Social Studies Grade 6
NHPS SOCIAL STUDIES
Grade 6
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| Unit Titles | Shared Reading Unit Titles Plus 1. “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros 2. “Who’s the New Kid by Lois Lowery – Memoir 3. “Matthew Henson at the Top of The World” by Jim Haskins 4. Summer of Fire by Patricia Lauber 5. The Land We Call Connecticut 6. Everyday Life In Connecticut |
Shared Reading Unit Titles Plus 1. “President Cleveland, Where Are You?” by Robert Cormier 2. “Trading Card Talk” by Jay Johnson 3. “Flip Out!” 4. “Nadia the Willful” by S. Alexander 5. “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” by Maya 6. Representative Democracy And Connecticut 7. Industry And Economic Growth In Connecticut |
Shared Reading Unit Titles Plus 1. “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury 2. “The School Play” by Gary Sota 3. “The Story of My Life” by Helen Keller 4. High-Tech Helping Hands” by Jane R. Goldrick 5. The Civil War In Connecticut And The Nation |
Shared Reading Unit Titles Plus 1. “The FunTheyHad” by Isaac Asimov 2. “Tutankhamen” from Lost Worlds by Anne Terry White 3. “The Scribe” by Kristen Hunter 4. Challenges Of The New Century 5. Modern Connecticut – Changes In Society And Culture |
| Learning Outcomes | 1. “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
2. “Who’s the New Kid by Lois Lowery – Memoir 3. “Matthew Henson at the Top of The World” by Jim Haskins 4. Summer of Fire by Patricia Lauber 5. The Land We Call Connecticut 6. Everyday Life In Connecticut 1-6a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1-6b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 1-6c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 1-6d. Identify historical events. Identif 1-6e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 1-6f. Locate places and regions on a map. 1-6g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 1-6h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1-6i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 1-6j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 1-6k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past. 1-6l. Gain an understanding of chronology as they review significant events and key individuals in Connecticut’s growth from colony to state. |
1. “President Cleveland, Where Are You?” by Robert Cormier
2. “Trading Card Talk” by Jay Johnson 3. “Flip Out!” 4. “Nadia the Willful” by S. Alexander 5. “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” by Maya 6. Representative Democracy And Connecticut 7. Industry And Economic Growth In Connecticut 1a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 1c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 1d. Identify historical events. Identif 1-6e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 1-6f. Locate places and regions on a map. 1-6g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 1-6h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1-6i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 1-6j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 1-6k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past |
1. “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury
2. “The School Play” by Gary Sota 3. “The Story of My Life” by Helen Keller 4. High-Tech Helping Hands” by Jane R. Goldrick 5. The Civil War In Connecticut And The Nation
1-6a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1-6b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 1-6c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 1-6d. Identify historical events. Identif 1-6e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 1-6f. Locate places and regions on a map. 1-6g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 1-6h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1-6i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 1-6j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 1-6k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past |
1. “The FunTheyHad” by Isaac Asimov
2. “Tutankhamen” from Lost Worlds by Anne Terry White 3. “The Scribe” by Kristen Hunter 4. Challenges Of The New Century 5. Modern Connecticut – Changes In Society And Culture
1-6a. Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society. 1-6b. Explain why certain responsibilities are important. Recog 1-6c. Recognize and understand causation of change over time. 1-6d. Identify historical events. Identif 1-6e. Identify and analyze physical and cultural characteristics of places and regions. 1-6f. Locate places and regions on a map. 1-6g. Observe and verbally share how places and regions are identified and defined. 1-6h. Explain the interactions and consequences of humans and their environment. 1-6i. Recognize the importance of historical thinking and knowledge in our lives. 1-6j. Seek historical background when confronted with problems and issues. 1-6k. Display empathy for people who have lived in the past |
| Significant Task | 1. “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros 2. “Who’s the New Kid by Lois Lowery 3. “Matthew Henson at the Top of The World” by Jim Haskins 4. Summer of Fire by Patricia Lauber 5. The Land We Call Connecticut 5a. Explore locations and places, learn vocabulary terms, sort and classify data, use information to make connections, develop questions to guide further research, and develop a plan to implement an assignment. 5b. Write an expository essay describing step by step how to journey from a starting point in outer space to the student’s school. 5c. Record questions about Connecticut that emerge during the course 6. Everyday Life In Connecticut 6a. Work in cooperative groups to classify information, make predictions, research information and create timelines. 6b. Review material from the 5th grade study of New Haven which introduced the colonial and revolutionary period. |
1. “President Cleveland, Where Are You?” by Robert Cormier
2. “Trading Card Talk” by Jay Johnson 3. “Flip Out!” 4. “Nadia the Willful” by S. Alexander 5. “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” by Maya 6. Representative Democracy And Connecticut 6a. List the presidents mentioned in the story. 6b. Write a short paragraph describing what you know about each president mentioned in the story. 6c. Develop two questions you would like to have answered about the presidents and why. 6d. Write a paragraph explaining would you rather collect baseball cards or collect cards about a historical person, and why. 7. Industry And Economic Growth In Connecticut 7a. Create two lists describing non-fiction verses fictional ideas in the story stories. 7b. Discuss the differences in tone and emphasis between the two lists. 7c. Use primary sources, to identify main ideas, to summarize, to cooperate in a group, to use technology to support their trading card design and to negotiate with a peer. |
1. “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury
2. “The School Play” by Gary Sota 3. “The Story of My Life” by Helen Keller 4. High-Tech Helping Hands” by Jane R. Goldrick 5. The Civil War In Connecticut And The Nation 5a. Produce a five paragraph expository essay using elaboration, fluency, transitions and strong organization to respond to a prompt requiring a comparison of two topics. 5b. Describe why science and social studies texts are expository in nature. 5c. Brainstorm ideas and use peer evaluation to rate student work in small groups using a rubric. |
1. “The FunTheyHad” by Isaac Asimov
2. “Tutankhamen” from Lost Worlds by Anne Terry White 3. “The Scribe” by Kristen Hunter 4. Challenges Of The New Century 4a. Create a classroom timeline of inventions. 4b. Create a list of inventions with dates and assign each student to one invention. 4c. Research and write a paper with a partner using the 1-6 point CMT writing rubric for a persuasive essay. 5. Modern Connecticut – Changes In Society And Culture 5a. Research and define in writing a scribe. 5b. Interview parents, relatives or older friends about what they remember about life in years past. 5c. Create a biographical timeline. 5d. Describe how the world changed from a framing economy to and economy where learning to read is important. |
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