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FEATURES OF PERSIA – LIGHT AND DARKNESS – THE FARAVAHAR – ZARATHUSTRA’S STAR
ANCIENT PERSIA – 41 pages: Three weeks of editable lesson plans with mentoring comments, presentation notes, stories, source texts, bookwork and blackboard samples, background information for the teacher, the third Main Lesson Review and a letter of information to the parents.
Includes a free chapter of topic-related poems and text passages, songs with music scores, footnotes and attributions.
The second Ancient History block looks at Persia’s geography, Zarathustra, and the Avesta which gives insight into the religion he initiated. Through legends, recitation, reading, writing and drawing, understanding grows of what is special about this epoch’s far-reaching contributions to the evolution of mankind. Alongside, a poem about Ancient Civilisations is rehearsed, and performed to the community at the termly festival.
This curriculum is clear, succinct, yet thorough and easy to follow! A gem in the Waldorf curriculum space
These block guides are so to-the-point, yet chock full of inspiring ideas—not least of which are Fabienne’s beautiful chalk drawings that she so generously shares. What I appreciate most is how Fabienne walks you through her day-to-day process of teaching a classroom full of children at a Waldorf school. As a homeschooler, I have never actually experienced a Waldorf school in action. But these block guides are presented in such a way that I can imagine how it might feel. And, while not everything can be easily translated to a homeschool, it puts you in the mood and guides your imagination to create the “Waldorf” atmosphere in your own way.
There are a good number of Waldorf curriculums out there for homeschoolers to use. But these block guides are brilliant and stand out to me, because of the economy of information. A lesser writer would have used many more pages to communicate what is presented here, succinctly and imaginatively.
This is just what I needed to plan a lesson on Ancient Persia. I feel it has beautifully captured the mood and understanding we wish to bring to children of class five.