What your fourth grader needs to know
Subtitle: fundamentals of a good fourth-grade education
By: edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Contributors: Hirsch, E. D. 1928-.
Edition: Rev. ed., Delta trade pbk. ed.
Series: Core knowledge series
Publisher: Delta Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780385337656
Subjects: Fourth grade (Education) -- Curricula -- United States.; Curriculum planning -- United States.
Other titles: What your 4th grader needs to know
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Language and literature. Poetry ; Stories and myths ; Learning about language ; Sayings and phrases; title: History and geography. World geography ; Europe in the Middle Ages ; The rise of Islam ; African kingdoms ; China : dynasties and conquerors ; The American Revolution ; Making a constitutional government ; Early presidents and politics ; Reformers; title: Visual arts. Art of the Middle Ages ; Islamic art and architecture ; Art of Africa ; Art of China ; American art; title: Music. The elements of music ; Listening and understanding ; Some songs for fourth graders ; Songs of the U.S. Armed Forces; title: Mathematics. Numbers and number sense ; Multiplication ; Division ; Fractions and decimals ; Measurement ; Geometry; title: Science. The human body ; Chemistry ; Electricity ; Geology ; Meteorology ; Science biographies.