The Core Knowledge Foundation is pleased to announce the development of free, downloadable instructional materials for use by middle school teachers and students.
Given our mission to advance excellence and equity in education for all children, the instructional materials that the Foundation has developed have been informed by research based findings. As Core Knowledge founder E. D. Hirsch, Jr., explained in Why Knowledge Matters, “Only a well-rounded, knowledge-specific curriculum can impart needed knowledge to all children and overcome inequality of opportunity.” As such, our initial attention focused on creating curricula for students in the early grades.
The Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) instructional materials for Kindergarten–Grade 5 received early recognition as a curriculum that fully exemplified the science of reading, incorporating a strong phonics based program in the early grades with read-alouds designed to develop a coherent, cumulative, and sequenced base of knowledge, on which to build in subsequent years.
But it would, indeed, be shortsighted to think that a strong start in the early grades would be sufficient. Remember, knowledge builds on knowledge. We therefore encourage educators and parents to carefully review and make use of our middle school materials.
Core Knowledge Language Arts
for Middle School
These CKLA middle school materials are being created by the same Core Knowledge Foundation team that developed CKLA K–5.
Grade 6 CKLA was successfully field tested in pilot schools
last year and is available for FREE DOWNLOAD or
PURCHASE as a printed classroom set here.
Please also note that Grade 6 CKLA will be available for a fee as a digital platform for the 2022–2023 school year through Kiddom—a platform that offers additional flexibility, streamlines workflows for teachers and students, and offers data-driven actionable insights that help guide instruction. Would you like to talk about how CKLA Grade 6 + Kiddom could work for your learning community? Click here to schedule a DEMO.
Grade 7 CKLA is in development, with units being posted as they are completed here.
All units will be posted for free download by the end of August. A prepublication sale
will be announced for the purchase of print materials.
Grade 8 CKLA – the Core Knowledge Foundation team will begin development of CKLA Grade 8 in September, 2022. We will post units as they are completed.
Please complete this FORM to receive Grade 7 prepublication sale
and Grade 8 unit posting announcements.
Core Knowledge History and Geography
for Middle School
Grade 6 CKHG is available for
FREE DOWNLOAD or PURCHASE.
Grade 7 CKHG, a Survey of American History is available for
FREE DOWNLOAD or PURCHASE.
Grade 8 CKHG, a Survey of World History, is currently under development
with completion expected in September, 2022.
Please complete this FORM to receive announcements when all
Grade 8 CKHG instructional materials are posted and/or available for purchase.
Core Knowledge Science for Middle School
These materials are currently under development, with units being posted as they are completed. All units will be posted by mid-July.
GRADE 6 CKSCI UNITS FOR FREE DOWNLOAD
GRADE 7 CKSCI UNITS FOR FREE DOWNLOAD
GRADE 8 CKSCI UNITS FOR FREE DOWNLOAD
Please complete this FORM to receive
announcements when all CKSci 6–8 instructional materials
are posted and/or available for purchase.
Core Knowledge Math for Middle School
These materials are currently under development, with units
being posted as they are completed.
Please complete this FORM to receive
announcements when CKMath instructional materials
for K–8 are posted and/or available for purchase.