Fifth Grade Waldorf Living Lessons (Main Lessons)
Your Instructor
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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StartBLOCK PLAN FOR PARENTS: Ancient Civilizations: Persia
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StartAncient Civilizations: Persia: Lesson #1: Ahura Mazdao and Ahriman (79:47)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Persia: Lesson #2: Animal Domestication and the Discovery of Fire (125:19)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Persia Lesson #3: The Advent of Farming (72:47)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Persia Lesson #4: The Birth of Zarathustra (53:08)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Ancient Persia Lesson #5 – Zarathustra’s Initiation (82:34)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Persia Lesson #6: Convincing King Vishtaspa to Follow the Path of Light (63:36)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Persia Lesson #7: King Vishtaspa’s Glimpse of Heaven (43:15)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Persia Lesson #8: The Legacy of Zarathustra (72:44)
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StartBLOCK PLAN FOR PARENTS: Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia
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StartAncient Civilizations: Mesopotamia: Lesson #1: Creation Story of Mesopotamia (44:32)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Mesopotamia: Lesson #2: The Story of Marduk and Tiamat (79:27)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Mesopotamia: Lesson #3: The Rhythms of Nature and the Birth of Gilgamesh (120:07)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Mesopotamia: Lesson #4: Gilgamesh Becomes King of Uruk (84:37)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Mesopotamia: Lesson #5: The Death of Enkidu (106:27)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Mesopotamia: Lesson #6: The Plant of Life (112:59)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Mesopotamia: FINAL Lesson – Block Review and Quiz Mesopotamia and Persia (21:43)
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StartAncient Civilizations Block Guide for Parents
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #1 – Opening Lesson (46:18)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #2 – Indian Geography (41:18)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #3 – Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva (104:25)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #4 – Shiva the Yogi (94:56)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #5 – Maya, Baghira, and the River Ganges (46:03)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #6 – Indian Tridevi of Goddesses (43:12)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #7 – Durga (99:20)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #8 – Indra (46:03)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #9 – Pandu’s Misfortune (44:39)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #10: Arjuna Shoots the Bird (57:13)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #11: The Journey to Benares (43:43)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #12: Fire at Benares (46:06)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #13: Who Wins the Hand of Draupadi (47:12)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #14: The Bow Called Gandiva (41:17)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #15: The Great Battle of Kurukshetra (52:47)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #16: The Search for the Gate of Heaven (39:18)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #17: The Hermit and the Elephant (58:20)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #18: The Gentle Prince Siddhartha (48:44)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #19: Siddhartha Encounters Suffering (43:10)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #20: Siddhartha’s Path as a Beggar (59:38)
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StartAncient Civilizations: Lesson #21: Siddhartha’s Enlightenment (97:27)