6th+Grade+Resources

The Essential Standards reconstructed into a course outline

Possible units of study (outline)


 * There are several different unit templates to chose from. **









List of Concepts, but not "THE" list







sample unit

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Understanding by Design Template UbD unit plan template

Wikibook for Ancient Civilizations http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ancient_History (note:some sections are still incomplete) With the basis of any Conceptual Cirriculum a timeline will be critical to helping students see the big picture. []

**Prehistory**

Wikipedia entry for Prehistory [] Lucy [] Making primitive tools []


 * The Stone Ages**

Stone Age Wiki [] The study of Archeology from the BBC [] Stone Age Timeline [] Stone Age America from NOVA [] Making Stone Age Tools []

**The Ancient Middle East**


 * The Sumerians**

Ancient Sumer [] Sumer for kids [] Sumerian links lots of great stuff [] Sumerian Web quest []

The Ancient Hebrews Wiki [] The Ancient Hebrews []
 * The Hebrews**


 * The Egyptians**

The ancient Egyptians [] Egyptian Activities []


 * The Phoenicians**

The Phoenicians Wiki [] Phoenician Web quest []

**Birth Of Western Civilization: Greece, Rome and Europe**


 * Greece**

The Ancient Greeks from the BBC [] The Ancient Greeks from the British Museum http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/


 * Rome**

Rome from the BBC [] Ancient Rome Web quest [] Roman Activities and lesson ideas [] Interactive maps of the Roman Empire []

**Early Middle Ages: 300AD-1000**

Wiki page for the Early Middle Ages [] [] The Middle Ages for kids [] a great place for the culture, games, clothes and life of the Middle Ages

**Later Middle Ages: 1000-1500**

Wiki page for the Late Middle Ages [] [] a great place for the culture, games, clothes and life of the Middle Ages


 * The Crusades**

The Crusades Wiki [] The Crusades http://www.thearma.org/essays/Crusades.htm


 * The Black Plague**

The Black Plague [] [] [] description and links

**Classical Asia: Islam, India, China and Japan**


 * Islamic World**

Basic history and culture of the Islamic world during the Medieval Period [] Islam 101 http://www.barkati.net/english/


 * India**

[|http://www.ancientindia.co.uk] Ancient India from the BBC []


 * China**

Dynasties of China Wiki page [] a history of China: Table of Contents page []


 * Japan**

The history of Japan Wiki []

**General Links**

Early Historical Primary Sources Greece to Vikings http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_Prehistoric_and_Ancient_Europe

http://www.constitution.org/primarysources/primarysources.html Primary Source documents in all subjects!!!!

Great creative lesson ideas in World History http://www.discoveryeducation.com/search/page/-/-/lesson-plan/world%20history/index.cfm

Masks from around the World with lesson ideas http://csuimages.sjsu.edu/gallery/masks/menu.html

http://www.pptpalooza.net/ Tons of History PPTs

Thinking Critically About History http://wadsworth.com/history_d/special_features/ext/westciv_simsnew/unbound/product/index.html Inquiry Based Lesson Ideas http://thwt.org/index.php/lessons-activities/world-history

A great resource from SAS http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com

A great resouce that is free from North Carolina http://www.ncwiseowl.org/

Open Eduational Resources that also align with the Core Standards http://www.oercommons.org/

Historical figures []

This is a great link for inferential thinking. It contains activities and lessons from Ancient Greece to Lewis and Clarke [|http://eduscapes.com/sessions/pilot/pilotinference.htm#2]

National Center for History in the Schools [|http://www.nchs.ucla.edu]

World History for Us All [|http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu]

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