This, then, below, is the first in my Dissertation Station posts. It's not new writing; it's excerpted from my dissertation proposal. But I haven't published this anywhere before now.
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The real question here is actually, "Why are these words spelled the way they are?"
First, if you're dying for a scope and sequence, pick any program and use it as a guide. Just don't pass along the inherent lies. Second, and more importantly, there absolutely are core understandings that must be developed when studying the writing system with students of any age.
What I have learned from these historians is that witnessing matters. Getting the facts right matters, and getting names right matters. But you know what doesn't always matter? Spelling.
So much of the work is just laying brick. Lists of ideas. Abandoned drafts. Troubleshooting. Nothing glamorous or gilded about it. This is the stage I'm in with this website: laying brick. I have visions of gilt and grandeur, but it will take some time to build it.