Unit Studies 101

From the Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: First Things First--What is an education? Why are creativity and imagination important? What was your own education like? What do you want your child's education to be like?
Chapter 2: What is Your Goal?--Developing short and long term educational goals for each child
Chapter 3: How We Learn--The ways that we learn: Bloom's Taxonomy, Learning Styles and Unit Studies
Chapter 4: What is a Unit Study?--Basics of unit studies, comparison of textbooks and unit studies
Chapter 5: Roadmap to Success--Amanda's nitty gritty details of making unit studies work with multiple ages, practical tips for books and reading, field trips, and planning for successful unit studies
Chapter 6: Unit Study Topics--Children's interests and moving from the known to the unknown
Chapter 7: Creating Your Own Unit Studies--Amanda's tried and true tips for using unit studies and creating your own unit studies
Chapter 8: Building the Study--Amanda's "Research How-to's for unit studies"
Chapter 9: Gearing Up and Launching Your Study--Moving from research to a daily plan
Chapter 10: Unit Study Forms--Interests of Our Children: great to help identify and pursue their interests; How to Combine the Interests of Multiple Children; Biography Suggestion Form; Geography of a Topic; Brainstorming Basics Form
Keywords for Your Research Form
Chapter 11: Wrap It Up and Take Off!--Finishing Your Unit Study - fun wrap-ups
Chapter 12: Ten Unit Study Starters