A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy : What Our Children Need to Know

Stanford, Michael; Rowland, William G.

ISBN 10: 0395510406 / ISBN 13: 9780395510407

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1989

About this Item

Price clipped jacket is lightly scuffed, mild sunfading to spine. Boards have light shelfwear. Gift inscription to previous owner on fep. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy : What Our Children Need to Know
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395510406
• ISBN 13: 9780395510407
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: Second Printing.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: Ex-Libris

About this title

Synopsis

Presents an outline of the knowledge that, according to the Cultural Literacy Foundation, should be acquired by the end of sixth grade, in such categories as literature, religion and philosophy, history, geography, mathematics, science, and technology.

About the Author

E.D. Hirsch, Jr. is the Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, and the author of Cultural Literacy, The First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, and The Core Knowledge Series. Dr. Hirsch is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been a senior fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is president of the Core Knowledge Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to educational reform.