Sixth Grade Waldorf Living Lessons (Main Lessons)
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!
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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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PreviewWelcome to 6th Grade with Mr. Andrea! (42:02)
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PreviewFree First Lesson: Geology Lesson #1: Intro to Geology and Earth Stewardship (52:42)
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PreviewFree Sample Lesson: Geometry Lesson #6 – The Circle (100:03)
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PreviewFree First Lesson: 6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #1: Intro to The Horizon and Ecliptic (45:00)
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StartIntroduction: IMPORTANT: READ FIRST
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StartWelcome to 6th Grade with Mr. Andrea! (42:02)
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StartRecommended Schedule by Mr. Andrea (Optional)
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StartFull Year of Sixth Grade to Download (Optional)
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StartCURRICULUM PLANNERS: Full Year of Sixth Grade to Download by the Month
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StartGUIDE to Using Living Lessons with Printed Curriculum
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StartSixth Grade FAQs
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StartSixth Grade Reading List
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StartNEW! Sixth Grade Planner/Block Covers for the Year
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StartWritten Lessons for the Sixth Grade Geology and Mineralogy Block
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StartGeology Lesson #1: Intro to Geology and Earth Stewardship (52:42)
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StartGeology Lesson #2: Mountains as the Children of the Earth (54:27)
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StartGeology Lesson #3: Young and Old Mountains (51:06)
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StartGeology Lesson #4: The Oldest Rock on Earth (40:00)
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StartGeology Lesson #5: Granite and Basalt (40:40)
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StartGeology Lesson #6: Basalt and the Giants Causeway (35:53)
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StartGeology Lesson #7: Layers of the Earth (48:28)
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StartGeology Lesson #8: Volcanoes (77:13)
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StartGeology Lesson #9: Pompei (85:44)
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StartGeology Lesson #10: Earthquakes (43:22)
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StartGeology Lesson #11: Origins of Limestone (48:11)
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StartGeology Lesson #12: Limestone and Marble (40:45)
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StartGeology Lesson #13: Coal (45:47)
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StartGeology Lesson #14: The Work of Water (74:41)
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StartGeology Lesson #15: The Circulation of Water (84:59)
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StartGeology Lesson #16: The Work of Wind (51:47)
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StartGeology Lesson #17: Glaciers (76:35)
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StartGeology Lesson #18: Geysers (63:45)
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StartGeology Lesson #19: Biography of the Grand Canyon (133:20)
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StartGeology Lesson #20: Reviewing a Block plus Geology Block Quiz (43:46)
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StartTHIS BLOCK IS NOW COMPLETE
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StartWritten Lessons for Sixth Grade Geometry Block (9:16)
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StartMath Worksheets for All Sixth Grade Math Blocks
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StartGeometry Introduction: For Parents: Sixth Grade Geometry Block Plan
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StartGeometry Lesson #1: Intro to Geometry Terminology (57:18)
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StartGeometry Lesson #2: Angles (77:48)
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StartGeometry Lesson #3 – Triangle (53:50)
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StartGeometry Lesson #4 – Quadrilaterals (54:22)
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StartGeometry Lesson #5 – Introducing Polygons (59:36)
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StartGeometry Lesson #6 – The Circle (100:03)
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StartGeometry Lesson #7 – The Three Dimensions (58:52)
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StartGeometry Lesson #8 – Copying a Line Segment Onto Another Line (68:13)
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StartGeometry Lesson #9 – Copying an Angle onto a Line Segment (46:26)
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StartGeometry Lesson #10 – Bisecting a Line Segment (58:56)
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StartGeometry Lesson #11 – Bisecting an Angle (47:27)
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StartGeometry Lesson #12 – Raising a Perpendicular from Any Point on a Line (44:39)
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StartGeometry Lesson #13 – Dropping a Perpendicular from a Point to a Line (44:21)
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StartGeometry Lesson #14 – Creating Parallel Lines (50:22)
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StartGeometry Lesson #15 – Dividing a Line Segment into Equal Parts (52:30)
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StartGeometry Lesson #16 – Constructing an Equilateral Triangle (89:06)
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StartGeometry Lesson #17 – Constructing a Perfect Square (58:41)
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StartGeometry Lesson #18 – Constructing a Hexagon Within a Circle (108:22)
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StartGeometry Lesson #19 – Constructing a Square Within a Circle (95:02)
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StartGeometry Lesson #20 – Constructing an Equilateral Triangle Within a Circle (52:57)
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StartGeometry Lesson #21 – Constructing an Octagon in a Circle (62:39)
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StartGeometry Lesson #22 – Constructing a Pentagon from a Line Segment (52:45)
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StartGeometry Lesson #23 – Constructing a Dodecagon Inside a Circle (58:52)
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StartGeometry Lesson #24 – Dividing a Circle Into 24 Equal Parts (55:47)
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StartGeometry Lesson #25 – Introducing the Spiral (56:08)
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StartGeometry Lesson #26 – Constructing an Equilangular Spiral (114:33)
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StartGeometry Lesson #27 – Review and Block Quiz (44:22)
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StartTHIS BLOCK IS NOW COMPLETE
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StartWritten Lessons & Supply List for Sixth Grade Physics Block
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StartSupply List for 6th Grade Physics Block
