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6th
Grade Social Studies
Start out
at the Jordan
District Social Studies Page.
Additional
resources can be found on the USOE
Social Studies Home Page, including a list of children's literature
appropriate for 6th grade studies.
UEN has
a wealth of matrials linked directly to 6th Grade Social StudiesCore
Curriculum. Here you will find USOE Approved Lesson Plans, MarcoPolo
Lesson Plans, Educational Links, and Videos. Log on to www.uen.org,
and do a search for Social Studies and 6th Grade.
Visit the
Weber American
History Alliance, a smorgasboard of history sites.
Surf
the Ages
Use this special feature from the World Book Encyclopedia
to dip into imaginary news sites from Ancient Times, The Middle Ages,
or Modern Times. Then, link to dozens of e-zines, want ads, bookstores,
and other types of simulated Web sites, written from the perspective
of the time. Each site presents real history, mixed with imagination.
Click on View from Today for a current perspective.
Two other
must-visit sites are history and social studies at Edsitement:
The National Endowment for the Humanities, and Expeditions,
the geography site from National Geographic.
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Social
Studies
While thousands of curriculum resources can be found on the Internet,
teachers have little time to explore them and determine which ones are
worth using.
On the following pages are several Internet sites, each with a fully
developed lesson plan and/or activity that focuses on a topic of the
Sixth Grade Social Studies Core.
Course Description: Students will focus on time, people, and places
along a historical continuum from the rise of civilization to the modern
day. One-third of the year should be spent in the study of ancient cultures,
one-third in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and one-third in the
study of modern Europe. The influence of ancient cultures and European
ideas on western civilization makes the sixth grade world connection.
Using life, process, and character skills, sixth graders will gain a
comprehensive awareness of the changes in our world throughout time.
They will explore the beginnings of our governance system and practice
the democratic process.
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