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1 / 20 2 / 20 3 / 20 4 / 20 5 / 20 6 / 20 7 / 20 8 / 20 9 / 20 10 / 20 11 / 20 12 / 20 13 / 20 14 / 20 15 / 20 16 / 20 17 / 20 18 / 20 19 / 20 20 / 20 ❮ ❯ Cultural literacy what every American needs to know by E. Hirsch ★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating) · 17 Want to read 2 Currently reading 1 Have read. Today, amidst giant demographic and social shifts, the United States needs such common knowledge more than ever. But a 21st century sense of cultural literacy has to be radically more diverse and inclusive. And it needs to come not from one person but from all of us. Building on his recent essay, “How to Be American " in “Democracy: A Journal of Ideas,” Liu argues that the United States needs such common knowledge more than ever, “but a 21st century sense of. Cultural literacy : what every American needs to know by Hirsch, E. (Eric Donald), 1928- Publication date 1987 Topics Educational anthropology – United States, Culture, Multicultural education – United States, Literacy – United States Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor. A project of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program, the What Every American Should Know initiative asks: What do you think Americans should know to be civically and culturally literate? What should today ’ s Americans know in order to be civically and culturally literate? Eric Liu and Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss potential core tenets. “What Every American Should Know ” is a project of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program, created in 2014 to explore how, in an age of increasing diversity and widening inequality, this country can cultivate a sense of shared destiny and common civic purpose. At the end of the book Hirsch and two colleagues tacked on an appendix: an unannotated list of about 5,000 names, phrases, dates, and concepts that, in their view, “ every American needs to. Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books. The Internet Archive keeps the record straight by preserving government websites, news publications, historical documents, and more. If you find our work useful, please chip in The Internet Archive keeps the record straight by preserving. ...