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #1 - Types of Sounds (59:18)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #2 - How Sounds Are Made (62:56)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #3 - Pitch and Volume (66:43)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #4 - How Sound Travels (51:56)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #5 - How Sound Forms (53:28)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #6 - What is Light? (50:39)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #7 - How Light Travels (53:15)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #8 - Where do Colors Come From? (62:05)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #9 - Primary and Secondary Colors (61:08)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #9B - Painting of a Sunrise with Secondary Colors (26:31)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #10 - Color Afterimages and Shadows (52:55)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #11 - An Introduction to Heat (49:40)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #12 - Sources of Heat (65:06)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #13 - The Effects of Heat and Cold on Matter: Part I (60:09)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #13B - Chalk Drawing of a Rainbow with Refraction (19:15)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #14 - The Effects of Heat and Cold on Matter: Part II (50:12)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #15 - How Heat Transfers from One Thing to Another (64:43)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #16 - Introduction to Magnetism (55:49)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #17 - Magnetic Poles, Part I (51:35)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #18 - Magnetic Poles, Part II (49:42)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #19 - Magnetism and Solids (42:33)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #20 - Magnets and Force Fields (45:33)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #21 - The Discovery of Electricity (55:32)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #22 - Generating and Sensing Static Electricity (54:00)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #23 - Attraction and Repulsion (54:24)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #24 - Positive and Negative Charge (46:37)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #25 - Building an Electroscope (55:25)
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Start6th Grade Physics Block Lesson #26: Block Review and Quiz (46:57)
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StartTHIS BLOCK IS NOW COMPLETE
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StartIMPORTANT NOTE FOR THIS BLOCK
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StartWritten Lessons for Sixth Grade European Geography Block
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #1: Mountains of Europe (55:27)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #2: Rivers of Europe (73:57)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #3: Western Europe (78:05)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #4: The Celtic Peoples (110:50)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #5: People of the Iberian Peninsula (99:22)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #6: The French, Swiss, and Belgians (116:00)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #7: The Dutch and English (132:52)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #8: Central and Northern Europe (94:13)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #9: The Icelandic, Norwegians, Swedish, Danish, and Finnish (91:21)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #10: The Germans and Austrians (112:09)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #11: Southern Mediterranean Europe (76:25)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #12: The Italians, Greeks, Maltese, and Cypriots (92:32)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #13 – Southern Slavic Peoples of the Former Yugoslavia, Albanians, Romanians, and Bulgarians (97:46)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #14 – Geography of Eastern Europe (87:28)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #15 – Peoples of Poland, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova (121:27)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #16 – Peoples of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary (74:07)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #17 – Peoples of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (50:08)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #18 – Peoples of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan (69:09)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #19 – Modern Immigrants to Europe (122:36)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #20 – How Technology Has Changed Human Life (95:03)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #21 – The Question of Our Times (54:40)
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StartEuropean Geography Block Lesson #22 – Block Review and Quiz (53:45)
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StartTHIS BLOCK IS NOW COMPLETE
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StartIMPORTANT NOTE FOR THIS BLOCK
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StartWritten Lessons for Sixth Grade Ancient Roman History Block (30:00)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #1: Earlier Civilizations (47:46)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #2: Slavery in the Ancient World and the Gift of Freedom (51:20)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #3: Romulus and Remus (54:07)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #4: The Founding of Rome (49:56)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #5: The Etruscans (67:44)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #6: The Founding of the Roman Republic (49:36)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #7: The Patricians, Plebeians, and the Government of Rome (53:45)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #8: Senatus Populus Que Romanus, the Senate and People of Rome (129:22)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #9: Haudenosaunee Government as a Comparison to Roman Republic (76:55)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #10: Carthage (101:15)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #11: Hannibal Ante Portas! Hannibal Is at Our Gates! (111:34)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #12: The Fate of Carthage and Hannibal (69:46)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #13: Cornelia the Patrician Noblewoman (73:30)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #14: The Great and Noble Gracchi Brothers (83:10)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #15: People from the North: The Cimbri and The Teutons (91:48)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #16: The Story of Marius (104:10)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #17: The Young Gaius Julius Caesar (82:54)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #18: Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey (100:38)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #19: Gaul and the Celtic People (115:15)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #20: Caesar Lands in Britain (118:49)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #21: Crossing The Rubicon (94:14)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #22: Caesar Returns to Rome (88:12)
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StartAncient Rome Lesson #23: The Ides of March (165:02)
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StartTHIS BLOCK IS NOW COMPLETE
