Comments on: Geography in the Waldorf School https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2023/07/geography-in-the-waldorf-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geography-in-the-waldorf-school experiences, resources and advice from a Waldorf teacher on the journey Sun, 16 Jun 2024 22:19:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Meredith https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2023/07/geography-in-the-waldorf-school/#comment-27695 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 22:19:10 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=34605#comment-27695 In reply to Kimberly Telfer-Radzat.

Thanks for this. At my school, in 5th grade, we covered India in the ancient civilizations block, but not from a geographical perspective. I wrote another post about geography in 6-8, and I really advocate for a different approach to those grades. I like to do physical geography in 6th, cultural geography in 7th, and economic geography in 8th, rather than choosing a continent. This feels like a more developmental approach, as those topics are so appropriate to those ages. I think within that you can choose any country, just approach it through that lens. I did an overview of the globe (latitude/long, time zones, oceans) and Antarctica in 6th, Africa in 7th, and Asia (and others) in 8th.

]]> By: Kimberly Telfer-Radzat https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2023/07/geography-in-the-waldorf-school/#comment-27692 Sun, 16 Jun 2024 14:02:18 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=34605#comment-27692 In fifth you also do India. Sixth is South America, often done by the language teacher, if they are teaching Spanish (could be Japan or China, if those are your foreign languages. Seventh is Africa & the Middle East bc of the travel that was going on. Eighth could also be China if you tie it in with Economic Geography and the tea trade. Remember economy of teaching, things are often double booked!

]]> By: Alexandra Frankel https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2023/07/geography-in-the-waldorf-school/#comment-26761 Thu, 23 May 2024 08:11:41 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=34605#comment-26761 Hi Meridith. I’m a home-school Waldorf teacher from South Africa. Do you have any suggestions on how to teach South African geography? Or how to teach Geography to one child in a home-school setting?

Many thanks!
Alexandra Frankel

]]> By: Thesa Callinicos https://oldsite.awaldorfjourney.com/2023/07/geography-in-the-waldorf-school/#comment-23360 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 05:14:47 +0000 https://www.awaldorfjourney.com/?p=34605#comment-23360 Hi Meridith, so good to hear your 5th grade Geography story.
I was teaching 5th gr teacher in Denver.
Just looking at your list looks like were on the same page.I had a week to do all of 5th grade, and managed a full mormomg 3.5 hours for Geography.
The teacher drew wonderful maps of N America and central.
Love your blogs. Thank you for all you do.
Thesa Callinicos
Gradalis, Denver CO..

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