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

​SEPTEMBER

Respect
Review concepts from K-2. Add respect for the aged and the weak. Respect regardless of appearance​.

Responsibility
To family and country. Cincinnatus as example of duty to country. Aeneas and Anchises as example of filial responsibility.

​OCTOBER

Duty
Virtue calls us beyond minimum standards. But there are minimum standards. Doing my part for others. What is my part? Aeneas forsakes Dido. Tie in with Ancient Rome.

"We cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than in having a clear conscience." 

-Seneca the Elder

​NOVEMBER

"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues." 

-Cicero

​School Theme

​DECEMBER

School Theme

​JANUARY

Courage
Physical courage and the Vikings. Moral courage and the Colonial Settlement.

​FEBRUARY

Steadfastness
Connect with early North American exploration.

​MARCH

Compassion & Mercy
Compare with the Europeans' encounter with North American Indians.

​APRIL

Wonder
Connect with exploration of North America. 

​MAY

Graciousness 
​Giving with good grace.