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HIGHEST GOOD OF ALL (HGOA) LESSON PLAN
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ARTS AND TRADES
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| ARTISTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF HIGHEST GOOD SITUATIONS |
| The Arts - Describe* what form of art brings the best out of people and why you believe that.
- Pick an object, plant or animal that represents Highest Good and draw or paint* it.
- Create a scene* of something that represents Highest Good living in your mind and describe why you chose that representation.
- Choose a highest good aspect of a culture other than your own and create a piece of art* in a style that culture uses to represents that aspect you chose.
- Pick a time frame in history that you feel was focused on highest good living and create a piece of art* in that style.
- Pick an artist whose style you feel represents the feeling of highest good to you and create an artistic series* in that style representing your idea of highest good living.
- Evaluate positive artistic trends in history and how those trends benefited humanity, and create a 30+ minute artistic presentation* of your findings.
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| Trades - Name the 10 trades you consider to be the most for the HGoA. Explain* your choices.
- Pick 3 trades you feel are HGoA. Describe why you feel they are HGoA and why you may be interested in pursuing them. Share* your choices and reasons with classmates.
- Interview 3 people who practice different trades and find out 5 aspects of what each of them do that could be considered for the HGoA. Make an object or project* that represents your findings, using as much of the trades you found out about as possible. (ex: if one of the people interviewed was a baker, the project could be made from baked goods)
- Choose a HGoA industry that has at least 10 ‘sub-trades’ within it and explore how each of those help the industry contribute to the HGoA. Present* your findings to a large group.
- Pick an industry. Create something* within that field that you feel is for the HGoA.
- Create a mindmap or other diagram* of global HGoA industries and how they interact.
- Choose an industry in which you see significant need for HGoA improvement and research the industry’s inner workings. Formulate a HG improvement and present it to them in a professional business proposal*.
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ENGLISH
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Note: Any language can be substituted for English. The subject is listed here as “English” because that is the primary language of most of the people on the team, and the official language of the country we’re building our initial location in.
| DESCRIBING, WRITING, & READING ABOUT WHAT HGOA MEANS TO YOU & OTHERS |
| - Read 3 children’s stories that are for the HGoA and pick out the things in the stories that were for the HGoA and explain* to your classmates why you picked them.
- As an individual or small group, choose your 5 favorite movies/ stories and pick out three things from each that are for the HGoA and write a short paper* explaining your choices.
- Write your own short story or poem* that teaches a lesson about the HGoA.
- Choose the form of literature that you feel is most for the HGoA and write a paper* about why you feel that is, including research and references to 5 writers who have used that style in what you consider a HGoA way or had what you consider a HGoA impact.
- Identify a genre of literature and write something using that style that exemplifies 15 elements you consider most for the HGoA within that style and include a paper/list* that explains the 15 elements you choose and how and why you used them.
- Create a mindmap* of global language & literature on how they have impacted the global HGoA progress for humanity
- Create a NEW style* of ‘literature’ that you feel is the most for the HGoA.
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HEALTH
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| TEACHING HEALTH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HGOA |
| - Identify and present* 10 health practices or relationship interactions you consider as for the Highest Good of All – practice using your favorite ones throughout the week and share* the results.
- Observe 5 different people in your life that you see as each having at least 2 unique Highest Good relationship practices. Interview these people about these practices and how and why they use them. Draw conclusions and share* your results.
- Create a list of 10 highest good practices in each of the following categories: emotional, relationship/social, and physical/nutritional practices and ask 20 different people to rank them in the order of most to least for “the highest good.” Organized your data, draw conclusions, and create a presentation* to share what you learned.
- Compare and contrast 5-10 highest good reasonings for healthy emotional/ social/ physical/ relationship practices in different cultures and share/ report* your findings.
- Study the physio -chemical responses that happen in new relationships (aka the “honey moon” phase) and create a slideshow/ video* and explanations for your findings.
- Define your idea of a highest-good relationship and do research to back up your definition including 10-20 studies/books/articles/etc. Based on your results, create an action plan* as to how you would effectively start a relationship.
- Study 3 emotions that go along with relationships and the neurochemical responses that coincide with emotional phases. Interview 10 people about their experiences with those emotions. Publish a book or article* on your findings & conclusions about how they effect the HGoA.
- Review peer-reviewed data and interview experts in the field of relationships, specifically focusing on what is for the HGoA. Create* a 50-step plan to physical/ emotional success in relationships. Publish your results.
