grade 5 Geography

In Grade Four, the class studied "Local Geography," in which they learned the rudiments of map-reading and experienced how the relatively stable geological elements of their locality contrasted with the ever-changing cultural elements. In Grade Five, their horizons are expanded and they learn about the geography of their "homeland," which in schools in the USA means North America. As always, Waldorf school geography is, above all, cultural geography, and the biographies of individuals who were shaped by their surroundings is a central part of their study. --Notes by Eugene Schwartz
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