I'm planning on having my own school curriculum for homeschooling my kids.
A Free And Open Source Homeschooling Curriculum Framework
Specially designed and prepared for my kids, but could be applied elsewhere, particularly for homeschooling. I have planned it to be free and open source.
License: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Free to use, adapt, and redistribute (with attribution), but no one is permitted to sell either the original program, an adaptation of it, or lesson plans that reproduce any part of it.
Overview
A free and open source homeschooling framework designed to:
- Equip learners with core knowledge and critical thinking.
- Foster sovereignty through economic, cultural, and technological education.
- Seamlessly integrate Bitcoin knowledge across subjects.
- Respect and reflect local languages, environments, and cultures.
- Be fully open source and community-adaptable.
- Foster sovereignty through economic, cultural, and technological education.
- Seamlessly integrate Bitcoin knowledge across subjects.
- Respect and reflect local languages, environments, and cultures.
- Be fully open source and community-adaptable.
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PRIMARY SCHOOL: Levels 1–8
1. Language and Arts
Goals: Literacy, communication, storytelling, creative expression, cultural preservation.
Topics:
- Local languages and oral traditions
- Reading and writing in local and international languages
- Poetry, music, and visual arts from African contexts
- Bitcoin stories: folk tales that explain savings, value, and trust
- Expression through songs, poems, and drama about sovereignty
- Reading and writing in local and international languages
- Poetry, music, and visual arts from African contexts
- Bitcoin stories: folk tales that explain savings, value, and trust
- Expression through songs, poems, and drama about sovereignty
Bitcoin Integration:
- Short story writing: “How our village saves in sats”
- Vocabulary: wallet, sats, peer-to-peer, freedom
- Oral debates: “Why is Bitcoin better than other forms of money?”
- Vocabulary: wallet, sats, peer-to-peer, freedom
- Oral debates: “Why is Bitcoin better than other forms of money?”
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2. Mathematics
Goals: Numeracy, logic, data literacy, financial thinking
Topics:
- Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, measurement
- Real-world math: markets, trade, budgeting
- Introduction to Bitcoin units: bitcoins and sats
- Time, inflation, and value calculations
- Real-world math: markets, trade, budgeting
- Introduction to Bitcoin units: bitcoins and sats
- Time, inflation, and value calculations
Bitcoin Integration:
- Practice transactions using sats (Lightning Network style)
- Mental math: converting between sats and goods
- Graphing: “How prices change with fiat vs Bitcoin”
- Mental math: converting between sats and goods
- Graphing: “How prices change with fiat vs Bitcoin”
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3. Science
Goals: Curiosity, inquiry, sustainability, understanding of the natural world
Topics:
- Life science: plants, animals, farming systems
- Physical science: energy, machines, tools
- Environmental science: clean water, soil, air
- Energy for sovereignty: solar, wind, biomass, and Bitcoin mining
- Physical science: energy, machines, tools
- Environmental science: clean water, soil, air
- Energy for sovereignty: solar, wind, biomass, and Bitcoin mining
Bitcoin Integration:
- Projects: “Build a solar miner for our school”
- Science experiments with energy and power (kWh and hash rate)
- Environmental impact of fiat vs decentralized systems
- Science experiments with energy and power (kWh and hash rate)
- Environmental impact of fiat vs decentralized systems
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4. History and Geography
Goals: Cultural identity, historical understanding, spatial awareness
Topics:
- African civilizations and local history
- Geography of Africa: rivers, soils, people
- Maps, borders, and resources
- Colonialism and monetary exploitation
- Geography of Africa: rivers, soils, people
- Maps, borders, and resources
- Colonialism and monetary exploitation
Bitcoin Integration:
- Case studies: “How money was taken from Africa”
- Mapping Bitcoin adoption in Africa
- Local heroes of freedom and sovereignty
- Mapping Bitcoin adoption in Africa
- Local heroes of freedom and sovereignty
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5. Economics and Sovereignty
