What your sixth grader needs to know : fundamentals of a good sixth-grade education
Title:
What your sixth grader needs to know : fundamentals of a good sixth-grade education
JLCTITLE245:
edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Edition:
Rev. ed., Delta trade pbk. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2007.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 391 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780385337328
Series:
General Note:
Originially published: New York : Doubleday, 2006.
Abstract:
This book answers important questions about what children should be learning at school and at home, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American sixth graders.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-364) and index.
Added Author:
Contents:
English. Poetry ; Structure in poetry ; Myths, stories, and plays ; Grammar and usage ; Sayings and phrases -- History and geography. World geography ; Judaism and Christianity ; Ancient Greece ; Ancient Rome ; The enlightenment ; The French revolution ; Romanticism ; Industrialism, capitalism, socialism ; Latin American independence ; Immigration to the United States ; Industrialization and urbanization ; Reform -- Visual arts. Classical art ; Gothic art ; The renaissance ; Baroque art ; Rococo art ; Neoclassical art ; Romantic art ; Realism -- Music. Elements of music ; Classical music -- Mathematics. Numbers and number sense ; Computation ; Ratio, proportion, and percent ; Measurement ; Geometry ; Probability and statistics ; Pre-algebra -- Science. Plate tectonics ; Oceans ; Astronomy ; Energy, heat, and energy transfer ; The human body ; Science biographies.