Theme Ideas

for 2020 - 2021

Time to vote!

Help us decide what our next theme will be! Anyone can vote, even if you are not taking our classes.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED.

Here are the choices:

Themes to Vote on

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These first few are themes Celebration Education has done in the past. New theme ideas are at the bottom of the page.

Our Excellent Adventure

Done in 2007-2008.

Taking a Bill & Ted approach to discover how we can use the knowledge of the past to create an excellent future. We “kidnap” historical figures from all over the world and then learn about them, their time, and their place. We learn about conquerors, contributors, explorers, and liberators such as Joan of Arc, Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Billy the Kid, Beethoven, and Socrates.

“We can change tomorrow. It comes around so fast,

With one foot in the future. One foot in the past.”

Raiders of the Renaissance Minds

Done in 2008-2009.

Patterned after Indiana Jones adventures, we explore the Renaissance era, space, transportation, communication, and the arts.

Wishes!

Done in 2009-2010.

Inspired by the attractions at Disneyland, we leave today to explore the world of yesterday, tomorrow and fantasy. Visiting Disneyland is not required for taking the workshop and Minecraft classes.

Explore!

Done in 2012-2013.

Based on A Daring Guide for Young Adventurers by Sir Henry Hardcastle

This theme is heavy in nature studies as we explore four unique biomes, including the desert, jungle & mountains, oceans, and the poles. In each of these places we discuss survival, explorers, flora and fauna, lost treasures and natural wonders. The celebrations with this theme are super field trips to mountains, desert and ocean, with overnight options.

Crafting a Country – American History with a Minecraft Twist

Done in 2013-2014.

Students do not have to play Minecraft to do this theme.

Colonial America
Revolutionary Times
US Timeline
50 states
California Dreamin'

STEAM World

Done in 2014-2015

Inspired by Around the World in 80 Days - travel the world to discover science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.

The Magic of...

2016-2017

Inspired by the Harry Potter novels.

Learning Like Leonardo

Done in 2006-2007, 2010-2011, 2017-2018

All about Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo daVinci was interested in almost everything. This theme follows Leonardo's example of curiosity as the best learning motivator and explores a wide variety of topics, heavy on art and science. Topics include Italy, Renaissance, craftsmanship, art history, basic physics, flying machines, plants, animals, astronomy, geology, and weather.

These following are theme ideas that have not yet been used.

Magic Tree House

Inspired by the Magic Tree House books

Phineas and Ferb

Inspired by the Disney TV show

Heavy on science, possible topics include animation, comedy, England, Summer vacation, projects, platypus, secret agents, music, Ferb-latin, Platypus Day (Celebration), Acronyms, inventions, and any of the many inventions that Phineas and Ferb (and even Doofenshmirtz) make.

Time Warp Trio

Based on the Time Warp Trio book series. Topics may include:

Knights of the Kitchen Table (King Arthur)

The Not-So-Jolly Roger (Blackbeard)

The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy (The Wild West)

Your Mother Was a Neanderthal (Prehistory)

2095 (The Future)

Tut Tut (Ancient Egypt)

Summer Reading Is Killing Me

It's All Greek to Me (Ancient Greece)

See You Later, Gladiator (Ancient Rome)

Sam Samurai (17th century Japan)

Hey Kid, Want to Buy a Bridge? (New York City, 1877)

Viking It and Liking It (The Vikings)

Me Oh Maya (Maya civilization)

Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci)

Oh Say, I Can't See (George Washington)

Marco? Polo! (Marco Polo)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

based on the 2014 movie

Visit many historical greats:

Leonardo da Vinci
King Agamemnon
Tutankhamun
Albert Einstein
Mona Lisa
Marie Antoinette
Maximilien de Robespierre
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Bill Clinton
Isaac Newton
Odysseus
Ajax the Lesser
Spartacus
Benjamin Franklin
Mahatma Gandhi
William Shakespeare
Ludwig van Beethoven
Vincent van Gogh
the Wright Brothers
Jackie Robinson
baby Moses

Star Wars

Weekly Topics May Include:

hero’s journey
political science
classic characters
robotics and prosthetics
force, light & energy
cloning
transportation
communication
computers and other artificial intelligence
space
martial arts
aliens
space station
sword (saber) fighting
underwater world
desert
forest
architecture
music
religion

Who Am I?

Based on The Who Was? Show

Focus on a different person (and place) each week

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