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #1: Antony, Octavius, and Cleopatra (62:31)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #2: From Octavius to Augustus, the Making of a God (57:45)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #3: God in Rome, God in Palestine (56:47)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #4: The Christian Message of Love vs. The Roman Emperors (60:36)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #5: The Sprouting of Christianity (54:52)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #6: Queen Boudica's Resistance to Roman Occupation (51:36)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #7: The Germans, Bane of the Romans (42:22)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #8: Early Germanic Culture (57:53)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #9: The Vision of Constantine (58:58)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #10: Christians, Holy and Horrible (51:57)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #11: The Scourge of Attila and His Huns (52:02)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #12: The Fall of Rome (43:16)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #13: The End of the Roman Empire as Military Empire (52:34)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #14: Justinian the Great and Setting the Stage for Islam (118:05)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #15: Muhammed, the Prophet of Islam (55:34)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #16: Harun al-Rashid and the Golden Age of Islam (90:44)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #17: Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor (60:18)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #18: Rabia al-Basra and Sufism (56:03)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #19: The Anglos, Saxons, and the Creation of England (49:03)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #20: The Bishop of Rome and the Conversion of the Anglos, Saxons, Picts, and Scots (57:07)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #21: Beowulf and Old Germanic Culture (51:53)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #22: Feudalism: The Structure of Medieval Europe (48:49)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #23: Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine: Part I (53:01)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #24: Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine: Part II (60:49)
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Start6th Grade Roman History Block II Lesson #25: Block Review and Quiz (52:23)
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StartTHIS BLOCK IS NOW COMPLETE
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StartWritten Lessons for Sixth Grade Astronomy Block
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #1: Intro to The Horizon and Ecliptic (45:00)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #2: The Movement of the Sun During the Year (47:33)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #3: How the Calendar Year Arose (45:49)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #4: Shadow Clocks (57:50)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #5: Stars that Move, The Star that Doesn’t (44:54)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #6: Is the Earth Round or Flat? (41:20)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #7: Polynesian Ways of Navigation (47:34)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #8: Using Longitude and Latitude (57:23)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #9: Wandering Stars and Fixed Stars (57:02)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #10: How the Stars and Moon Move Across the Sky (98:30)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #11: The Precession of the Equinoxes (50:48)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #12: The Great Mystery of the Platonic Year (48:10)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #13: The Relationship of the Planets to Each Other (96:16)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #14: The Moon (55:51)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #15: The Tides and Other Moon Related Phenomena (51:59)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #16: The Contributions of Pythagoras (58:47)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #17: Ptolemy's Geocentric Model (53:04)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #18: The Heliocentric Model of Copernicus (39:21)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #19: The Eccentric Model of Tycho Brache (48:36)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #20: Johannes Kepler's Correction of Copernicus (43:17)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #21: Galileo and His Telescope (55:18)
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Start6th Grade Astronomy Block Lesson #22: Block Review and Quiz (58:30)
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StartTHIS BLOCK IS NOW COMPLETE
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StartWritten Lessons for Sixth Grade Business Math Block
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #1: And Introduction to Business and Money (41:55)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #2: How Barter Works (54:20)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #3: The Trader Intro to Money (56:50)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #4: Reviewing the Trader Role (55:54)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #4B: Chalk Still Life Drawing of Apples (25:34)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #5: Time Accounts (50:07)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #6: Time Accounts Continued (47:11)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #7: From Time Accounts to Money (87:31)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #7B: Oil Pastel Drawing of Shetland Sheep (27:47)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #8: From Barter to Money Economy (64:57)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #9: Capitalism vs Socialism: Part I (54:44)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #9B: Capitalism vs Socialism: Part II (62:26)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #10: Borrowing and Lending Money (57:34)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #11: How Interest Works (58:45)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #12: Some Pitfalls of Loans (63:19)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #13: How Much Interest to Share with the Depositor? (55:37)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #13B: Drawing the Pentagram of Venus (41:02)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #14: A Formula for Calculating Interest (63:08)
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Start6th Grade Business Math Block Lesson #15 - Investment vs. Consumption Debt (58:33)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #16: Introducing Interest Calculations (62:54)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #17: Free Gift Money (63:14)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #18: Threefold Social Order (67:29)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #19: The Story of “Making Money” - Part I (54:23)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #20: The Story of “Making Money” - Part II (61:47)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #21: Interest Calculations Over Multiple Years (46:18)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #22: Reviewing the Math from the Block (63:46)
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StartSixth Grade Business Math: Lesson #23: Block Review & Quiz (55:51)