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My Place in the World: Waldorf-Inspired Mapmaking and Local Geography

Beginning with your learner's study area and other personal spaces and moving out to their larger neighborhood, together we will be engaged in making maps and a miniature landscape representative of the area in which you live.

Ms. Annette (she/her)

Average rating:

4.9

Number of reviews:

(137)

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What's included

8 live meetings

6 in-class hours

Homework

1 hour per week. Learners will be given a "menu" of homework assignments to choose from so they can reinforce learning in a way that supports their learning style. Homework assignments will include researching local topography and geography, drawing or creating maps, dioramas, and other representations of local areas, collecting specimens to create models of your local biomes, and creating a main lesson book using writing, copywork, drawing, painting, form drawing, and more.

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6

In this Waldorf-inspired main lesson block, children will find their place in the larger world by  exploring and creating maps and other representations of local geography. In keeping with Waldorf philosophy, we will take a "whole to part" approach, beginning with the entire earth, moving into our neighborhoods and backyards, and ending with mapping out our desks and learning spaces. You will be engaged in creating a miniature landscape that represents the area where you live. This landscape will be your "notebook" for the class, and you will add to it as the class goes along. From this tangible landscape, we will create more abstract maps. Additionally, you will create a main lesson book to document your learning. It will include sketches, drawings, written descriptions of local topography, summaries of work done, and relevant or interesting information about where you live.

Class will be structured in such a way that learners from all over the world can participate. 

PLEASE NOTE: In keeping with Outschool's privacy policy and "Be Safe" rule, please do not share the name of your hometown or city.

Week 1. The Compass Rose and the Four Directions
Week 2. Longitude and Latitude
Week 3. Scale/ Looking Down
Week 4. Layers of the Earth/ Biomes
Week 5. State or Province Projects and Reports
Week 6. In My Backyard/ Creating a Landscape Model
Week 7. Local Plants and Landforms
Week 8. Waterways and Final Wrap Up

Other Details

Supply List

Each week, students will need the following:
*A main lesson book. I personally suggest blank paper in a three-pronged folder or notebook so learners do not feel constrained by the number of pages in the book, but you can also purchase or make a main lesson book or use any sort of blank book. Pages should be blank and without lines.
*Colored pencils, crayons, pencil, and other writing and drawing materials. 
* Paints, preferably watercolors, in at least red, blue, and yellow, along with watercolor paper, a painting board, and a paintbrush. A handout on preparing watercolor materials will be provided
* Modeling beeswax, clay, or playdough for modeling

If additional materials are needed, they will be sent out in the weekly email as well as added to the class description.

External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Ms. Annette (she/her)

Joined July, 2020

4.9

137reviews

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Teacher expertise and credentials

Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Music/Theater/Arts

Annette has been teaching a Waldorf-inspired curriculum for over 20 years, including her own Seasons of Joy. Many of her main lesson blocks, including this one, were taught to her own children and to homeschool coops. Annette possesses a PA teaching certification (preK-12) as well as graduate studies in early childhood and elementary education.