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
SummAtive:
The Smithsonian Needs You!
The Smithsonian Needs You!
EXAMPLES & TUTORIALS
login: sled
password:
dogs1
dogs + the NUMBER one....not a lowercase letter "L"
Bibliography
The school pays for student accounts in NoodleTools. Mrs. Fogle will provide your logins and teach you how to use this to create your Bibliography.
To start your bibliography, in NoodleTools, go to:
CREATE
MLA
STARTERS
Always click "SAVE" or you will lose your work.
Final Project format:
Poster
Google Slides
Padlet
Don't Plagiarize
Important: Links for all the documents below are in
SCHOOLOGY
Project Overview
RUBRIC
RESEARCH Graphic Organizer
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