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Core Knowledge PreK–8 Book List {Free} | Core Knowledge PreK–8 Book List is a great tool to use when creating your own reading list.

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After a multi-year effort that engaged subject-matter experts and educator focus groups and involved a careful review of national standards and current trends in cognitive science, the Core Knowledge Foundation is pleased to share an early DRAFT of the 2022 update to the Core Knowledge Sequence. Review the Draft Access a copy of the Preschool...

The eyes of 28 first graders stared back at me from their carpet spots on a map of the world, a world I was getting ready to introduce to them in a very different way: we were going back in time…to Ancient Mesopotamia. My own eyes searched theirs, apprehensive and wondering whether I could take […]

Browse over 290 educational resources created by GrowingRoots in the official Teachers Pay Teachers store.

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Focus: This unit (Unit 3 for schools using the CKHG series in Sequence grade-level order) begins by providing geographical information on Scandinavia, homeland of the Vikings, whose expertise as sailors and shipbuilders—and their fierce raiding spirit—enabled them to trade, conquer, and explore over a vast area. Students learn about the voyages of Eric the Red and his...

In a new article, Core Knowledge founder E. D. Hirsch, Jr. explores the complex nature of nationalism and its relation to public schooling in the United States. “My thesis,” writes Hirsch, “is that our young people’s low opinion of their own country has been intensified by the current disrepute of nationalism in any form in our schools and universities. This anti-nationalism has been a big mistake.” Hirsch goes on to explore the role of schools in fostering “the right kind of nationalism.”