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Exploring Maps and World Mountains—CKHG Reader
From the CORE KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION, which brought you the popular “What Your ___ Grader Needs to Know” series. EXPLORING MAPS AND WORLD MOUNTAINS is divided into two parts. The first part explains geographical terms and concepts to help students use maps and globes effectively, including map symbols, keys, scales, and longitude and latitude. The second part reinforces map skills while introducing major mountains and mountain ranges. Paperback. 100 pages. ** Part of the CORE KNOWLEDGE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY (CKHG) series in world and American history and geography, integrating topics in civics and the arts. CKHG books offer engagingly written text with many color illustrations, maps, vocabulary sidebars, and a glossary. Related materials (Teacher Guides and Timeline Cards) are also published by the Core Knowledge Foundation. In general, CKHG books are appropriate for young readers from the upper elementary grades through middle school.
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Published January 1, 2017
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The mission of the Core Knowledge Foundation is to advance excellence and equity in education for all children.
To achieve this mission, we offer detailed curricular guidance and materials to schools, teachers, parents, and policy makers—to anyone who believes, as we do, that every child in a diverse democracy deserves access to enabling knowledge.
By providing open access to an exemplary curriculum for preschool through eighth grade, we endeavor to:
create literate citizens able to contribute to a democratic society.
empower each child to achieve his or her greatest academic potential.
shrink the excellence gap between the academic achievement of American students and that of their international peers from high-performing countries.
shrink the fairness gap between the academic achievement of American students living in poverty and that of their economically advantaged peers.
The mission of the Core Knowledge Foundation is to advance excellence and equity in education for all children.
To achieve this mission, we offer detailed curricular guidance and materials to schools, teachers, parents, and policy makers—to anyone who believes, as we do, that every child in a diverse democracy deserves access to enabling knowledge.
By providing open access to an exemplary curriculum for preschool through eighth grade, we endeavor to:
create literate citizens able to contribute to a democratic society.
empower each child to achieve his or her greatest academic potential.
shrink the excellence gap between the academic achievement of American students and that of their international peers from high-performing countries.
shrink the fairness gap between the academic achievement of American students living in poverty and that of their economically advantaged peers.
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February 19, 2023
Total bomb with our son, who had a thousand yard stare every time we opened the book. I hear lots of people love CK, though, so YMMV.
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