The Aims of Interpretation

E.D. Hirsch Jr.

Religion & Spirituality

University of Chicago Press

Grade by grade, these groundbreaking and successful books provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals of a good education for first to sixth graders. B &amp; W photographs, linecuts, and maps throughout; two-color printing.

What Your 5th Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Fifth-Grade Education (Core Knowledge Series)

Parenting & Relationships

Parenting

Delta

Give your child a smart start with What Your Second Grader Needs to Know What will your child be expected to learn in the second grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American second graders. Designed for parents and teachers to enjoy with children, featuring a new Introduction, this second-grade volume of the Core Knowledge Series presents the knowledge and skills that should be at the core of a challenging second-grade education, including • Favorite poems—old and new, from “Caterpillars” to Gwendolyn Brooks’s prizewinning “Rudolph Is Tired of the City” • Literature—from around the world, with African folktales, American tall tales, European fairy tales, and classic myths from ancient Greece • Learning about language—the basic building blocks of written English, all explained with a touch of humor and common sense • World and American history and geography—visit Japan, explore ancient Greece, travel the Underground Railroad with Harriet Tubman • Visual arts—with activities and full-color illustrations of masterworks by El Greco, Van Gogh, Matisse, and others • Music—basic theory, great composers, instruments, and fun-to-sing songs such as “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and “Do-Re-Mi” • Math—challenging lessons ranging from telling time to doing fractions, numbers to 100, and a first look at geometry • Science—the cycle of life and the seasons, levers and magnets, the wonder of the human body, and more, with lots of hands-on activities and stories about famous scientists

What Your Second Grader Needs to Know

Reference

What Your 1st Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education (The Core Knowledge Series)

DOUBLEDAY

This paperback edition, with a new introduction, offers a powerful, compelling, and unassailable argument for reforming America's schooling methods and ideas--by one of America's most important educators, and author of the bestselling Cultural Literacy. For over fifty years, American schools have operated under the assumption that challenging children academically is unnatural for them, that teachers do not need to know the subjects they teach, that the learning "process" should be emphasized over the facts taught. All of this is tragically wrong. Renowned educator and author E. D. Hirsch, Jr., argues that, by disdaining content-based curricula while favoring abstract--and discredited--theories of how a child learns, the ideas uniformly taught by our schools have done terrible harm to America's students. Instead of preparing our children for the highly competitive, information-based economy in which we now live, our schools' practices have severely curtailed their ability, and desire, to learn. With an introduction that surveys developments in education since the hardcover edition was published, The Schools We Need is a passionate and thoughtful book that will appeal to the millions of people who can't understand why America's schools aren't educating our children.

The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Anchor

A National bestseller, The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy has been widely acclaimed for identifying and defining the core body of knowledge that no literare American should be without. Now in this newly revised and updated edition, the authors provice a comprehensive look at cultural literacy for the nineties. New entries reflect suggestions from hundreds of readers. The dictionary takes into account the growing consensus over the specifics of multiculturalism, the political and geographic changes in the world, and the new ideas and terms that flow constantly from scientific research and technological development. The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy challenges us to find out more about what we know and helps us make sense of what we read, hear, and learn. It is a "must have" book for every home.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 2nd Edition, Revised & Updated

History

Joseph F. Kett

james-trefil

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Houghton/Mifflin

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy

James S.Trefil

NO highlighting or underlining. Some wear but overall very good condition. Ships directly from amazon and is eligible for prime or super saver (free) shipping.

Mesopotamia

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

Pearson Learning

THREE WORLD RELIGIONS, PUPIL EDITION, GRADE 1

Three World Religions

FROM COLONIES TO INDEPENDENCE, PUPIL EDITION, GRADE 1

World History and Geography: From Colonies to Independence

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