Fully updated for the twenty-first century, The New First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy gathers together all of the essential facts that youngsters should have at their fingertips for school success. The child education expert E. D. Hirsch, Jr., cuts through the wealth of information available today to highlight those terms that a child should be familiar with by the end of sixth grade. With nearly 3,000 concise definitions, including 250 new entries (Harry Potter, centaurs, northern lights, and World Series, to name a few), this popular sourcebook makes finding information easy. Here is everything your child needs to know to be culturally literate in 21 different subject areas, from mythology to literature to U.S. history to science and technology, and much more.
New First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Your Child Needs to Know FROM THE PUBLISHER The perfect one-stop homework helper and family reference for children in grades one through six, by the best-selling author of the What Your First Grader Needs to Know series.This best-selling sourcebook, fully updated, arrives just in time for the start of the school year. In today's classroom, where assessment reigns, each child needs to be prepared with a solid understanding of a broad range of topics. While deep knowledge comes from involved study, wouldn't it be helpful if one resource showcased all the essential information a student should have at his or her fingertips?
SYNOPSIS Hirsch's (U. of Virginia) text is a revised edition of the 1996 publication, A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy. Based on input from several hundred teachers and parents across the nation, the text outlines the knowledge that American children should know by the end of sixth grade. The dictionary features some 3,000 entries organized into 21 thematic sections on subjects such as fine arts, mathematics, world geography, world history, science and technology, proverbs, and idioms, and is illustrated with b&w photographs, maps, and diagrams. Updated throughout and now including 250 new entries, it will be a useful resource for students, their families, and teachers. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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