• Visit the OTA Amazon Bookstore to buy Core Knowledge® books for your child or your child’s classroom. Each purchase earns OTA a small donation.

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OTA’s Core Knowledge curriculum is a very ambitious K-8 learning sequence based on research findings that show that children need knowledge (vocabulary: ideas, facts, phrases, idioms) in order to develop real skill. Two ways to learn more about OTA’s Core Knowledge Humanities Curriculum:

• Watch the Video Interview of Core Knowledge Founder, Professor Hirsch.
• Buy and read his Book, Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know

The new Common Core standards (which the Core Knowledge sequence already encompasses) have set a goal of 70% non-fiction and 30% fiction for students. This OTA Amazon Bookstore List will help you find vocabulary-rich books to read at home or to donate to your child’s classroom library.

***** Sample Classroom Core Knowledge Reading List *****

** What is the key theme in all the OTA Recommended Reading List?

• Children (and their families) have a choice between two Mind-Sets: