6th+Grade+Lesson+Ideas


 * Prehistory**


 * The Stone Ages **

Great idea here to make cave paintings like the first people.[]

The making of a hoko knife. []

More Stone Age Tech []

**The Ancient Middle East**


 * The Sumerians **



Making Cuneiform tablets and writing []


 * The Hebrews **

Hebrew lessons and Powerpoints http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/hebrews.html


 * The Egyptians **

Hieroglyphics lessons http://egypt.mrdonn.org/lessonplans/hieroglyphics.html Eygyptian lessons with video clips http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/educators/index.html

A great one day experiment to calculate the circumference of the world.


 * The Phoenicians **

The Phoenician Alphabet [|http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/alphabet-historic-phoenicians-and-beginnings-alphabet#sect-introduction]

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


 * Greece **

Great ideas for Greek lessons. []

The Greek Olympics simulation []

Greece through Aesop's story telling and activities []


 * Rome **

Roman activity ideas []

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

Ideas for the Early Middle Ages from a fair to ..... http://www.lessonplanet.com/article/history/the-early-middle-ages

**Later Middle Ages: 1000-1500**

Feudalism simulation


 * The Crusades **

The Crusades lessons and activities []


 * The Black Plague **

The Plague lessons and ideas [|http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/path-black-death#sect-introduction]

The Black death for Kids []

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


 * Islamic World **

The beginning of Islam http://www.patheos.com/Library/Islam/Origins/Beginnings.html


 * India **


 * China **

Ancient China lesson ideas []


 * Japan **


 * General Ideas and Links: **

The rules for "**SAY SOMETHING**" http://www.aypf.org/tripreports/2009/documents/Rules_for_Say_Something.doc

Mask web quest http://www.margateschools.org/eat/sterling/7/masks/maskwebquest.htm

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



Horrible Histories from the BBC []

Create interactive timelines []

Create a Facebook page for a real historical figure.

A different approach to the dreaded vocabulary assignment.

http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/deeprun/rhodes_k/Vocabulary%20lists/VOCAB%20MAN%20w%20shading.doc

Digital Story Telling and the use of Artifacts.

[] Structured Academic Controversy. A great way to introduce research, and debate.

Structured Academic Controversy Explained



An Infographic maker [|http://visual.ly]