A Powerpoint to experience "Cultural Literacy" by E.D. Hirsch

1. E. D. Hirsch, Jr.

5. According to Hirsch, real literacy depends on an "acquaintance with one's national culture" -- thus the term "cultural literacy." He likens cultural literacy to the kind of knowledge that allows a person to pick up a newspaper and comprehend what he or she is reading. It is that shared body of information about mainstream culture that every American must possess to communicate efficiently and participate effectively in society .

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11. Hamburg to immunization impeachment to Jung, Carl junk bonds to loaves and fishes lobby to Mennonites menopause to Nation, Carry Native Americans to opera operating system to Pike’s Peak

12. Pilate, Pontius to Pyrrhic victory Pythagorean theorem to rugged individualism Ruhr Valley to sitting pretty Six-Day War to sunspots Super Bowl to Tippecanoe and Tyler too Typographical to Viking spacecraft

13. “ The Village Blacksmith ” to zygote