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What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know Fundamentals of a Good Sixth-grade Education

What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know Fundamentals of a Good Sixth-grade Education
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  • ISBN-13: 9780385497220
  • ISBN: 0385497229
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Publisher: Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, The

AUTHOR

Hirsch, E. D., Jr., Core Knowledge Foundation Staff

SUMMARY

Since E. D. Hirsch' s Core Knowledge Series was launched in 1991, hundreds of thousands of students have benefited from the books' effective and delightful treatments of essential knowledge for each grade. With sixteen pages of full-color illustrations, a bolder, easier-to-follow format, and a thoroughly updated curriculum, "What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know, Revised Edition," reflects the Core Knowledge Foundation' s ongoing commitment to providing a solid educational foundation for today' s elementary and middle school students. "What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know, Revised Edition," includes poems by Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, and Maya Angelou. It introduces children to the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" and to sayings such as " once bitten, twice shy." History and geography topics include deserts, ancient Greece and Rome, Judaism and Christianity, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution. The Visual Arts chapter sketches the history of art, with more than twenty full-color illustrations, while the music section profiles notable composers like Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Beethoven. A clear overview of sixth-grade math concepts is followed by accessible, easy-to-follow science topics, including plate tectonics and astronomy. "What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know "is for all parents concerned about their children' s education. The perfect supplement to classroom education, it gives parents specific and effective guidance in helping their children gain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed at school and in society." "Hirsch, E. D., Jr. is the author of 'What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know Fundamentals of a Good Sixth-grade Education', published 2006 under ISBN 9780385497220 and ISBN 0385497229.

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