TEACHING ARTS AND TRADES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE

Artistic Expressions of Love. Loving What You Do & Doing What You Love

• Pick an artform you love and create something* that represents your love for it.
• Collaborate with a few others to create an art project* that represents things each of you love about art.
• Interview someone to find out what types of art they love and create something* for them.
• Pick something, somewhere, or someone you really love and create an artistic representation* that captures your love for it/them.
• Create a mindmap* of things you love and how to interact with these more ” implement it.
• Pick something, somewhere, or someone you really love and create an artistic representation* that captures your love for it/them ” combining 2 or more forms of arts (incorporating music*). Make 2 versions ” one that represents the object/subject, and one that represents the feeling only.
• Study love and its historical influence on the art or music form of your choice and create a series of art or music creations* of that form that represents the progression you discovered.

• Share* 10 ways you can tell you are doing something you love.
• Pick 3 people that love something they do and identify 10 ways of how you can tell they love it, then ask them about it*.
• Choose 10 trades that you feel you would really enjoy, and explain* the 5+ reasons why you would really love to try it and see what you find out.
• Pick 10 people that you feel may love their profession, identify why you think that, & then interview them & make a physical project* to report for what you find.
• Describe your dream profession, make a vision board* on a medium that is related to that, and include all the details for how it would work and what it entails.
• Pick a trade you really love and create an image* of a person and place you love demonstrating mastery of that trade.
• Pick the thing you love most in life and create a life & business plan* for making that your profession.

TEACHING ENGLISH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE

Love in literature and using the theme of “Love” to learn English subject matter.

• Name 20 different words* that represent love for you.
• Write one page* about something you love and why you love it using 10 different words for love.
• Explore poetry, choose a specific style and write* 3 different styles of love poems.
• Write a short story* using 7+ similes and 7+ metaphors for love in it.
• Explore love in classic and modern literature and explain* how the characterization of love has evolved over time.
• Choose a piece of literature that is not about love (scientific journal, new article, etc.) and rewrite it* to be an intense love story between two inanimate objects, or an unlikely relationship.
• Pick a modern novel and rewrite it* as a love story using a classical form of writing and adapt it so the values of love are congruent with modern version of love or a new unique interpretation of love that you come up with.

• Learning words for different love related concepts.
• Reading & writing with words for love related concepts.
• Explore love in fiction.
• Explore & create different types of literature in relation to love.
• Compose a new piece of literature about love.
• Explore the complete history of and writings about love words.
• Write a dissertation level paper on love.

TEACHING HEALTH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE

• Describe* 5 emotional and 5 physical things you feel and do when you love something or someone.
• Name 10 foods you think are healthy that you love, and explain why* you love them and why you think they are good for your body and your mind.
• Create a love & gratitude journal* and use it for 7+ days and report on your experience.
• Conduct a research project* on things, foods, and experiences you love and how they affect your different body systems and emotions.
• Write a 10-page summary* of the research on how love affects the health of different systems of the body.
• Conduct a review of existing research and reproduce a peer reviewed study* on how increasing love affects mental and physical health and compare and contrast your results to the original study you are reproducing. 
• Create a study* with 20 biomarkers you can measure that assess mental and emotional health of love and write a thesis on the study and results.

TEACHING MATH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE

• Using a protractor/ruler/etc., create different geometric shapes to draw* a picture connecting the different things you love in your life.
• Create a presentation* for the different fractional expressions of the types of love you experience and how many things you fit into each category.
• Write and solve 20 “yellow level” math story problems using love concepts.
• Have people talk about something they love and chart* 10+ of their biomarkers, like heart rate, pupil dilation, breath rate, rate of speech, body temperature, etc. compared to when they talk about something they do not love.
• Evaluate 10 people and the top 5 things it looks like they love in your opinion, and how they engage with them. Then poll them and compare and contrast the results and differences and margin of error using complex equations and graphical representations*.
• Use complex probability and variables to graph out* the relationship between a person’s love for something and their relationship with it.
• Write an equation/mathematical interpretation* of love and defend it.

TEACHING SCIENCE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE

• Explore and discuss* the ways that plants show their ‘love’ for their environment.
• Pick 10 very different types of animals and research and give examples of* how each shows ‘love’ for their partner and/or offspring.
• Explore and write an essay* about 10+ symbiotic interspecies relationships and how their relationship benefits both parties (this could include animals, plants, insects).
• Explore* 10+ symbiotic biological/’internal’ relationships with microorganisms and how their relationship benefits both parties. Create a visual representation* of this.
• Choose an ecosystem and study* the symbiosis that occurs within it (make sure you cover animals, plants, insects, and microorganisms). Make a presentation* on your study.
• Pick 30 invasive species and research scholarly articles and report evidence* on any other species love the invasion/has/have benefited in a positive way from their ‘invader’. 
• Do an in-depth study* of how loving human interactions can dramatically improve a natural environment, create and implement a plan with this goal.

