Ancient history in the fifth grade starts with the childhood of civilized humanity in ancient India, where human beings still lived in a very dream-like state. The ancient Persians who came next transitioned from the dream-like state to connect with the earth and felt the need to transform the earth & domesticate animals. The great cultures of Mesopotamia (the Chaldeans, the Hebrews, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians) come even more into our being as humans by recording their history in the form of writing. The Egyptians built an entire complex civilization of pyramids, pharaohs, writing and reading. The Greeks came last in this saga of ancient history with a developed civilization that is much like ours in many ways. This block will cover the second of the four ancient civilizations – Ancient Persia. We will also cover Mesopotamia in this block.

“Join Waldorf teacher Mr. Andrea for an adventure through Ancient India. This block is the first part of the fifth grade Ancient Civilizations series/block. Studying India is very important because of the cultural foundations it laid and continues to lay for so many subsequent civilizations. This block also generates interest for the Indian culture and exposing the students to eternal human truths beautifully expressed by the ancient Rishis. This block is appropriate for any student age 10 and up. Each Living Lesson set is a complete video course for the block and includes chalkboard drawings, teacher instruction, main lesson book drawings, music, watercolor, and more. The exact contents of the block can be found below in the description.”

Math Block Three: Freehand Geometry and the Wonder of Numbers Block Lesson 1: Introduction and Searching for the Perfect Circle Lesson 2: Threefoldness Lesson 3: Sixfoldness Lesson 3B: Clay Crystals Lesson 4: Ninefoldness Lesson 5: Twelvefoldness Lesson 6: Fourfoldness Lesson 7: Fivefoldness Lesson 7B: Painting of a Forget-Me-Not with Geometry Overlaid Lesson 8: Sevenfoldness Lesson 9: Eightfoldness Lesson 10: Introducing Pythagoras and His Mystery School Lesson 11: Introducing the Pythagoream Theroem Lesson 12: Pythagoras’ Great Discovery Lesson 13: Carl Gauss and Introducing the Wonder of Number Lesson 14: Triangular, Square, and Rectangular Numbers Lesson 15: Rules of Divisibility, Part I Lesson 16: Rules of Divisibility, Part II Lesson 17: Sum and Difference Theorems, Part I Lesson 18: Sum and Difference Theorems, Part II Lesson 19: Block Review and Block Quiz Wonder of Numbers Block Quiz

“Join Waldorf teacher Mr. Andrea for an adventure through Fifth Grade Math. In this first fractions block, we will explore decimal-fractions through their history and application through various times and places, giving the students an interesting context to bring these operations to life and lay the foundation for higher math functions such as business math and algebra later on. Students will learn and practice the four operations, rounding, expanded notation, fraction-decimal conversions, money, and place value with decimal-fractions. Each Living Lesson set is a complete video course for the block and includes chalkboard drawings, teacher instruction, main lesson book drawings, music, watercolor, and more. The exact contents of the block can be found below in the description.”

This block covers life in Ancient Rome, Mythology, Culture, Maps, The Republic, the Rise and Fall of Rome and much more. This block also includes biographies of famous figures in history – including female figures (this is unique to the Earthschooling Waldorf curriculum). This also includes access to all the Roman Main Lesson Book pages for sixth grade. As an extra bonus this package also includes a video that shows you how to teach the Roman history main lesson block.

Join Waldorf teacher Mr. Andrea for an adventure through Geography. This block is part of the sixth grade Ancient Civilizations series/block. However, it is appropriate for any student aged 10 and up. Each Living Lesson set is a complete video course for the block and includes chalkboard drawings, teacher instruction, main lesson book drawings, music, watercolor, and more. The exact contents of the block can be found below in the description.

Explore European geography, history, and folktales thought this block. This block includes maps, history, stories and much more! This is an 8-week block.

Explore multiple aspects of finance and business math through this block!

The student will be formally studying acoustics and other physics concepts in 8th grade. However, to prepare them for the more complex physics lessons that are coming we will be doing some basic experiments this week to get them comfortable with the concepts. This block covers acoustics, optics, magnetism, and thermodynamics. The lessons are largely hands-on lessons with many experiments you can do using common household objects. This purchase includes both the printed curriculum and the Living Lessons. Instruction in physics begins in the sixth grade and is linked to what the children have learned in music. We begin the study of physics by allowing acoustics to be born out of music. – Steiner

This block begins with a 102-page Elizabethan England lesson that incorporates reading, writing, cooking, sewing, carpentry, and even art lessons! In addition, Waldorf teacher Rick Tan has created a chalk drawing tutorial and video for this block exclusively for Earthschooling called, Drawing Queen Elizabeth. There is a 10-page Shakespeare lesson guide with assignments to go along with the Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet units. A video tutorial with artist Joey Tan called How to draw Shakespeare rounds out this rich and exciting block.

This block is full of illustrations, experiments, video, and in-depth teacher lessons including a 34 page unit reviewing the scientific method, physics energy, and thermodynamics. You can find a full list of classes in the complete sale listing. This class also includes all the Earthschooling PDFs for this block.