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Social Studies Curriculum
Social Studies - 6th Grade
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Standard 1
Students will understand how ancient civilizations developed and how they contributed to the current state of the world.
 
USOE-Approved Lesson Plans   USOE-Approved Lesson Plans
  • Getting Serious About Cylinders-Surface Area and Volume
    These activities ask students to find the surface area and volume of a cylinder.
  • Text Structures-Informational Writing/Mesopotamia Unit
    This 18 day unit explicitly teaches text structures, summary, text features, reading informational text about Mesopotamia, and writing a book about Mesopotamia. Instruction moves from high scaffolding to moderate scaffolding to independent practice as students become familiar with the various text structures, how to identify them, what graphic organizer will work with each text structure, how to use notes recorded in graphic organizers to write summaries, and how to compile an informational book. Mesopotamia is the content used as an anchor.

 

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