Core Knowledge^® Lesson Plans

Language Arts/ English

1. Writing, Grammar, and Usage
• Greek and Latin Root Words (2005)
• Essays and Speeches (2003)
• The Power of Words (2001)
2. Poetry
• Real Old Rap (2002)
• Poetry — The Essence of Life (2001)
• Shall I Compare Thee to a Jabberwocky? (2001)
3. Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama
• Student-Based Oral Reading & Presentation Study of Shakespeare’s 12th Night (2007)
• Teachers See the Truth but Wait (2006)
• Composing a Life: Autobiography & Maya Angelou (2004)
• The Good Earth and The China Research Paper (Two for the Price of One!) (2003)
• Shall I Compare Thee to a Jabberwocky? (2001)
• Short Stories: The Puzzle Pieces of Life (2001)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (2000)
• Brown Bagging with Short Stories (2000)
• Animals, Unite! (1999)
4. Foreign Phrases Commonly Used in English
   • Qu'est-ce que c'est? Foreign Phrases! (2006)

History and Geography

1. Decline of European Colonialism
• The Breakup of the British Empire (2004)
• Beyond Chopsticks and Rice (2002)
2. Cold War
• Washington, D.C.: The Ultimate Core Knowledge Field Trip (2004)
• Whose Business Is It Anyway? McCarthyism and Its Effect on Individual Rights (2003)
• Hitting the Cold War From All Angles (2001)
• The Cold War: Solving the Mystery of History with Voices on Vinyl (2001)
• The Cold War (1999)
• Turbulent Times of the Sixties (1998)
• Adapting a Core Knowledge Unit for the Inclusion of Special Education Students: The Kennedy Years (1998)
3. Civil Rights Movement
• Turbulent Times of the Sixties (1998)
4. Vietnam War and the Rise of Social Activism
   • The Vietnam War (2006)
5. Middle East and Oil Politics
• History of the Middle East (2007)
6. End of the Cold War: Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges
• Beyond Chopsticks and Rice (2002)
7. Civics: The Constitution - Principles and Structure of American Democracy
8. Geography of Canada and Mexico

Visual Arts

1. Art History: Periods and Schools
2. Architecture Since the Industrial Revolution

Music

• The Cold War: Solving the Mystery of History with Voices on Vinyl (2001)

1. Elements of Music
• Africa: Small Sounds from a Big Country (2004)
2. Non-Western Music
• Africa: Small Sounds from a Big Country (2004)
• The Hidden Music of Southeast Asia (2003) — Also listed under Music
3. Classical Music: Nationalists and Moderns
4. Vocal Music
• Irving Berlin, Through the Years (2001)

Mathematics

1. Algebra
• So You Want to be a Rocket Scientist? (2006) also in Science, Physics, below
• Speed Demons: Math and Science in Motion (2004)
2. Geometry
• Geometric Constructions Using a Compass and Straightedge (2000)

Science

1. Physics
• So You Want to be a Rocket Scientist? (2006) also in Mathematics, Algebra, above
• Speed Demons: Math and Science in Motion (2004)
• Building Physics Books of Knowledge (2003)
• PHYSICS IS FUN!! (2002)
2. Electricity and Magnetism
• Speed Demons: Math and Science in Motion (2004)
• Electricity & Magnetism (2001)
3. Electromagnetic Radiation and Light
4. Sound Waves
• Africa: Small Sounds from a Big Country (2004)
5. Chemistry of Food and Respiration
• Chemistry of Food and Respiration (2002)
6. Science Biographies