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​Core Virtues®️-Core Knowledge®️ Connections
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Fourth Grade

September

​Respect, Responsibility, Friendship
Elma Stuckey. Humanity. (LA)
Robin Hood. (LA)
Codes of chivalry. (WC)

​“Beauty is only skin-deep.”
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“Through thick and thin.”

October

Diligence, Perseverance, Self-discipline
Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe. (LA)
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver’s Travels. (LA)
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island. (LA)
​Demi. The Magic Brocade. (LA)

​“Haste makes waste.”

November

Gratitude, Appreciation, Wonder
Edna St. Vincent Millay. Afternoon on a Hill. (LA)
​Christina Rosetti. Clouds. (LA)
Tongue Cut Sparrow. (LA)
​Johann Strauss, Jr. Blue Danube. (M)

January

Courage
Patrick Henry. “Give me Liberty or Give me death.” (LA)
Ralph Waldo Emerson. Concord Hymn. (LA)
Maya Angelou. Life Doesn’t Frighten Me. (LA)
Nathan Hale. (AC)
Molly Pitcher. (AC)
​Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington. (AC)
St. George and the Dragon. (LA)
Joan of Arc. (WC)

February

Honesty, Justice, Loyalty, Love of Country
Sundiata Keita. (WC)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Paul Revere’s Ride. (LA)
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James Madison. (AC)
Benjamin Banneker. (AC)
​Benedict Arnold. (AC)
​Thomas Jefferson. (AC)

Democratic Principles
Sojourner Truth. “Ain’t I a Woman?” (LA)
Frederick Douglass. (AC)
William Lloyd Garrison. (AC)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. (AC)
​Charles Drew. (S)

March

Compassion, Faithfulness, Mercy
​Dorothea Dix.(AC)
Auld Lang Syne (M)
​King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table. (LA)

April

Understanding & Forgiveness
“Bury the hatchet.”
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“Live and let live.”

May

Wonder & Hope
Langston Hughes. Dreams. (LA)
​Eleanor Porter. Pollyanna. (LA)
“Half a loaf is better than none.”

​“Laugh and the world laughs with you.”

June

Lives to Learn From, Wisdom
Horace Mann. (AC)
Amelia Bloomer. (AC)
Margaret Fuller. (AC)
Elizabeth Blackwell. (S)
“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”

“Make hay while the sun shines.”
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“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

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