxx – is singular in that its square can be produced by simply adding 1; the reciprocal calculated by subtracting 1. It is also the […]
What is X? Why is Y? How Do Measurements Emerge?
THE RUTTED TRACK TO SPACE The US standard railway gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they build them in England, and the English expatriates built the US railroads. Why did the English build them like that? Because […]
What is X? Why is Y? Overview of Finance from G1 to G12
BLUE CHIP LEMONADE An overview of the Finance-Economics program from Class 1 to 12 Occasionally as I lie awake in the wee small hours, my mind fixates on some minor cash-flow problem. Soon the black dog of depression enters my gloom-induced fantasy and chases me through the thickets of illusion. Here I imagine that the […]
What is X? Why is Y? Introduction to 7th & 8th Grade Math
THE 100,000 CRANES What is X? Why is Y? is a transition book, straddling Class 7 primary and Class 8 high school. As such, it seems reasonable to review the number path traveled by children to this point. The following is a brief exposition on Geometry – “Earth Measure”. A 7-year-old girl in Hiroshima was […]
Numero Mystika: Squalls and Surges
$QUALLS AND $URGES I thought the meteorologist who first noticed the connection between the 11-year sunspot cycle and earth weather, such as aurora frequencies, was cleaver enough. But the economist who recently observed the same rhythm of highs and lows in the time-line of the financial climate was downright brilliant! The tradition of the unlikely […]
Archios: Fraction Activities for 4th Grade
Copyright Alan Whitehead & Earthschooling: No Part of this book, post, URL, or book excerpt may be shared with anyone who has not paid for these materials. Alan speaks in a very symbolic and esoteric manner in some parts of his books. Although they can be read anthroposophically, passages speaking of Atlantis, archangels, gods, etc. […]
Archios: A Number Story
Copyright Alan Whitehead & Earthschooling: No Part of this book, post, URL, or book excerpt may be shared with anyone who has not paid for these materials. Alan speaks in a very symbolic and esoteric manner in some parts of his books. Although they can be read anthroposophically, passages speaking of Atlantis, archangels, gods, etc. […]
Archios: Optical Illusions and Numbers in 4th Grade
Copyright Alan Whitehead & Earthschooling: No Part of this book, post, URL, or book excerpt may be shared with anyone who has not paid for these materials. Alan speaks in a very symbolic and esoteric manner in some parts of his books. Although they can be read anthroposophically, passages speaking of Atlantis, archangels, gods, etc. […]
Earthschooling – an Award Winning Curriculum
