Eighth Grade
The culmination of their time at Madrone Trail, eighth grade is rich and dramatic. A class trip cements and deepens these friendships as the children prepare to launch into their high school years. The year culminates in a wonderful graduation ceremony, looking back and celebrating all they have experienced and achieved.
“A basic tenet underlying the teaching of History in the Waldorf curriculum is that the period studied should serve as an “objective correlative” to the developmental changes occurring in the body and the soul of the student. With the advent of adolescence, eighth graders are undergoing a re-formation of the bodies and a transformation of their souls. As they experience the sometimes tumultuous clash of forces within and without, it is appropriate for us to study the periods of European history demarcated as “the Reformation” and the “Age of Revolution.” ~Eugene Schwartz
Topics will include:
- composition and speech including book and scientific reports
- practical mathematics
- algebra
- geometry
- Shakespeare
- epic and dramatic poetry
- folklore
- foreign language- vocabulary building and dialogues
- choir
- orchestra
- painting
- using a sewing machine
- modeling the human head
- 3 dimensional drawing
- wood carving
- history of 1700 to present including Unites States history
- geography of Asia, Australia and Antarctica as well as global contrasts
- art history
- chemistry
- physiology
- gymnastics, with equipment
- team games and sports
