We use these to guide lesson goals and proof habits — not to claim state approval or accreditation.
Sources and Review
Where the school gets
its academic footing.
Families should be able to see the difference between a playful wrapper and the academic sources behind a lesson. This page sets that standard.
Review promise
We promise transparency, not vague neutrality.
Some topics have straightforward answers. Others depend on evidence, interpretation, and context. The curriculum should show sources, name uncertainty, and correct mistakes.
References listed here guide content design. They do not mean Dungeon Academy is endorsed, accredited, or approved by those organizations.
Source library
Starting references for curriculum design
Our humanities lessons prefer primary sources, museum collections, archives, and clearly attributed interpretations.
Sensitive topics get more visible sourcing than basic arithmetic does. History, civics, culture, economics, science-in-society, and ethics lessons carry source notes before we release them broadly.
Review rules
How we handle sensitive content
We treat a date, definition, measurement, or quotation differently from an argument about causes, meaning, or impact.
Our history and civics lessons do not hide disagreement — they explain when responsible sources interpret evidence differently.
When possible, we cite archives, museums, universities, government collections, peer-reviewed sources, or established educational frameworks.
We promise transparency instead: we show sources, acknowledge uncertainty, correct errors, and avoid one-sided presentation.
A parent can see where a claim came from without reading internal notes or technical details.
When a lesson is materially wrong or incomplete, we update the page and make the correction visible in the content review notes.
By subject
Not every subject needs the same source treatment
Worked examples, correct answers, diagrams, units, and proof language.
We only add lesson-level sourcing here if a lesson uses a real-world dataset.
Current science standards, reputable science education sources, and clear separation between observation, model, and claim.
We avoid overstating certainty and name what the evidence can and cannot prove.
Primary sources, archives, museum collections, and multiple responsible interpretations.
We use extra review for contested events, identity, conflict, law, religion, and politics.
Current digital-learning guidance, model-literacy concepts, safety practices, and examples kids can reason about.
We avoid hype and teach limits, data questions, and human judgment.
Museum collections, artist examples, vocabulary, critique practices, and cultural context.
We attribute examples clearly and avoid presenting one tradition as the default.
Public standard
Lesson pages should eventually carry their own source notes.
This page sets the policy. The next content step is to add lightweight, lesson-level source notes for humanities and other charged topics before those lessons become central to the paid school.
Curriculum trust
Use sources, outcomes, and safety together.
The source policy only works when it is tied to a clear academic promise and honest child-safety boundaries.
Open learning outcomesBest next step for checking what all this source work is supposed to produce.
Source support routes5 links
About Dungeon AcademyAboutRead the mission, vision, values, name explanation, and honest beta promise.Learning outcomesProofSee what learners should be able to explain, create, or defend.Curriculum scopeMapReview the current subject map and planned school expansion.School yearLiveSee which weekly chapters are live and what comes next.Safety charterSafetyReview the child-safety, parent-role, and enrichment boundaries.