The growing discontent of the youth. Recreation is "invented" for the unemployed and disenfranchised. The observations of a mysterious visitor. View comic on gnomz.com
The innovation of the alternative school trickles down to the traditional school. However, the traditional school still looks for new ways to teach the old curriculum, even appeasing some progressives. View comic on gnomz.com
In an attempt to make education a respected field, educators codify content and make it hard to learn. The community complains about schools being too regimented. Vie comic on gnomz.com
Environmental changes render school subjects irrelevant. Progressives call for schools to teach the new techniques for getting food, shelter, and safety. Conservatives reject these demands, claiming the old subjects are the foundation upon which all knowledge is built. View comic on gnomz.com
New-Fist comes up with the idea for systematic education and the first curriculum; he appeals to religion and patriotism to convince skeptical elders. View comic on gnomz.com
For my class this quarter we read The Saber-tooth Curriculum, an excellent satire on educational change written in 1939. Activities related to the reading included preparing an event map of about 10 events described in chronological order. After preparing our event maps individually, we worked in a group to ...
