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What should your child learn in the sixth grade? How can
you help him or her at home? This book answers these important
questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that
thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed
upon for American sixth graders. Featuring 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, is designed for parents and teachers to
enjoy with children. Hundreds of thousands of children have
benefited from the Core Knowledge Series. This revised edition
gives a new generation of sixth graders the advantage they need to
make progress in school today, and to establish an approach to
learning that will last a lifetime. Discover:
? Favorite Poems—old and new, from Edgar Allan Poe’s classic “The
Raven” to Maya Angelou’s “Woman Work”
? Literature—from around the world, including Homer’s epics the
Iliad and the Odyssey, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, and Mark
Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper
? Learning about Language—he rules of written English, including
the four kinds of sentences, common English sayings and phrases,
plus an introduction to Greek and Latin roots
? History and Geography—world history from ancient Greece and the
fall of the Roman Empire to the Enlightenment and the French
Revolution; American history of the post—Civil War era, including
the Industrial Revolution, immigration, urbanization, and
reform
? Visual Arts—a brief history of art, stretching from the
classical period through the Renaissance, Baroque, and Romantic
periods all the way to the age of realism, with full-color
reproductions and discussions of great works by artists such as El
Greco, Rembrandt, and Winslow Homer
? Music—understanding and appreciating music, including musical
notation, chords, and scales—plus biographies of great composers
such as Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin
? Math—challenging lessons, ranging from probability and
statistics, geometry, ratios and proportions to basic
pre-algebra
? Science—fascinating discussions of plate tectonics, oceans,
astronomy, the environment, the human body, and the immune
system—plus short biographies of great scientists such as Marie
Curie