Waldorf Block: Eighth Grade Revolutions

Learn about the French Revolution, American Revolution and Civil War with Waldorf teacher Mr. Andrea. Details can be found in the course 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!

Revolutions Block
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #1: Freedom and Its Enemies
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #2: The Palace of Versailles
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #3: King Louis XV, France’s Vain Hope
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #4: The Seven Years War
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #5: The Count of St. Germain
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #5:The Count of St. Germain NEW
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #5B: Charcoal Drawing of The Count of St. Germain
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #6: Rousseau and Voltaire, Ideas that Shaped the Revolution
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #7: Bastille Day
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #8: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #9: War for Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #10: The Reign of Terror
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #11: Napoleon Bonaparte
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #12 – French Revolution Block Review
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #13 – The Founding of the 13 Colonies
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #14 – The Factors Leading to the American Revolution
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #15 – Events that Led to the Declaration of Independence, Part I
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #16 – Events that Led to the Declaration of Independence, Part II
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #17 – Events that Led to the Declaration of Independence, Part III
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #18 – The Declaration of Independence
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #19 – The Bill of Rights, Part I
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #20 – The Preamble to the Bill of Rights
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #21 – Decisive Battles of the Revolutionary War
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #22 – Impact of the Revolutionary War on Native Peoples
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #23 – The Role of Women and African American Heroes of the Revolution
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #24 – The Events Leading up to the Civil War
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #25 – The Life of a Slave
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #25B – How to Sing
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #26 – The Life of a Soldier, Part I
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #27 – The Life of a Soldier, Part II
8th Grade Revolutions Block: Lesson #28 – Timeline of the Civil War Part I and the Story of Robert Smalls
8th Grade French and American Revolutions, Civil War Block Lesson #29 – The Battle of Gettysburg
8th Grade French and American Revolutions, Civil War Block Lesson #30 – The Gettysburg Address
8th Grade French and American Revolutions, Civil War Block Lesson #30B – Oil Pastel Portrait of Lincoln
8th Grade French and American Revolutions, Civil War Block Lesson #31 – The Conclusion of the Civil War
8th Grade French and American Revolutions, Civil War Block Lesson #32 – The Life and Role of Women During the Civil War
8th Grade French and American Revolutions, Civil War Block Lesson #33 – The Lives of Former Slaves after the Emancipation
8th Grade French and American Revolutions, Civil War Block Lesson #34 – Block Review and Quiz.mp4

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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


  FREE FIRST LESSON (Members Ignore This Section)
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  Main Opening Verse for 8th Grade
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