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Grade 6
Social Studies
The Beginnings of Human Society
Geography and History
explain what tools are used to understand history, and explain the connections between geography and history
Read and discuss pp. 10 13
Pantomime words
Activities PowerPoint The Beginnings of Human Society
Computer, SMART Board, Projector, PowerPoint
Questions
Prehistory
discover how hunter-gatherers lived during the Stone Age, and learn about the beginning of farming.
Read and discuss pp. 16 21
Activities
Pantomine hunters-gathers, and farming in the New Stone Age
Computer, SMART Board, Projector
The Beginnings of Civilization
describe the advantages people gained from settling down in one place, describe the growth of early cities, and understand how the first civilizations formed and spread.
Read and discuss pp. 24 28
Graph Skills p. 25 26, make list of advantages of a settled life in Word
Computer, SMART Board, Projector, Word
The Fertile Crescent
Land between Two Rivers
examine how geography made the rise of civilization in the Fertile Crescent possible, learn about Sumers first cities, and examine the characteristics of Sumerian religion.
Read and discuss pp. 34 39
Activities Use the map to locate Mesopotamia and highlight the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Chart the positive and negative affects of the rivers. Compare and contrast the cities of Sumer. Use Word.
Computer, SMART Board, Projector, Mapmakers Toolkit, Word
Babylonia and Assyria
describe the two most important empires of Mesopotamia, explain what characterized the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, and understand how Babylonia was able to rise again after defeat.
Read and discuss pp. 42 46
Discuss the following proverb, You go and carry off the enemys land; the enemy comes and carries off your land. Study map on p. 43. Students give a descriptive narrative on the empires of Babylonia and Assyria.
Computer, SMART Board, Projector, Mapmakers Toolkit
The Legacy of Mesopotamia
explain the importance of Hammurabis Code, describe how the art of writing developed in Mesopotamia.
Read and discuss pp. 47 51
Students discuss the expression an eye for an eye in relation to the laws in Hammurabis Code. Use website http://www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi to write name in cuneiform.
Computer, SMART Board, Projector, Internet
Mediterranean Civilization
explain how the sea power of the Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean area and describe major events in the history of the Israelites.
Read and discuss pp. 51 57
Use map to trace Phoenician Colonies, Study chart on p. 54
Judaism
explain the basic beliefs of Judaism, and explain the effect Judaism has had on other religions.
Read and discuss pp. 60 64
ActivitiesStudy map on p. 63, discuss how Judaism compares and contrasts with the beliefs of other peoples in the ancient world.
Ancient Egypt and Nubia
The Geography of the Nile
explain how the geography of the Nile changes as the river runs its course and describe the types of communities that first appeared along the Nile and how the Nile was first used for trade.
Read pp. 70 75
Students trace map of Egypt and identify specific points such as Nile River, Sahara Desert etc. Students begin PowerPoint presentation on Ancient Egypt. Slides should include the Nile River, Sahara Desert, Cataract, Delta, and Silt.
The Rulers of Egypt
describe the history of kingship in ancient Egypt, explain Egypts accomplishments during each of the three kingdom periods, and explain what characterized the rule of Egypt during the New Kingdom period.
Read and discuss pp. 76 81
ActivitiesLocate Upper and Lower Egypt. Continue PowerPoint on Ancient Egypt. Slides should include Pharaoh, dynasty, absolute power, regent, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, Hatsheput, Thutmose III.
Egyptian Religion
explain Egyptian gods and goddesses describe Egyptians beliefs in the afterlife, and discover how and why the pharaohs tombs were built.
Read and discuss pp. 82 -87
Activity
Eyewitness Technology p. 85 The Great Pyramid - Continue PowerPoint on Ancient Egypt. Slides should include Mummy, The Great Pyramid, Giza, and The Great Sphinx.
Ancient Egyptian Culture
explain about the everyday life of the ancient Egyptians, describe writing in ancient Egypt and explain advances made by the Egyptians in science and medicine.
Read and discuss pp. 90 95
ActivitiesContinue PowerPoint on Ancient Egypt. Slides should include Hieroglyphs, Papyrus, and Rosetta Stone, Science and Medicine of Ancient Egypt.
Ancient India
The Indus and Ganges River Valleys
describe Indias geographic setting, explain life in an ancient city of the Indus River valley, and explain the rise of a new culture in the Indus and the Ganges river valleys.
Read and discuss pp. 108-113
Use map of India to locate geographic features including the Ganges River, Indus River, Indian Ocean, Himalayas. Study monsoon map on p. 109.
