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This revised edition of A First Dictionary of Cultural Literacy offers the common core of knowledge children should have by the end of grade school. E. D. Hirsch, author of the best-selling Cultural Literacy and co-author of The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, has updated his popular children's version for a generation that needs not only a solid grounding in the arts and sciences but a clear understanding of the world around them - from world geography to the World Wide Web. Inviting and informative, the book is organized by subject, including mythology, history, religion and philosophy, music, art, geography, medicine, technology, and many more. No other book gives children so much of the world, from ancient history to current technology, in one engaging volume.
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.
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Belinda Bracey
reviewed A first dictionary of cultural literacy on April 01, 2010
A first dictionary of cultural literacy
As a child, I would have really enjoyed this book. I have always enjoyed learning a little about this and a little about that, and it would have been a good springboard to learning things that really interested me in greater depth.
My only critique with this book is the same that I've had with every book that I've seen by E.D. Hirsch so far - all of the illustrations are in black and white. I think the goal was to de-emphasize graphics and emphasize facts because if the publisher spent a lot of money on high-quality, full-color pictures, then the book would have to be priced much higher and perhaps even be priced out of most people's budget.
But on the other hand, having dull pictures makes the subjects seem less interesting, and since making a wide variety of subjects interesting to children so they want to learn more about them is the whole purpose of this book, it seems like the publisher should have just bit the bullet and spent more money on the illustrations.
As it is, I will return the copy I read to the library, and I will keep my eye out for an updated dictionary (after all, this one was written in the 80's) with full-color pictures. If such a creature does appear, I'll be the first one in line to buy it. :-)
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