body: I've created a new teaching method.
  
  
  My research, back to 1922, has not found any other instance of it in history.
  
  
  Yes, there are elements, names, that could be protected but of course that will not protect the method.
  
  
  My method does not involve math but I'll use Common Core mathematics as a similar situation. Does someone own the common core teaching method? 
  
  
  
title: How can one protect a teaching method?