Hinduism in Ancient India
describe the beginning of Hinduism, explain about the teachings of Hinduism, and examine the practice of Hinduism?
Read and discuss pp. 116 120
Create a graphic organizer using Inspiration.
The Beginnings of Buddhism
explain Buddha and his teachings, describe how Buddhism was received inside and outside India.
Read and discuss pp. 121 125
Computer, SMART Board, Projector, Inspiration
The Maurya Empire
explain the rise of the Maurya Empire, and describe the effects of Asokas leadership on the Maurya Empire.
Read pp. 128 132
Ancient China
The Geography of Chinas River Valleys
describe the geography of ancient China, explain early civilization in China and learn about the importance of family ties in early Chinese society.
Read pp. 138 143
Confucius and His Teachings
describe the life of Confucius, explain the teachings of Confucius, and describe the influence Confucianism had on Chinese Society.
Read and discuss pp. 146 150
Create a graphic organizer using Inspiration
Warring Kingdoms
describe the rise of the Qin dynasty, describe how Emperor Shi Huandgi attempted to unify the economy and culture of China.
Read pp. 151 155
Achievements of Ancient China
describe the Silk Road, explain the Han dynastys respect for tradition and learning, describe the important advances in technology that were made in China during the Han dynasty.
Read pp. 158 162
Use map on p. 61 The Silk Road, make a chart of the developments in the Arts, Medicine and Technology.
Early Greek Civilization
describe the geography of Greece, learn about the rise of civilization in ancient Greece, and describe the beginnings of government of ancient Greece.
Read pp. 168 173
Use map to locate Ancient Greece. Identify bodies of water, mountains, and cities. Students begin PowerPoint presentation on Ancient Greece. Slides should include peninsula, acropolis, aristocrat, democracy, Minoan Civilization, Mycenaeans, Trojan War, Iliad and Odyssey, and Dark Ages.
Religion, Philosophy, and the Arts
discover what characterized the Golden Age of Athens, learn about the religious beliefs of the ancient Greeks, and find out about science, philosophy, and the arts in ancient Greece.
Read and discuss pp. 174 180
Continue PowerPoint on Ancient Greece. Slides should include Golden Age of Athens, Pericles, Twelve Olympians, Zeus, Oracles, Philosophers, Sophists, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, Parthenon, tragedy, Sophocles, Aristophanes.
Daily Life in Athens
describe public life in Athens, explain how the people of Athens spent their time at home, and describe the practice of slavery and its effects in ancient Greece.
Read and discuss pp. 181 187
Continue PowerPoint on Ancient Greece. Slides should include Athens, agora, vendors, Athenian homes, Athenian women, slavery, and lives of slaves.
Sparta and Athens
describe what it was like to live in the ancient city of Sparta, explain the Persian invasion of Greece, and examine other conflicts faced by the Athenian Empire.
Read pp. 188 193
Continue PowerPoint on Ancient Greece. Slides should include Helots, Spartan boy, Spartan girl, Cyrus the Great, Battle of Marathon, Peloponnesian War, plague, and blockade.
The Spread of the Greek Culture
learn how Alexander the Great built his empire, find out about the age of Hellenism, when Greek culture spread to man other parts of the world.
Read and Discuss pp. 196 200
Continue PowerPoint on Ancient Greece. Slides should include barbarian, Alexander the Great, Hellenistic Age, Greek Culture in Egypt, Euclid, and Eratosthenes.
Ancient Rome
The Roman Republic
describe geography and early settlement of Rome, examine characteristics of the Roman Republic and why it was founded, and describe the fall of the Roman Empire.
Read and discuss pp. 210 -215
The Roman Empire
describe the rule of the Roman Empire and the empires conquered peoples, examine the influence of Greece and Rome, explain the Roman advances in architecture, technology and science, describe the laws of Rome.
Read and discuss pp. 218 223
Roman Daily Life
describe the social classes that existed in ancient Rome, explain what characterized family life in ancient Rome, and examine the practice of slavery in Rome.
Read and discuss pp. 224 228
Christianity and the Roman Empire
describe the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire, describe the spread of Christianity and its effect on the Roman Empire.
Read and discuss pp. 229 233
Question
The Fall of Rome
describe what caused the decline of the Roman Empire, describe how the Roman government came to accept Christianity, and examine the events that marked the defeat of Rome.
Read and discuss pp. 236 240