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MATH
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| TEACHING MATH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HGOA |
| - Explore* number groupings from a Highest Good and interconnectedness perspective, focusing on groupings of 2, 3, 4, 5, & 10.
- Explore & explain* highest good groupings and patterns of 5s, 7s, and 12s- plus 5 to 10 more of your choice. (ex: 5x 12=60 sec, 2×12=24 hours)
- Expand the following patterns & groupings and list* specific reasons for their significance-
12: music, time, 12 disciples, 12 zodiacs, 12 chakras, 12 months in a year, etc., 4: seasons, directions, money (quarters), personality types etc., 5: 5 fingers, 5 appendages, 5 minor notes etc. - Explain in depth* the Fibonacci sequence, golden mean, golden ratio, & other mathematical patterns.
- Identify 50 examples of Fibonacci sequence, Golden means, etc and create a way* to show their significance.
- Apply the Fibonacci Sequence, golden spiral, golden mean, golden ratio, to create a building / painting / etc* that integrates & teaches these concepts.
- Apply the fibinocci, golden means, etc, to your local community or to things in your environment & create a compelling argument* for it’s existence.
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SCIENCE
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| TEACHING SCIENCE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HGOA |
| Life Sciences - Find and explain* 3 things in nature that have a Highest Good effect on their environment.
- Explore & explain* a species that works together for the HGOA in their community (do this 5 times).
- Explore & explain* at least 3 very different cases of multiple species (2 or more) all working together for their Highest Good.
- Explore & explain* 2 completely different living systems that contain at least 10 species each that are working together for the Highest Good.This is good unedited, the next 2 are edited below.
- Explore & explain* 2 completely different living systems that contain at least 10 species each that are working together for the Highest Good plus add 1 system of 30+ species that includes plants, fungi, reptile, amphibian, bird, mammals, tree, insect/arachnid, fish ” choose 15 classes/families.
- Explore & explain* 2 completely different living systems that contain at least 10 species each that are working together for the Highest Good plus add 1 system of 30+ species that includes plants, fungi, reptile, amphibian, bird, mammals, tree, insect/arachnid, fish ” choose 15 classes/families using water environments.
- Explore & explain* 10 examples of the human ecosystem interacting in Highest Good ways with different ecosystems & explain how to benefit & implement a strategy for enhancing one of them or create a new strategy for humanity to enhance natural ecosystems in a significant highest good way.
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| Physical Sciences - Choose 5 things about physical science (from a list the teacher creates or from a book) that you think have contributed to the HGoA and share* why you think that.
- Write one page* about how could learning about physical science be the highest good (of you, of others, and of the planet).
- Identify one field within chemistry that you feel contributes the most for the HGoA and create ‘arguments’* for why that field is the most HGoA in your opinion.
- Interview one or more professionals that currently work in a field within the physical sciences about how they feel that both they and their field are contributing to the HGoA and what, if any, ways they could see that field contributing even more to the HGoA. Create a presentation* on your results and add your own thoughts/suggestions for improvements to this as well.
- Write an essay/paper* about a reality where a chemical process/ bond of chemistry that you consider as HGoA is not functional the way it is in our reality and formulating the argument for why/ how it currently functions for us is for the HGoA.
- Write an essay/paper* about a reality where a component of physics that you consider as HGoA is not functional the way it is in our reality and formulate the argument for why how it currently functions for us is for the HGoA.
- Choose a chemistry based industry where there is a significant opportunity for HGoA strategy, develop a strategy and implement it in either the creation of a new product or company* or by improving an existing company*.
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| Earth Sciences - Choose and discuss* 5 earth process (from a list the teacher creates or from books about earth sciences) that you think have contributed to the HGoA.
- Discuss* if learning about earth science is in the highest good (of you, of others, and of the planet).
- Identify one profession within earth sciences that you feel contributes the most for the HGoA and write an argumentative essay* explaining why.
- Pick an earth process and show how it helps to maintain the HGoA for a particular ecosystem or for the planet. Create a fun way* to present what you learned.
- Create a mindmap* of the relationships between the earth’s natural processes and how they relate back to the HG of earth as the central theme.
- Write an essay/paper* about what you choose as the number one earth process that creates the HGoA for the planet and explain your choice backing it up with research.
- Identify and explain the interaction of 30 earth processes in your geographic location and create a solution* to harness those energies or create a preventative solution that is for the HGoA based on what you learned and implement it.
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
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| DEMONSTRATIONS OF HIGHEST GOOD IN MODERN SOCIETY |
| - Create a picture* that shows something you do that you consider is ‘for the Highest Good’ and why you feel that way.
