Epochs

Rudolf Steiner saw the process of human development mirrored in different stages of world history or epochs. Learning about these epochs through the mythologies and wonderfully imaginative pictures of their history reflects the deep inner truths of life by which children’s learning is greatly nourished.  The class teacher upholds the tradition of oral literature. Each class is told the stories from relevant mythologies.

• Class 1 – Fairy tales (from around the world)
• Class 2 – Celtic myths, lives of Saints, animal fables
• Class 3 - The Old Testament, Hebrew mythology
• Class 4 – Norse mythology
• Class 5 - Ancient Indian mythology, ancient Persian mythology
• Class 6 - Greek, Roman and Egyptian Myths
• Class 7 and 8 – Biographies and Explorers of the World, the Renaissance, the Industrial and French Revolutions, East and West and an introduction to modern history.

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