FREEDOM #53 So you think you can teach

Hungary's most creative history teacher is József Balatoni. He teaches at elementary schools, high schools, university and has a page at one of the social media platforms which is very popular. Copy him and use these games at your school. 

József says: "They learn to think, communicate, co-work and they learn how to be creative."

Parents: "Kids do not go to school to play but they go there to learn. Or not?"

Student: (at age of 14 or 19 when they leave school to start life) "Thank you that sometimes you gave me the feeling how it gonna be if I had a father."

Watch the video (between 24:29 and 27:37)

Learning years at high school: princes, princesses, kings, queens, ministers, stupid wars, great inventions etc. Not your favorite activity? In which year was Google founded? Where was Google founded?

Answer: 4 september 1998, Menlo Park, Californië, Verenigde Staten 

(Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products that include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin)

Watch the video and learn the game between 24:29 and 27 minutes 37 seconds. You can write years and events on the plastic glasses and have fun with your students or children or grandchildren. (You will need 6 plastic glasses, a black marker, a 2 meters (78,7 inch) long elastic.)