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• Title: Common Sense: Empowering Parents to Help Their Children Learn and Retain Basic Knowledge
• Author : Marc Sugarman
• Release Date : January 16, 2013
• Genre: Family & Relationships,Books,Nonfiction,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 1074 KB

Description

Parents: Help your child learn basic knowledge and combat "the Google effect" -- the tendency of today's students to forget information they can readily access online.


Common Sense contains knowledge a student should possess before graduating high school -- knowledge that exemplifies a well-educated, well-rounded individual. 


The book is designed to empower parents to help their children learn and retain the material, via a format that is: 

Clear: Knowledge is divided into facts a student should know at the end of 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th grade.

Concise: Most entries are three sentences or less.

Compact: Amount of content is manageable - not overwhelming.

Among the topics covered:

Landmarks: Gateway Arch, the Big Bend, Stonehenge.

Basic math: Prime number, square root, measuring square footage.

Idioms and expressions: Deja vu, Freudian slip, sitting duck.

Common usage: its and it's, their and there.

Prominent persons: Neil Armstrong, Winston Churchill, Jackie Robinson.

Basic science: Summer solstice, primary colors, friction.

Practical information: Understanding interest, calculating a tip, civil law.

Arts and culture: jazz, baseball, literary characters.

U.S.: Biggest cities, highest mountains, longest rivers.

Government: First Amendment, taking the Fifth, Founding Fathers.

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