• Draw a picture* relating the molecules in different states of matter to different types of love for different types of people in your life.
• Use magnets or electricity* to show how the force you chose relates to love bonds between people.
• Explore* solutions and compounds and create mixtures and describe their levels of ‘love’ when mixed.
• Explore* chemical bonds and draw a correlation between those bonds and different types of love bonds between people.
• Create an experiment with acids and bases or gases that tells a story of their ‘love relationship’ and defend it* in terms of a love relationship.
• Write a paper* explaining the interaction between particles in nuclear forces and/or radioactive decay personifying their relationship in terms of types of ‘love’ relationships.
• Review research* on quantum entanglement and design or duplicate an experiment* that ‘proves’/shows love relationships between the particles and write a paper explaining this.

• Identify* the 3 things you love most about each season.
• Describe* how different types of landforms and/or weather could represent different types love for the earth.
• Research and write about* the different historical representation of the planets in relation to love and relationships.
• Create a video compilation* of 10 videos that demonstrate a possible love story that could be told through plate tectonics and write why you chose those and what the love story is.
• Explore solar phenomenon and the “love” relationships between the different solar bodies and find examples and create a presentation* for your results.
• Create & present a slideshow* of an ecosystem and how the needs of the ‘residents’ are ‘lovingly’ met by the geological/astronomical/meteorological elements there.
• Explore the symbiotic/loving interrelationship between all of the elements of 2 purple level concepts and create a mindmap or simulation* to demonstrate these points.

TEACHING SOCIAL SCIENCES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE

• Draw a picture* that represents the ways you express love.
• Create an art project* that you feel demonstrates what a loving relationship is with others.
• Write a short story* that represents the ways love is expressed in your family, between your friends, and others you interact with.
• Create a map of loving elements within your community and explain it in a group presentation*.
• Write a paper* on what you feel is the most significant historical example of two countries ‘loving’ each other.
• Research indigo level social sciences topics and write a book or children’s book* addressing one of them with love. Explain* how your book can improve the world.
• Create a love based political system and a strategy* for sharing and implementing this approach, and find somewhere to implement it and do so, adapting it to a smaller scale if needed. Explain any changes you had to make in scaling it down and why you did so.

• Pick a different culture and identify* their ways of expressing love/appreciation – what they say and what they do.
• Draw and label* the different types of relationships in the language of a foreign culture.
• Pick 3 short stories (fiction or nonfiction) to read about love in a different language and do a short paper or presentation* summarizing them in that language.
• Explain how your understanding of love has evolved in your life in a short story written in a foreign language.
• Give a presentation* in a foreign language on the forms and expressions for love and different types of loving relationships and ‘norms’ within that culture.
• Do research and write a paper in a foreign language that traces the history of the evolution of love and relationship norms of that culture.
• Write a college level paper* in a language other than your own and compare and contrast the way people express love and what is accepted/not accepted within it to 3 associated/similar languages.
  

TEACHING TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE

• Take a set of pictures* before and during 5 people talking about something they love the most, describe what differences you see.
• Find and explain* what you think is the best application available for teaching concepts related to love.
• Use your computer program of choice to create a presentation project* sharing all the things you love.
• Create an animated scene* with the central theme of love.
• Write a report* on existing efforts at teaching computers and machines emotions (like love).
• Build a computer game* that rewards loving actions and create a method of objectively evaluating if this program increases loving behavior in people’s daily lives. Report on your results.
• Conduct research on virtual pets and peoples relationships with them. Create a way* to use or modify this existing industry so that it provides new benefits for humanity. Implement your idea and share your results*.

• Share* 5 things you love about learning and ask 3 people 5 things they love about learning.
• Imagine a world where love was the foundation of teaching & learning, and the results that approach to learning would have on the world, and what it would be like to be a student or teacher in that world. Come up with a creative way* to present your idea to others.
• Devise a strategy* for teaching someone else something new about love, implement it with 5 people and share your results (e.g. a new something, somehow, or someone to love).
• Describe in a 5 to 10 page paper* your experience in life so far with everything you have learned about love and how you learned those lessons.
• Interview 10 people on their love strategies and determine which you think are the most beneficial and why and present and discuss* your results to those 10 people.
• Review the contemporary literature on love languages and strategies and write a comprehensive summary* of each and choose the 3 you think are the most effective and why
• Implement a strategy* for using love as the foundation of teaching & learning.
• Create and implement a comprehensive strategy* for loving all aspects of everything in your life (friends, family, business, nature, objects, interactions, etc.) for one week, and report your results.

TEACHING VALUES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF LOVE

How Love Relates to other Values

• Work in a small group to give a presentation* about how each of the red values relates to love.
• Have a specific conversation with a family member about how you each think love relates to each of the orange level values. Draw a picture* that summarizes what you learn about how the values are connected.
• Interview 3 different individuals on their unique perspectives on how the yellow level values connect to love, and create a mindmap* of the differences.
• Explore how your love of five of the specific green level values has evolved throughout your life, discuss the interconnectedness between the 5 you choose & create a project* that depicts this.
• Create a chart of all the blue level values – interview 10 people and have them prioritize the values based on their love for each of the values. Write a paper* on how this compares to your family’s values.
• Create a chart of all the indigo level values – interview 10 people from within your community/family/friends/school and 10 people completely outside of your community and have them prioritize the values based on how much they consider each value exhibits love. Create an artistic project* to present the results.
• Pick the purple level value that inspires you most, write a summary* of existing research on this value, draw and defend conclusions on how this affects love for you and the global community. Create a systematic way to address/increase global love even more in relation to this value.