Waldorf Block: Eighth Grade Industrial Revolution

Explore the Industrial Revolution with Waldorf teacher Mr. Andrea. Details on this course can be found in the listing.

Living Lessons are video lessons where a teacher leads the class through the main lessons for this grade. You can use these lessons as examples to follow for your own teaching or can use them as supplements to your own teaching (we all need a break now and then. I would have loved to have these available on days I was ill or was taking care of my fussy baby). Scroll down to the class listings below to see the full syllabus and to view some free samples!

The Industrial Revolution with Teacher Nicholas Andrea
Industrial Revolution: Lesson 1: The Threefold Society
Industrial Revolution: Lesson 2: The Spinning Jenny Heralds the Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution: Lesson 3: The Advent of Steam Power
Industrial Revolution: Lesson 4: Introducing Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution: Lesson 5: Financial Changes and The Struggle Between Capital and Labor
Industrial Revolution: Lesson 6: Food and Agriculture
Industrial Revolution: Lesson 7: Animal Breeding
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #8 – Worker Complaints
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #8B – Charcoal Drawing of a Factory Scene
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #9 – Owner Responses to Worker Complaints
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #10 – The Sewing Machine
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #11 – The Power Loom
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #12 – The Steam Locomotive
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #13 – The Steam Locomotive, Part II
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #14 – The Steam Ship, Part I
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #14B – Clay Model of a Steam Locomotive
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #15 – The Steam Ship, Part II
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #16 – Sanitary Reform
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #17 – Writing a Short Story
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #18 – The Proletariat
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #19 – The Dogma of Freedom in Economics
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #20 – Robert Owen, the Hero of Brotherhood
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #21 – The Beginning of Unions
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #22 – The Growth of the Unions
Industrial Revolution Block Lesson #23 – How to Write an Essay

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Your Instructor


Nicholas Andrea
Nicholas Andrea

Nicholas Andrea now resides in the lush woodlands of northern Delaware with his family after spending the last six years teaching at the Asheville Waldorf School in North Carolina as a grades, music, and aftercare teacher. Nicholas earned his Waldorf Elementary and Music certifications at Sunbridge Institute in Spring Valley, NY. He is passionate about the Waldorf curriculum and believes in its ability to raise capable, compassionate, and creative human beings. After the birth of their son last October, Nicholas and his partner Cassie wanted more time at home with their baby which has led Nicholas to finding Earthschooling.

Nicholas is also passionate about music, speech arts, and history. Known in other circles as “The Bard,” Nicholas’s lifelong love of music has led him to a variety of instruments including world percussion, dijeridoo, flutes of various kinds, and Irish and Scottish bagpipes. He is also a published poet, and he spends his spare time plumbing the mysteries of world history in order to understand how we got where we are and where we go from here.


Course Curriculum


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When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
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