History Mysteries and Unusual Stories
Unusual tales and mysteries from nearby and far off lands of the unknown, unsolved, or sometimes just very strange or scary happenings.
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1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
Class Experience Campfire style stories with lots of historic details, tension builders, and suspense. Truth can be stranger and spookier than fiction. This class is often scary. This is not a class that is a good fit for all students. Please check the the classroom and this page for week by week class information. Each week we will discuss an unsolved mystery from the past. Sometimes the stories may be creepy and other stories may be just unusual. Students will be asked what they think happened and when applicable infer what may happen next. Why were two lost children found wandering? Why did they speak another language than the locals? More surprising, why were the children GREEN? We will see pictures, watch video clips, look at evidence, and discuss theories. Please read Parental Guidance below for more information on the content of this class. Each week we will explore a new topic. This class is not a good fit for all students. We will cover scary stories, review events and times where murder and death happened (history is filled with death). Scare Factor: Green little or no scare for most students. Yellow moderate, some students may be more scared or upset than others. Red: Naturally scary or upsetting topic with most students having feelings of suspense and a scare factor. If the range is Green-Red it means that all students react differently to topics and some will have no negative reaction and some will be more upset. Please send a message if you are unsure of the content or a quick google search of the topic should give you an indication of what to expect. April 26-May 2 Green-Yellow though some students may feel this is red due to reanimated corpses and the monster killing a child. How Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley came to write Frankenstein May 3-9 Yellow-Red (I think mostly yellow though) Captain Roberts Green-Yellow (we will be discussing slavery in the US) May 10-16 Green-Yellow Mahatma Ghandi: Does Peaceful Resistance Work? May 17-23 Have we seen UFOs? Green-Yellow May 24-30 Green Forrest Fenn's Hidden Treasure June 1-June 6 Green-Yellow Escape from Alcatraz August 2-8 Women Spies of the Civil War Belle Boyd, Emma Edmonds, Rose O'Neal Greehow, and Elizabeth VanLew August 9-15 Green-Red Salem Witch Trials August 16-22 Yellow-Red What happened to Anne Frank? August 23-29 Who was the real Pope? Green 3 were elected and all claimed to be the true Pope. August 30-September 5 John Quincy Adam's Journey to the Center of the Earth What did he believe he would find? Sept.6-12 The Gold Rush Why were people willing to risk their lives to move West? Sept 13-19 Green-Yellow NO CLASSES (I'm running a Fairy Festival!) Sept 20-26 Green-Red The Evolution of Children's Rights: Why aren't you working full time already? Some students are likely to be horrified by the treatment and working conditions of children younger than they are. Sept 27-October 3 Green-Yellow The Dancing Plague October 4-10 Green-Yellow Roswell and Area 51 October 11-17 Green-Yellow The Treasures the Nazi's lost (To be specific I am not calling this Nazi treasure because it never belonged to them. It was stolen.) October 18-24 Green-Yellow The Mysterious Life and Death of Harry Houdini October 25-31 Yellow-Red Haunted Toys November 1-7 Green What happened to Agatha Christie? November 8-14 Green Who is Banksy? November 15-21 Green Who was the first to fly? Was it really the Wright Brothers? November 22-28 Green Lost Confederate Gold November 29-December 5 Green-Yellow The Montauk Project: Secret government experiments done by the US December 6-12 Green-Yellow Escaping from Alcatraz: Did John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris survive? December 13-19 Green-Red Abandoned towns: A town with a fire burning underground, mysterious substances, and radioactivity December 20-23 Green 'Twas the mystery before Christmas: Who wrote the famous poem: Clement Moore or Henry Livingston? December 24-January 2 NO CLASSES January 3-9, 2022 Green-Yellow Blackbeard and his lost treasure January 10-16 Green The May Day Mystery January 17-Janury 23 Green The Dunbar Armed robbery (and the missing $14 million) January 24- January 30 Green Easter Island January 31-February 6 Yellow-Red The Lake Nyos Disaster February 7-13 Green-Red UFO sightings and abductions February 14-20 Green-Red Mermaids February 21-27 Green Forrest Fenn's Hidden Treasure February 28-March 6 The lost tomb of Cleopatra and Mark Antony March 7-13 Green Unusual Weather: The Rain of Stones March 14-20 Green-Red The SS Iberian's Sea Monster March 21-March 27 Green-Yellow The Alaska Triangle March 28-April 3 Green-Yellow The Tunguska Event April 4-10 Yellow-Red Slavery and the Myrtle Plantation April 11-24 No Classes April 25-May 1 Green-Red The White Lady of Kinsale May 2-8 Green-Yellow The missing U-530 submarine and it's reappearance May 9-15 Green Nazca lines and holes May 16-22 Yellow-Red The Devil's Backbone May 23-27 Green-Yellow The Knights Templar May 30-June 5 Green- Yellow The mystery of Nefertiti More topics will be added later. If I research a topic and realize it is TOO scary or does not have enough material for a full class I may change class topics. I will post this in the classroom. You can opt into and out of this class at any time. I will not be offended if this class doesn't wind up a good fit for your child. This class is purposely crafted to build and sustain suspense and some kids thrive in this class and love it and others do not. Even green classes are crafted for suspense when possible. If you are looking for an intensive history class this class is likely not for you.
Learning Goals
Students will try to solve some of histories biggest mysteries all while learning about different time periods, customs, and places.
Students will learn about interesting times, places, and events and use their deductive reasoning to come share conclusions. I generally use a Socratic method of questioning and often do not provide "answers."
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Parental Guidance
Some topics may be sensitive, for instance since these stories are about historical mysteries most of the people featured have died, sometimes violently, mysteriously, or with lots of gore. Some stories are simple mysteries, while others are outright spooky or scary.
This class is a good fit for thrill seekers or kids who want history classes that tell a story and have an adventure feel to them.
I will send out a teaser the week before class with a hint about the following week's story. There will also be a scare factor disclaimer. If I think a class is scarier than normal I will let you know so you can decide whether to attend. If you let me know in advance (by at least a day) that your child will not be attending due to the scare factor I will refund your cost that week.
I will post a Green for Not scary for most learners with the topic, Yellow for moderate scare, and Red for Super Scary or more sensitive topic. Of course, some individuals find things more or less scary than others do so this is just a guideline. You know your child best.
I will refund for classes that a child attends but leaves early due to not being ok with the content.
I will discuss murder as needed or deaths if they are pertinent to the lesson or an integral part of the topic. For instance, you can't discuss the deaths of the Romanov family without discussing their execution. It is hard to teach a class about war without talk of fighting, violence, and death.
I also know that this is not a class for every student, I have a lot of fun and whimsical classes, and I suspect there are many of those classes to find. This class is specifically designed with thrill seeking history fans in mind. This class is for them!
Some students will not be scared at all by a red level class and others may be horrified by what I thought was a green level class. This is very subjective. Every week I will post the following week's topic so you can make educated decisions about whether you think the content might be too scary for your child. I trust parents to know their children the best and judge for themselves. So if you believe this is a good fit for your child but they are outside the age range you may enroll them.. If it ends up not being a good fit you can unenroll at any time. You also can opt to "skip" a week that will not be a good fit and I can just refund you.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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2 teachers have a Graduate degree
Master's Degree in Education from University of Phoenix
Master's Degree in Education from Moreland University
I have been teaching the younger version of this class for almost a year on Outschool. Reviews
Live Group Class
$15
weekly1x per week
50 min
Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-15
3-13 learners per class