Goals: Self-reliance, resource stewardship, economic literacy
Topics:
- What is money? (barter, shells, metals, paper, Bitcoin)
- Saving, spending, investing
- Local markets and entrepreneurship
- Power and money: who controls it and why
- Saving, spending, investing
- Local markets and entrepreneurship
- Power and money: who controls it and why
Bitcoin Integration:
- Hands-on project: “Village bank using sats” (Machankura-style)
- Group simulations: how inflation affects food prices
- Peer-to-peer trade games using Lightning payments
- Group simulations: how inflation affects food prices
- Peer-to-peer trade games using Lightning payments
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SECONDARY SCHOOL: Levels 1–4
1. Language and Arts
Topics:
- Comparative literature: African writers, sovereignty themes
- Journalistic writing: investigating money systems
- Media analysis: propaganda vs truth in economic reporting
- Bitcoin in music, protest, and creative resistance
- Journalistic writing: investigating money systems
- Media analysis: propaganda vs truth in economic reporting
- Bitcoin in music, protest, and creative resistance
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2. Mathematics
Topics:
- Statistics: charting inflation, GDP, Bitcoin adoption
- Algebra: modeling savings over time (Bitcoin vs fiat)
- Coding: introduction to logic, wallets, Lightning integrations
- Algebra: modeling savings over time (Bitcoin vs fiat)
- Coding: introduction to logic, wallets, Lightning integrations
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3. Science
Topics:
- Renewable energy systems for sovereignty
- Biology of nutrition, farming, health economics
- Chemistry and metal-backed currencies
- Physics of digital networks and data transmission
- Biology of nutrition, farming, health economics
- Chemistry and metal-backed currencies
- Physics of digital networks and data transmission
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4. History and Geography
Topics:
- Deep history of African trade routes
- The Berlin Conference and currency colonization
- Case studies: Malawi, Venezuela, Zimbabwe’s currency crises, US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve and El Salvador's decision to use Bitcoin as a nation.
- Mapping Bitcoin circular economies
- The Berlin Conference and currency colonization
- Case studies: Malawi, Venezuela, Zimbabwe’s currency crises, US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve and El Salvador's decision to use Bitcoin as a nation.
- Mapping Bitcoin circular economies
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5. Economics and Sovereignty
Topics:
- Comparative money systems: fiat, gold, Bitcoin
- Nation-state banking vs peer-to-peer exchange
- Building and protecting local value
- Final year project: “Design a Bitcoin-based local economy”
- Nation-state banking vs peer-to-peer exchange
- Building and protecting local value
- Final year project: “Design a Bitcoin-based local economy”
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Source
- Stacker News: [#412443](#412443)
- Core Knowledge (CK-12): [https://www.coreknowledge.org/download-free-curriculum](https://www.coreknowledge.org/download-free-curriculum)
- Local relevance: languages, traditions, real-world issues per region
- Core Knowledge (CK-12): [https://www.coreknowledge.org/download-free-curriculum](https://www.coreknowledge.org/download-free-curriculum)
- Local relevance: languages, traditions, real-world issues per region
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Implementation Tools
- Modular lesson plans (hosted on GitHub / local repositories)
- Offline support (PDF + USB toolkits)
- Support for non-internet phones via Satellite, Radio Mesh network and USSD (e.g., Blockstream, Machankura and RoLa Mesh Network)
- Community teacher training in local languages
- Offline support (PDF + USB toolkits)
- Support for non-internet phones via Satellite, Radio Mesh network and USSD (e.g., Blockstream, Machankura and RoLa Mesh Network)
- Community teacher training in local languages
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License
This curriculum is free and open source (CC BY-SA 4.0) and may be forked, adapted, or localized for any African family, village, region or school. License: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Free to use, adapt, and redistribute (with attribution), but no one is permitted to sell either the original program, an adaptation of it, or lesson plans that reproduce any part of it.
