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The teaching of history in a Waldorf high school is rooted, in the words of Rudolf Steiner, in "painting" historical situations so the student can fully live into the imaginative scene arising through the deeds of significant individuals from our past. The teacher, meanwhile, is faced with the challenge of bringing material in such a way that it inspires particularly the upper grades student to seek deeper meaning and purpose in the confluence of historical events.
Introduction to "symptomatology" as a method of historical research and teaching in a Waldorf high school. Applications of this approach to ninth grade main lessons in modern and America history, starting with the Age of Revolution.
From here we move on to Rudolf Steiner's description of the "threefold social organism" and its application to the teaching of history. Approaching historical figures and events from the perspectives of cultural, political, and economic life. Understanding these perspectives in the light of the ideals of the French Revolution:
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
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