1. What major alternative approach is named after a cigarette company?
2. What alternative education pioneer was executed by his government?
3. Which of the following celebrities were homeschooled?
Elijah Woods, Venus Williams, Dakota Fanning, Danica Patrick
4. In which of the following countries is homeschooling legal?
Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Portugal
5. Which is the oldest continuously operating alternative school?
Summerhill, Marietta Johnson Organic School, Peninsula School, Play Mountain Place
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Answers:
What major alternative approach is named after a cigarette company?
Answer: Rudolf Steiners work was supported by the Waldorf Cigarette Company in Germany
What alternative education pioneer was executed by his government?
Answer: Francisco Ferrer, founder of the Modern Schools in Spain, was executed in 1909 for a supposed plot against the king. In protest hundreds of Modern Schools were started around the world, included one in New York City that moved to Stelton, N.J.
Which of the following celebrities were homeschooled?
Elijah Woods, Venus Williams, Dakota Fanning, Danica Patrick
Answer: All of them were homeschooled at some point.
In which of the following countries is homeschooling legal?
Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Portugal
Answer: Surprisingly, it is illegal in Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, and only legal in Portugal.
Which is the oldest continuously operating alternative school?
Summerhill, Marietta Johnson Organic School, Peninsula School, Play Mountain Place
Answer: The Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education was founded in 1907 at the Fairhope Colony in Alabama and continues to this day.
