Does Shandong People's Education Edition require four articles to be memorized?

Yes, junior high school Chinese is not called "compulsory four", only high school students can call it "compulsory four" Compulsory four requires reciting the following items: Preface to Wang Tengting, Letter to Ren An, Theory of Six Kingdoms, Fu to Epang Palace, Yearning for Nu Wa Chibi and Yearning for the Past of Gu Beiting.