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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) builds many of these topics (probably not all of them) into the readings and related materials.

(Anyone can look at the CKLA material online at the Core Knowledge Foundation website.  CKF predates and is NOT related to the so-called Common Core curriculum effort, but names are similar.)

MCPS and APS each switched to CKLA for K - elementary grades maybe 2-3 years ago. I think it is a good curriculum overall. [/quote]

I forgot to mention. CKF also publishes a series of books (1 book per US grade) approximately titled "What a 4th Grader Needs to Know", where "4th grader" might be replaced with Kindergartener or 1st Grader ... 6th Grader.

These are very good for at home supplementing. They contain not only history, but also music, art, science, and other culture.  They have most of the age-appropriate content that kids need to understand the context for stories they are reading.

Ser also Ed Hirsch s book on "Cultural Literacy". [/quote]

I own What a __grader needs to know," along with several homeschool-ish books about education and literacy. I have loved reading them and they absolutely validate my own feelings on education. BUT, the same books are not as relevant in a system where kids are no longer reading "the classics." The classics are being attacked and pulled from classrooms everywhere. My youngest is in 3rd and I see it already with the books he is encouraged to read. [i]Charlotte's Web[/i] it ain't. Adults no longer understand the cultural, historical, and literary references we used to take for granted.[/quote]

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