Egan pattern language — index

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Humanities

Epic Stories°
Big History°
Philosophy Everywhere°
Playing Inside Stories°
Spiral History°
Geography by Heart°
Dueling Histories°
Nested Timelines°
World Religions Throughout°
Everyone Learns Law°
Everyone Learns Economics°

After that, patterns in the humanities will include stuff like Customs & Cultures°, Brief Lives°, People & Their Ideas°, Conspiracy Theories°, Worldviews°, Drawing Maps°, Shading Maps°, the Geography Game°, Metaknowledge°, Local Geography°, Intergenerational Conversations°, Know Yourself°, Asking the Big Questions°, Where do We Come from?°, What are We?°, What is a Good Life?°, What is a Good Society?°, People in Your Neighborhood°, Microhistories°, Simulations°, and Stories without Bad Guys°.

Science

Origin Stories°
Secrets and Revelations°
A Riddle Wrapped in a Game°
Know a Place°
Star Lore°
Know a Tree°
Tracking the Sky°
Local Birds°
Shrink Ray°
Imagining the Truth is True°
Cryptids°
Guesstimates°
Masters of Measurement°

After that, we’ll continue with Getting Comfy with Big Numbers°, Fermi Estimates°, Walking Curriculum°, Local Trees°, Size Line°, Local Bugs°, Dinosaurs & Aliens & Sharks O My°, DIY Textbooks°, Be the Creature°, Local Flowers°, Catch ‘em All°, Outdoor Detectives°, Animal & Plant Champions°, Animals & Plants in the Classroom°, World Records°, Physics of Superheroes°, Unit Conversions°, Dueling Scientists°, Draw Your Local Ecosystem°, Social Science in High School°, Biology of Imaginary Creatures°, Metaphors before Definitions°, We are Surrounded by Mystery°, Evolution Throughout°, All the Sciences at Once°, A Special Place for Animals°, See Smells°, Peering through a Microscope°, Bottoms-Up Explanations°, My Favorite Molecules°, Atoms on Up°, and, um, more.

Art

A Song a Week°
Strange Sensations°
A Painting a Week°
Mysterious Music°
Simple Doodles°
A Movie a Month°
Making Noise°
Geeky Songs°
Drawing in 3D°
Playing Instruments°
Dancing in the Classroom°

And after that, look forward to patterns like Going Outside°, Drawing What You See°, Aesthetics Unpacked°, Understanding Comics°, and How to Take Photos°.

Math

Origin Stories°
Boss Questions°
Concept Ladders°
Multiple Representations°
Mysterious Messages°
Counting Rhymes°
Telling Jokes°
Finger Math°
Basic Abacus°
Building on Someone Else’s Curriculum°
Bead Computers°
Other Number Systems°
Ciphers°

And after that, look forward to Counting in Other Languages°, Freaky Mental Math°, Chanting Your Times Tables°, Microscaffolded Math°, Classic Riddles°, Solution Snobbery°, Deep Practice Books° (though you can already see a long version of that here), Foreshadowing High School Math°, Writing on Walls°, Every Game is Calvinball°, Pi = 3°, Just Board Games°, and Calendar Math°.

Language

Story Ingredients°
Other Alphabets°
Book Tastings°
Origins of the Alphabet°
World Proverbs°
Living Books°
Book X-rays°
A Poem a Week°
Strong Sentences°
Powerful Paragraphs°
Microliterature°

After that, we’ll have Teaching in Another Language°, Origins of Words°, World Fables°, Get Thee to a Library°, Sentence Simplification°, Origins of Punctuation°, Moves of Disagreement°, Great Quotes°, Dissecting Sentences°, Dissecting Words°, Speed-Reading°, Slow-Reading°, Why is This Funny?°, One Very Different Language°, Book Distillations°, Narrative Theory°, Idea-Driven Fiction°, Humor at Its Finest°, Dueling Interpreters°, Canon Wars°, Teaching the IPA°, Benjamin Franklin’s Method°, and Many Subtle Words°.

Practical Superpowers

Unraveling Fears°
Art of Memory°
Learning in Depth°
Public Speaking°
Lying to Students°
Forgetting Curve Box°
Spaced Repetition Software°
Teaching Hyperfocus°
Teaching Habit Formation°
Kids on Stages°
Cooking Lunch Together°

And after that, look forward to Teaching Deliberate Practice°, Blindfolded Typing°, Working on One Thing°, Giving Immediate Feedback°, and Handwriting You Love°.

Schools & Classrooms

A Market for Lessons°
Cumulative Content°
Named Virtues°
Every School a Tribe°
Radical Inclusivity°
Youth Charters°
Split the School°
Cal Newport Goes to High School°
Every Class a Brain°
Lunch Conversations°
10-Second Answers°

After that, we’ll amble around Finger Code°, Quick Thumbs°, Estimating Your Understanding°, Extended Memory Systems°, Color Code°, Genius Rocks°, Stinkin’ Badges°, Impossible Conversations°, Within/Above/Beyond the Culture Wars°, Montessori Work Stations°, Question Board°, Cheese & Wine & Posters°, Meal Rituals°, and Mythic Before Romantic Before Philosophic°.

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