grade 5 Ancient Cultures

The study of the ancient cultures of India, Persia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece occupies a central place in the Waldorf fifth grade classroom. Students are immersed in the geography, mythology, architecture, sculpture, and poetry of each succeeding epoch, and the Grade Five class play is usually drawn from this study as well. We can see from these images what vivid impressions these classes have on the fifth graders. This is also a year when students' written work enters a new phase of clarity and expressiveness. --Notes by Eugene Schwartz
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