Central & South America, Pre-Columbian Era
updated November 24, 2024
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Central & South America
Pre-Columbian Era
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Notes on the Waldorf History/Geography Scope & Sequence
Traditionally, Ancient Greece is begun in grade 5 and then concluded in grade 6, through a transition from Mythology into History, covering the decline of Greece and then the rise (and the fall) of Rome, then marching onward to the Dark Ages / Middle Ages.
BUT, if there are to be three Cultural blocks in Grade 6, I don't agree that one should be History of Ancient Greece, one should be History of Ancient Rome, and one should be the Middle Ages.
That's a lot of European History and it's not particularly balanced when you consider that children should be learning about the whole world!
AND I like the idea of having time for a block on the Israelites, Philistines & Phoenicians.
Or a block on the First Nations peoples of North America ("discovered" next year in Grade 7).
Or a block on Ancient Asian cultures like China, Japan, and Cambodia.
Or a block on Central & South American cultures like the Aztecs, Inca & Maya.
Or a block on the people of Polynesia and Micronesia.
Etc. I've left room for this as Cultural Block #1.
UPDATE:
On July 5, 2020 I was in a homeschooling brainstorm call with Carrie, of The Parenting Passageway, and Amanda, of Coastal Waldorf, and they mentioned
the possibility of
putting Ancient China in with Astronomy. I love that idea, and will incorporate it next
time I teach this block! It is always an option to spend more time on Ancient Civ this year, and do Roman History up to Constantine, then push the
Middle Ages over into next year's study of the Renaissance.
I've also been thinking about how Oceania could be a World Geography topic in grade 6 and the traditional celestical navigation and explorations of the early Polynesian and Micronesian peoples could be tied in with that grade 6 Astronomy block.
Perhaps you might consider an order like this...
String, Straight-Edge & Shadow; Geology; Cultural Block #1; Business (Business Letters, Keyboarding,
Business Math: Percents, Formulas, Graphs);
Astronomy; Greek & Roman History; Geometric Drawing; Physics (Sound, Light, Heat, Magnetism, Electricity); Middle Ages
OR
String, Straight-Edge & Shadow; Geology; Ancient Central & South America; Business Letters; Business Math
(Percents, Formulas, Graphs);
Astronomy & Ancient Oceania; Greece, Rome, and the Middle Ages; Geometric Drawing; Physics (Sound, Light, Heat, Magnetism, Electricity)
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I've never taught a block solely on Central & South American physical and cultural geography, but I want to! The first
step for me is always to gather all of my notes and resources in one place.
Central & South America - Geography
Aztec
Nazca
Hundreds More Nazca Lines Emerge in Peru's Desert
The New York Times - Nov 23, 2024
"The vast incisions were brought to the world's attention in the mid-1920s by a Peruvian scientist who spotted them while hiking through the Nazca foothills. Over the next decade, commercial pilots passing over the region revealed the enormousness of the artwork, which is believed to have been created from 200 BC to 700 AD by a civilization that predated the Inca."
Inca
Maya
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