Realms of Gold Series
All the shorter literary works—poems, stories, essays, speeches and autobiographical excerpts—specified in the Core Knowledge Sequence for Grades 6–8 are conveniently anthologized in three grade-level volumes. More…
Core Knowledge Bookstore
Our online bookstore is dedicated to providing materials and resoures that directly correlate with the Core Knowledge Sequence. More…
Colorado Grade 6 Lesson Plans
English/Language Arts
- There’s No Place Like Home—Odysseus’s Journey (2005)
- Introduction to Literary Terms (2004)
- Oral Poetry Presentations (2004)
- "Building a Word Wall" Roots - The Foundation of Language (2004)
- “A Colorful Language” Book – Sayings and Phrases (2004)
- The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2004)
- "Building a Word Wall" Roots - The Foundation of Language (2004)
- Shakespeare and Poe Teach Six Trait Writing (2003)
- You Are Hereby Sentenced …: Constructing and Using Different Types of Sentences with Support from The Shurley Grammar Method (2003)
- CSAP Preparation: “Strike While the Iron is Hot” (2003)
- Let’s Trade! The Prince and the Pauper (2003)
- Isn’t It Romantic? (2003)
- Folklore and Culture (2003)
- Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks (2002)
- Verbs Rule! (2002)
- Fun With Words: Poetry (2002)
- The “Write” Stuff: Strategies and Conventions for Expository Writing (2001)
- "Et tu, Brute?" - The Characters, Conflict and Historical Context of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (2002)
- When in Greece, Do as the Greeks Do (2001)
- Styles of Storytelling (2001)
- The "Write" Stuff: Strategies and Conventions for Imaginative Writing (2001)
- The "Write" Stuff: Strategies and Conventions for Essay Composition and Speechwriting (2001)
- Subject and Predicates, Oh My! (2001)
History & Geography
- Capitalism and Socialism (2005)
- Ancient Rome: The Beginning and the End! (2005)
- It’s All Greek to Me (2005)
- A Country Ripe for Change (2005)
- The Progressive Era (Reform) (2004)
- The Basis for Our Moral Code (Judaism and Christianity)
- Latin American Independence Movements (2004)
- Isn’t It Exciting? (The American Industrial Revolution and Urbanization) (2003)
- A Changing Society: Industrialization and Urbanization (2003)
- Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity: The French Revolution (2001)
- Enlighten Me (2001)
- The Industrial Revolution, A Time of Great Change (2001)
- The Weight of Words (2000)
- The French Revolution (1999)
Visual Arts
- Classical Art (2004)
- Renaissance Art (2004)

