Core Virtues®️-Core Knowledge®️Connections
September |
Responsibility
Aeneas and Anchises. (WC) |
October |
Diligence
Jean Millet. The Gleaners. (FA) Vermeer. Milkmaid. (FA) Aeneas Foresakes Dido. (WC) |
November |
Gratitude, Appreciation, Wonder
Nancy Byrd Turner. First Thanksgiving of All. (LA) Sergeant Joyce Kilmer. Trees. (LA) The Hunting of the Great Bear. (LA) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Song of Hiawatha. (LA) John Muir. (S) The Peaceable Kingdom. (VA) Debussy. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. (M) Dvorak. New World Symphony. (M) Aaron Copland. Simple Gifts. (M) Gustav Holst. The Planets. (M) |
December |
Charity
The Little Match Girl. Hans Christian Anderson (LA) |
January |
Courage
Jason and the Golden Fleece. (LA) Perseus and Medusa. (LA) Horatius at the Bridge. (LA) Caesar Crossing the Rubicon. (WC) William Tell. (LA) Valhalla. (LA) Eric the Red. Leif the Lucky. Early American Explorers: deLeon, de Soto, Coronado, Cartier, Champlain, Henry Hudson. (AC) Pocahontas. (AC) Rossini. William Tell Overture. (M) Wagner. Ride of the Valkyries. (M) |
February |
Honesty & Justice, Civic Responsibility, Love of Country
Cincinattus. (WC) Samuel Francis Smith. My Country ‘Tis of Thee. (LA) Starving Times in Virginia. Massachusetts. (AC) Mayflower. Pilgrims. (AC) Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. (AC) William Penn. (AC) |
March |
Compassion & Mercy
Androcles and the Lion. (LA) |
April |
Graciousness, Forgiveness, Gentleness, Humility
Society of Friends: "Quakers" (AC) Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom (FA) Claude DeBussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (M) He's Got the Whole World in His Hands (M) |
“Let bygones be bygones.” |
May |
Hope, Joy, Wonder
The People Who Could Fly. (LA) Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. (LA) Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland. (LA) Alexander Graham Bell. (S) Copernicus. (S) John Winthrop. City on a Hill. (AC) Rimsky Korsakov. Scheherazade. (M) Beethoven. Ode to Joy. (M) Pieter Bruegel. Peasant Wedding (FA) |
June |
Heroism
Three Words of Wisdom. (LA) |