About
Junior Great Books is the K-8 program of the Great Books Foundation, the Chicago-based nonprofit organization co-founded by Mortimer Adler and Robert Maynard Hutchins. The program uses a Shared Inquiry discussion method in which students read short selections from classic and contemporary literature and discuss open interpretive questions with a facilitator. Series anthologies are organized by grade level from kindergarten through grade 9 and include traditional fairy tales, myths, contemporary fiction, and world literature. Junior Great Books is commonly used in homeschool co-ops, enrichment programs, and as a Socratic discussion supplement to any curriculum.
Signature products
- Read-Aloud Program (K-1)
- Series 1-9 Anthologies
- Shared Inquiry Leader Training
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