News from Our Schools
Congratulations to Liberty Common School and Peach Hill Academy, which both have been certified as Core Knowledge Official Schools through the Analysis of Curriculum and Practices (ACAP) process! More…
Common Core State Standards
The Core Knowledge Foundation supports the common standards initiative. Voluntary standards are "a not-to-be-missed opportunity" for American education. —E. D. Hirsch, Jr. More…
Domain-Based Units
The Core Knowledge domain-based units leverage Core Knowledge content to improve the development of students' language, knowledge, and reading comprehension. The units are exemplary models that demonstrate the spirit and intent of Common Core State Standards implementation.
History & Geography
Grade 3, Ancient Rome
Grade 4, Robin Hood: Hero or Criminal
Grade 4, World Geography
Grade 5, Go West, Young Man
Grade 5, A Nation Divided: Pre-Civil War Era
Grade 5, Westward Expansion before the Civil War
Grade 5, MesoAmerican Civilizations
Grade 7, Through the Eyes of a Young Girl: World War II and the Holocaust
Music
Grade 4, Go Back in Time and Get a Handel on the Baroque and Classical Eras
Science
Kindergarten, Plants
Grade 1, Electricity
Grade 2, Insects
Grade 4, Geology: The Earth and Its Changes
Grade 4, Meteorology: Storm Chasing

