6TH GRADE HISTORY MRS. BROWN
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USII CURRICULUM UNITS:
UNIT 1: Geography
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U.S. Regions
U.S. Cities
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DETROIT
Summative Assessment: Tourism Billboard Project
Unit 1: Study Materials
UNIT 2: Reconstruction
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USI. Civil War
Reconstruction Era
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Reconstruction Video Activity
Reconstruction Reader's Theater
Robert Smalls
Rewriting History: Draft Your Own Reconstruction Plan
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Radical Republicans
Moderate Republicans
The Freedmen
Southern Democrats
Barry - Rewriting History: Draft Your Own Reconstruction Plan - Barry
Jim Crow
Unit 2: Study Materials
UNIT 3: Westward Expansion
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The Great Plains
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Bringing Back the Buffalo
Homestead Act of 1862
Reasons for Westward Expansion
Impact on Native Americans
Go West! Land Debate
Summative: The Smithsonian Needs You!
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EXAMPLES & TUTORIALS: Smithsonian Needs You!
Unit 3: Study Materials
UNIT 4: Growth of America
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Railroads
Immigration & Cities
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NYC Urbanization
Chicago Urbanization
Industrial Revolution
The Progressive Movement
iMovie Documentary Project
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DOCUMENTARY EXAMPLES & TUTORIALS
DOCUMENTARY RESEARCH
Unit 4: Study Materials
UNIT 5: Span. Am War - WWI
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Spanish American War
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Create your own Yellow Journalism Newspaper
Cuba & America Over the Years
Roosevelt Corollary
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Roosevelt Corollary Station
Big Stick Diplomacy Station
Panama Canal Station
WWI
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End of WWI - Treaty of Versailles
Unit 5: Formative Political Cartoons
Summative Political Cartoons
Unit 5: Study Materials
UNIT 6: Roaring 20's
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Early 20th Century Technology
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Station Activity
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STATION 1: IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION
STATION 2: AUTOMOBILES, ASSEMBLY LINE, AND MECHANIZATION
STATION 3: AIRPLANE
STATION 4: Radio & Broadcasting Industry
STATION 5: Telephones
STATION 6: Movies
STATION 7: ELECTRIFICATION
STATION 8: Traffic Ligths
Prohibition
The Great Migration
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TULSA RACE RIOT
Jazz Age & Harlem Renaissance
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Louis Armstrong - Jazz Music
Duke Ellington - Jazz Music
Bessie Smith - Blues Music
Langston Hughes
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Unit 6: Study Materials
UNIT 7: Great Depression
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Causes of the Great Depression
Impact on Americans
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Farmers, Penny Auctions & the Dust Bowl
The New Deal
RESOURCES: Great Depression
Unit 7: Study Materials
UNIT 8: WWII
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Causes of WWII
Major Events & Turning Points
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D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Berlin
Homefront
Holocaust
Post-WWII America
Dr. Seuss Goes to War
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Yertle the Turtle
WWII Trivia
Unit 8: Study Materials
UNIT 9: Cold War
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The Marshall Plan
The Cold War
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The Butter Battle Book
The Berlin Wall
The American Dream
UNIT 9: Study Materials
UNIT 10: Civil Rights Movement
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Civil Rights Movement
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Voting Rights
Anniversary of Selma
Women's Liberation Movement
Americans with Disabilities Act
Unit 10: Study Materials
UNIT 11: Modern America
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Unit 11: Study Materials
BENCHMARK REVIEW
Tech Resources
Technology for Students
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Common Sense Education: Digital Literacy
Hour of Code
EDUCREATIONS
Google Earth for Students
Thinglink
RESEARCH RESOURCES
Bibliographies for Beginners
Don't Plagiarize!
Coppa: Privacy Policies
National History Day Project
NHD Research
Don't Plagiarize!
Bibliographies for Beginners
GEOGRAPHY BEE - Study Materials
Brown: Sub Plans #1
Brown: Sub Plans #2
MUSEUM WALL - Student Projects
Unit 2: DOCUMENTARIES
WWII News Reports - iMovie Projects
Causes of WWI - Museum Boxes
THINGLINK MUSEUM WALL
National History Day PREZIS
Roaring 20's Digital Projects
Digital Homestead Project
The Smithsonian Needs You!
Various Student Project: All Stars
Animated Maps
HISTORY VIDEOS
Primary vs. Secondary Sources
The Power of an Image
Political Cartoon Lesson
LIEP Resources
PSA: How to Film a Public Service Announcement
Stop Motion Videos
History Flashcards - EL
Food Deserts: Sustainable cities and human settlements
Primary Source Activity: The Final Clue
Primary Sources Activity: The Story
INFOGRAPHICS
OM: Technical (problem 2)
OM: Classics (Problem 3)
OM: Spontaneous Problems
US History II:
1865 to Present
US History II...
Let's explore United states history from the End of the civil war to the present...with a little world history mixed in too!
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"US History 1864 to the Present"
Curriculum Framework Adopted 2020
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