DESCENT OF DIONYSUS History & Geography of Drama – Class 6 – Middle Lesson “Ha, ha, ha …!” the audience of parents and friends roared at the five-minute excerpt from Aristophanes’ ‘Frogs’, performed so boisterously by a couple of talented Class 6 pupils. This performance was the apogee of a 3-week middle lesson in the […]
AGE: 6th Grade
Into Calm: Science Awakening in 6th Grade
THE NEW AGE OF ABRAHAM As a Path of Science Awakening “The first Millennium in Kali Yuga we may call the Age of Abraham … followed by the Age of Moses… the last Millennium prior to the founding of Christianity was the Age of Solomon.” “The Abrahamitic Age, from the beginning of Kali Yuga (circa […]
Into Calm: Plant Physiology in 6th Grade
MIRACLE GARDEN Plant Physiology – Class 6 – Middle Lesson Hello readers, I’m a plant – no, not a special operative from the C.I.A., or even an industrial complex – I’m a real plant. The word is akin to ‘planet’, meaning wanderer. You see, both the plants and planets of the Solar System were part […]
Into Calm: G6 Science Experiments
FRANCIS BACON – AND EGGS! Science Experiments – Class 6 – Middle Lesson It was the Class 6 teacher’s unit off this term, so he had organized for a visiting teacher – me – to take his 12-year-olds for the 3-week middle lesson. I came recommended as knowing something about science, so the unit I […]
Into Calm: Human Reproduction in 6th Grade
I MET AN ANGEL …! Human Reproduction – Class 6 – Main Lesson It was not a night really, but then again it was. It certainly began as a day, a beautiful Spring day, with a powder blue sky across which floated the whitest of fluffy clouds. I had strolled down to my beehive at […]
Into Calm: Australian Zoology Through Geology
DINOSAURS, DEVILS AND DINGOS Australian Zoology Through Geology – Class 6 – Main Lesson You can do this as part of the geology block or do a new zoology block… Seahawk, the Class 6 teacher, sat on the little patio at his beachfront hotel unit; he leaned back on his chair and put his feet […]