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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So sorry.  I posted the Latin info and then noted that pp asked for what BASIS offers in 5th, not Latin. Misread that. [/quote]

Thank you, was interested in WL curriculum as well.  I think the CK sequence is richer for 5th grade -- integrated units on Pre-Columbian Civilizations, Renaissance in Europe, Reformation, English Civil War, Early Russia, Feudal Japan, American West, US Civil War/Reconstruction.  The literature includes Shakespeare and Cervantes (abridged), Frederick Douglass, Tom Sawyer, lots of poetry with integrated music and art history.  Imagine how strong the K-8 curriculum would be if DCPS supplemented the current standards with CK.[/quote]

If that's what the CK sequence covers in 5th grade history, it sounds like it's really scattered and scrambled, a whirlwind tour both geographically and in terms of timeline - and at best it's a mile wide but an inch deep, like a shotgun approach at history.  I think I'd prefer to see something more coherent, systematic and organized, foundational concepts that build more richly.  From what I've seen, Basis does have a deeper and more systematic approach - 5th grade is mostly ancient history and classics - Greece, Rome, Persia et cetera - and with some coordination carrying over in other classes (Latin terms and other topics/themes) which has impressed me.[/quote]

What would these foundational concepts be?  Classical history is great, but all year?

Still interested in literature.[/quote]

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