For additional content suggestions, compatible with Core Knowledge or classical schools, see Core Knowledge Connections.

SEPTEMBER

​"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others." 

- Confucius

​Respect
​For each other and our communities—review concepts from Kindergarten and 1st grade, but with a special focus on respect for all living things and our environment.

Responsibility
The environment includes our physical surroundings. We must be responsible for property as well as be stewards of the earth and its goods.​

​OCTOBER

Mercy
Showing compassion to the enemy, wrongdoer, or those over whom one has power. Tie in with unit on Ancient India.

​​NOVEMBER

Responsibility to Country
Participatory democracy. Tie in with unit on Greece. Election Day. 

Wonder

DECEMBER

Generosity 
A time of giving.

JANUARY

Courage
​Review physical and moral courage. Special focus: intellectual courage—the courage it takes to ask bold questions and to stand up for new answers. Tie in with Constitution. Erie Canal. Review intellectual courage from unit on Greece.

FEBRUARY

​"Politics is every man's business." 

-Pericles

MARCH

​Empathy

Civic Responsibility
We’re all in this together. All men created equal. Possible tie-ins with slavery, Civil War themes. Immigration in March.​

​"To all living things, be merciful."

-Buddha

APRIL

Forgiveness
Having enough heart to let go of hurt.

Hope 
Believing in right endings.

MAY

Wisdom 
Knowledge of things that matter—different than knowing facts. Knowing things as they are.