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Hirsch jr. , author of the seminal 1987 book cultural literacy;

Eric liu, executive director of the aspen institute's citizenship and american identity program and author of how to be american in democracy:

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The library series aims to bring this national conversation to a local level in order spark creative conversation about local and national identity, to expand and diversify the concept of what it means to be a member of the community and to be an american, and to collect these ideas in an aggregated list of what every american should know.

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?

In 1987, e. d.

Hirsch sparked a national debate with his book cultural literacy, claiming that there is a foundation of common knowledge every american should know and codifying it in a list of 5,000 facts and cultural references.

Hirschs list was attacked, celebrated, and much discussed.

What should todays americans know to be civically and culturally literate?

Find out in this lively and participatory session.

In 1987, e. d.

Hirsch sparked a national debate with his book cultural literacy, claiming that there is a foundation of common knowledge every american should.

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.