The New First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Your Child Needs to KnowEric Donald Hirsch Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004 - 306 páginas From child education expert E. D. Hirsch Jr., the national best-selling author of How to Educate a Citizen, 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 perfect one-stop homework helper and family reference for children cuts through the wealth of information available to highlight terms that a child should be familiar with from the beginning of the first grade through the end of the sixth. With nearly 3,000 concise definitions, this popular sourcebook makes it easy for children to become literate in mythology, literature, US history, science and technology, and more. |
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Contenido
Maps | vi |
To Parents and Teachers | ix |
How to Use This Dictionary | xii |
Pronunciation System | xiv |
Proverbs | 1 |
Idioms | 6 |
English | 12 |
Literature | 18 |
Politics and Economics | 135 |
World History to 1600 | 144 |
World History Since 1600 | 158 |
United States Geography | 169 |
World Geography | 187 |
Mathematics | 214 |
Physical Sciences | 228 |
Earth Sciences and Weather | 240 |
Mythology | 44 |
Music Art and Architecture | 54 |
The Bible | 75 |
Religion and Philosophy | 87 |
United States History to 1865 | 99 |
United States History Since 1865 | 117 |
Life Sciences | 251 |
Medicine and the Human Body | 261 |
Technology | 276 |
Illustration Credits | 287 |
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The New First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Your Child Needs to Know William G. Rowland,Eric Donald Hirsch,Michael Stanford Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
Términos y frases comunes
AFRICA ancient animals ASIA ATLANTIC OCEAN ATOMS Battle Bettmann/Corbis Bible blood body British called capital cause cell century CHINA Christians churches CIVIL RIGHTS coast colonies Core Knowledge Foundation disease EARTH east eastern EGYPT electricity ENGLAND English EUROPE example FAIRY famous fought FRANCE Greek island JESUS John killed king known Lake land largest late leader living Mary means MEDITERRANEAN SEA ment MEXICO MIDDLE miles mountain move National NORTH northern NOUN NOVEL NURSERY RHYME OLD TESTAMENT organized PACIFIC OCEAN person plants POEM populous city president region religion Republic River rock Roman ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ROME sentence SOLAR song SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH KOREA southeast southern southwest SOVIET UNION square stars story tells things THIRTEEN COLONIES tion TROJAN TROJAN WAR United verb VIRGINIA WASHINGTON western WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE words WORLD WAR II