- Write 5 sentences that show something two people in your family and three people outside of your family do that you consider is ‘for the Highest Good’. Write 5 more sentences* that describe why you feel that way.
- Perform 5+ Highest Good activities in your community and create a journal, blog, or vlog of your results*.
- Collaboratively create a strategy* for increasing Highest Good living in your family or community and implement it.
- Do research on modern societies across the globe and write a 10 to 20 page report* which country you feel is the best reflection of a highest good of all culture and why you concluded that.
- Do research on societies across time and report which you feel is the best reflection of a highest good of all culture and why you concluded that. Create a video* of what happened to that culture.
- If you were to create a highest good society, how would you do that? Choose 10 examples that you feel add significant highest good to the world and based on what you learn, create a new strategy and implement it*.
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| Foreign Languages (Each of the following is to be completed in the foreign language(s) being studied) - Learn words for different HGoA related concepts
- Read & write with words for HGoA related concepts
- Explore what HGoA means to the culture you are studying and its differences to your own culture
- Explore & create different types of literature in relation to HGoA
- Compose a new piece of literature about HGoA
- Explore the complete history of and writings about HGoA words
- Write a dissertation level paper on the HGoA in relation to the country/culture you are studying
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TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
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| TEACHING TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HGOA |
| Technology - Use a picture editing app to create a collage of images* that represent the HGoA to you.
- Find an use one application that you feel helps increase HGoA experiences for you and explain your choice. Use it for a week and present your results*.
- Capture pictures and videos of what you consider to be HGoA acts and create a video montage* that you feel gives a feeling of HGoA.
- Use software to set up 5 systems (schedule, wellness, finances, etc)* so that they are contributing towards the HGoA. Follow that program for a week and write a 1 page report* on the results.
- Create a tool/machine/app/etc* that has a practical HGoA application.
- Study the ‘ethics’ and applications of modern robotics and determine whether you feel it is for the HGoA or not. Defend your position in a 20 page research paper*.
- Identify the technology you feel is most impactful and determine what you feel is the number one for the HGoA. Research and create an invention or new application within that technology OR a new form of technology that is even MORE for the HGoA and get that invention/technology put to its use*.
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| Innovation - Draw a picture* of the 5 innovations/inventions you think have been most for the HGoA.
- Imagine a new HGoA innovation/invention capable of dramatically benefiting large groups of people. Create your innovation* so it has at least 10 HGoA features that you can draw, label, or otherwise explain.
- Interview 10 people close to you about what they feel the 5 most important HGoA innovations have been in history. Design and present* something that integrates as many of these ideas into one creation as possible.
- Create a list* of the 30-50 values you consider to be most important for the HGoA. Poll 30+ business owners or people in high ranks in businesses and have them rank the values in the order they feel is from the most to least HGoA. Compare the results from the poll to your values list in a visual chart*.
- Research a Highest Good Organization and come up with a strategy for improving their effectiveness. Create a professional presentation/proposal to share the strategy and the research you did to support your claims. Then, share the presentation with that organization*.
- Research what you think are Highest Good Organizations and choose the 3 you feel are making the biggest impact on the global highest good. Define the factors that support your conclusion and create a manual* for implementation of those factors.
- Create a product or service that you feel spreads the HGoA with maximum effectiveness and get it produced and distributed*.
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VALUES
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| TEACHING VALUES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HGOA |
| - Explore what HGoA means to you in a mind map*.
- Pick 5 people that you really respect and ask them about what HGoA means to them and create a picture*to share what you learned.
- Create a list of the 30 values you consider to be most for the HGoA. Poll 20 people from all different parts of your life and have them rank the values in the order they consider to be from the most to least HGoA and make a chart* of what you learned.
- Create and explain your idea of a HGoA way to gather peoples’ opinion on something that’s important to you and implement the strategy you created. Explain your method and why you chose it and report on the results and the experience*.
- Create what you feel is the most amazing HGoA experience you can create and help at least 20 people to have that experience / expose them to it. Document and share your experience doing this and the results of it in relation to yourself, the participants, any potential observers, and any others this may have impacted*.
- Research what you think are Highest Good global practices and choose the 3 you feel are making the biggest impact on the global highest good and present the factors that support your conclusion. Then create your own version of implementation that combines as many of those factors as you can and put it in a handbook*.
- Create a HGoA strategy/method/organization/affiliation/partnership/etc that is globally implemental to teach people about HGoA and implement it*.
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