Realms of Gold - Volume 2 Author:Core Knowledge Foundation All the shorter literary works — poems, stories, essays, speeches and autobiographical excerpts — specified in the Core Knowledge Sequence for Grades 6–8 are conveniently anthologized in three grade-level volumes. Each includes additional classic works in each genre, offering students handy supplemental texts from the wo... more »rld's greatest writers. Key speeches from the 20th century make volumes 2 and 3 useful for history teachers.