6th Grade Social Studies and History Lesson Plans

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  • Strides for Women Posters

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    Strides for Women Posters

    Students research the lives of accomplished women and create posters displaying the information. This is a great lesson…

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    Creative Writing
    Suffrage and Women's Rights
    Writing
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  • Has the Past Been Just?

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    Has the Past Been Just?

    The second lesson in Beyond Blame: Reacting to the Terrorist Attack deals with the reactions Americans had toward…

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    Social Studies and History
    World War II (1939-1945)
    Ethnicity
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  • How Can You Prevent Injustice?

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    How Can You Prevent Injustice?

    The third lesson in Beyond Blame: Reacting to the Terrorist Attacks helps students to examine the possible repercussions…

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Life Skills
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  • Hands Off!

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    Hands Off!

    Explain what the Monroe Doctrine said, and why President Monroe wrote it.

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Government and Civics
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  • The Heartbreak of Pioneering

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    The Heartbreak of Pioneering

    In order to survive the rigors of frontier life, pioneers often faced difficult moral choices.

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    Social Studies and History
    Colonization
    American History/U.S. History
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  • Merchants and Miners

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    Merchants and Miners

    The economics of the Gold Rush were based on an extreme case of supply and demand: merchants had control of the meager…

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Economics
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  • Sanctuary

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    Sanctuary

    Offer a rational opinion about a hypothetical situation involving conscience versus the law.

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Slavery in United States
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  • How the West Was Won

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    How the West Was Won

    Identify one reason white settlers wanted Indian lands, and then explain one method the government used in obtaining…

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Native-American History (American Indians)
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  • Muckraker's Cake

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    Muckraker's Cake

    Identify who the Progressives were and recognize one industry they wanted regulated.

    Subjects:
    Twentieth Century
    American History/U.S. History
    Social Studies and History
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  • Crash

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    Crash

    Review the 1920s by simulating the meteoric rise of that decade's stock market, which ended in a disastrous crash.

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Economics
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  • What Really Happened?

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    What Really Happened?

    In this activity, students will have to check facts and references in a historical fiction story for accuracy.

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    Reading Comprehension
    Writing
    American History/U.S. History
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  • You Are There!

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    You Are There!

    In this creative writing activity, students will write an original historical fiction story.

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    Creative Writing
    Writing
    Language Arts and Writing
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  • Celebrating Presidents' Day

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    Celebrating Presidents' Day

    Celebrate President's Day with this printable computer activity. Students choose a U.S. President to write about, and…

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    U.S. Presidents
    Language Arts and Writing
    American History/U.S. History
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  • Europe on the Internet

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    Europe on the Internet

    Develop your students' Internet browsing skills with this printable computer activity. Students research a city or…

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    Social Studies and History
    Europe
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  • Egyptian Hieroglyphs on the Internet

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    Egyptian Hieroglyphs on the Internet

    In this computer lesson, students use the Internet to research hieroglyphs. Then they use a word processing program to…

    Subjects:
    Ancient Egypt
    Ancient History
    Social Studies and History
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  • Treasure Map

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    Treasure Map

    Employing a map's key, symbols, and scale, students will read a map of their classroom correctly in order to find a…

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    Social Studies and History
    Geography
    Map
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  • Blind Passage

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    Blind Passage

    The search for the maritime Northwest Passage was highly prized but never fulfilled during the "Age of Discovery."

    Subjects:
    Social Studies and History
    Discovery and Exploration
    American History/U.S. History
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  • A Question of Tolerance

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    A Question of Tolerance

    It is as important to listen to a different opinion as it is to question it. This printable social studies activity…

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Colonial America
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  • Consensus & The Articles of Confederation

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    Consensus & The Articles of Confederation

    Explain why the Articles of Confederation failed to properly govern the newly formed United States.

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    U.S. Historical Documents
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  • REFERENCE

    A Jazz Talk Show

    Students will explore the lives of various jazz musicians, studying the social and historical events current in the…

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    Social Studies and History
    African-American History
    Musicians
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  • LESSON PLANS

    Election Vocabulary Brainstorm

    In this lesson students will be asked to generate vocabulary related to elections. They will find these words in the…

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    U.S. Government
    U.S. Elections
    Government and Civics
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  • LESSON PLANS

    Holiday Paper Chains

    In this arts and crafts lesson, children make paper chains with symbols from various holidays, such as Christmas,…

    Subjects
    Social Studies and History
    Olympic Games
    Mathematics
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  • LESSON PLANS

    Finding Postal Codes for States

    Students label a map of the United States with the postal codes.

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    Geography
    Social Studies and History
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  • LESSON PLANS

    Political Events and Summer Olympic Games

    Students create a timeline of political events and their effects on the Summer Olympic Games.

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Olympic Games
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