Cultural Literacy in Classroom Settings: Teachers and Students Adapt the Core Knowledge Curriculum.

Johnson, Margaret J.; Janisch, Carole; Morgan-Fleming, Barbara

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Publication Date: 2001

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Cultural Literacy in Classroom Settings: Teachers and Students Adapt the Core Knowledge Curriculum.

Johnson, Margaret J.; Janisch, Carole; Morgan-Fleming, Barbara

Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, v16 n3 p259-72 Spr 2001

A group of teachers at a large, urban Texas district participated in a project to develop and teach study units based on E.D. Hirsch's Core Knowledge Curriculum. Drawing on their deliberations and university coursework, teachers selected topics, built units, and devised literacy strategies to teach core knowledge content. (Contains 34 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Cultural Literacy, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Literacy Education, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation, Teacher Collaboration

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Texas

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