cultural literacy Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/cultural-literacy/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Wed, 12 Jul 2023 18:40:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 cultural literacy Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/tag/cultural-literacy/ 32 32 89931359 Peacemaking and Mending Breaches https://doingwhatmatters.com/remembering-what-matters/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/remembering-what-matters/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2020 21:33:32 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=4072 Remembering Things that Matter I rarely post anything about current events, but once in awhile, it happens. I’ve been thinking about peacemaking, mending breaches, and restoring what has been broken. For issues that have existed for years or decades or...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/remembering-what-matters/feed/ 1 4072 Middle School Reading Lists: What a difference 100 years makes! https://doingwhatmatters.com/middle-school-reading-lists/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/middle-school-reading-lists/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2018 21:20:03 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3614 I recently came across an interesting comparison of two middle school reading lists. The author, Annie Holmquist, compared a list from 1908 with a current list from the same state on the basis of time period, thematic elements, and reading...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/middle-school-reading-lists/feed/ 2 3614 When is Reading Hard? https://doingwhatmatters.com/when-is-reading-hard/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/when-is-reading-hard/#respond Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:38:14 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3570 Reading, Comprehension, and Knowledge Do you enjoy reading? I do. I grew up reading voraciously — new books, old books, books set in the city, the country, in foreign lands, and many books that featured characters that lived lives very...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/when-is-reading-hard/feed/ 0 3570 Literature, Language Arts, and the Common Core Standards https://doingwhatmatters.com/literature-language-arts-and-the-common-core-standards/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/literature-language-arts-and-the-common-core-standards/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:54:55 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=1110 A look at the literature portion of the the Common Core Standards (CCS), with an excerpt from Hard Times by Charles Dickens.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/literature-language-arts-and-the-common-core-standards/feed/ 3 1110 What is Cultural Literacy? https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-is-cultural-literacy/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-is-cultural-literacy/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:24:21 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=541 Cultural literacy can help you decide what to teach and how to teach it. Here's what cultural literacy is, and how it can help you focus.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/what-is-cultural-literacy/feed/ 7 541 Homeschoolers: What Must You Teach? https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschoolers-what-must-you-teach/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschoolers-what-must-you-teach/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:17:19 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=540 If you're feeling overwhelmed at homeschooling your students through high school, remember that you don't have to teach them everything they'll ever need to know.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/homeschoolers-what-must-you-teach/feed/ 18 540 Charlotte Mason on Teaching With Literature https://doingwhatmatters.com/charlotte-mason-on-teaching-with-literature/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/charlotte-mason-on-teaching-with-literature/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 14:40:01 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=185 Stories bring knowledge alive and engage emotional memory in a way that makes abstract principles and arcane facts easy to understand and remember. When learning can be joyous and simple, why make it boring and difficult (and pointless because they are unlikely to remember anything) by using tedious worksheets and canned curriculum? It's never too late to start teaching well. Resolve now to make literature and stories a major part of your educational adventure!

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