Guns, Germs, and Steel Course | Interdisciplinary History & Science Integration

Prepare to be amazed as you watch your differently-wired kiddo make real friends, explore this unique content, grow under the guidance of this expert mentor, and be seen in all their glory!

Ages: 13-18

Class size: Maximum- 8 Students

Meets: 1x per week

Level: All

Price: $41.80 per week

Why Take This Course?

For students who need to know the "why" behind everything and aren't satisfied with simple answers, Guns, Germs, and Steel offers a thrilling interdisciplinary exploration that breaks all the traditional subject boundaries. This isn't just history—it's geography, biology, psychology, sociology, and chemistry all rolled into one fascinating investigation of how technology, disease, and social structures have shaped human civilization.

This course lets students approach history from their areas of strength and is perfect for curious minds who love getting "down and dirty" with the real stories behind civilization. Through interdisciplinary exploration, rule-breaking discussions, and controlled academic mischief, students will discover that history is far more complex and fascinating than traditional classes reveal.

If your student loves asking "why" and wants to explore history through the lens of science, technology, and human behavior, Guns, Germs, and Steel is their gateway to understanding the fascinating forces that built our world.

Our Promise To You

Satisfaction Guarantee: If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses:

  • Payment Plan: Let us know in the first 24 hours and we’ll immediately stop all payments. After that, no worries! Tell us anytime, and we’ll stop future payments after a 30-day processing period.

  • Paid in Full: You can switch to another class of equal value or get a credit for the remaining balance for future classes.

We can offer you a 100% satisfaction guarantee because we know what we do works for hundreds of other families—and we know it will work for your family, too!

We’re taking all the risk because you’re getting over $2000 in bonuses when you sign up, and you could cancel the class and keep all the bonuses.

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Meet Your Mentor

Amy Bechtol

Amy Bechtol is a neurodivergent individual, educator, and activist. Six years ago she thought it would be fun to volunteer teach for a week as a break from entertainment design work, and accidentally found her passion. Amy has worked in neurodivergent and twice-exceptional education ever since, covering a wide breadth of topics from the humanities, to the sciences, to the visual arts. Her background as an entertainment designer and storyteller informs her teaching practices, finding ways to make content relevant to human experiences.

Amy loves getting to work with her students, who often share a neurology similar to her own, connecting them to curriculum in a way that is meaningful, novel, and fun. Utilizing a strength-based, talent-focused model, Amy seeks to engage learners by allowing them to connect their best, most authentic selves to the material. She believes that a state of growth is the natural state of a human mind, and it is the purpose of a classroom to facilitate that process, and allow it to be a joyful one.

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