6th Grade Curriculum

Unit: Causes of the American Revolution (PDF - Print Version)

Highlighted Questions - Thematic Essential Questions focused on during this unit.

Causes of the American Revolution Website

 

GSTEQ

History Alive!

Textbook

Supplemental

Assessments

Standards

1. Why do people live and move where they do?

Ch. 11: Declare Independence

Ch. 7: Causes of A.R.

(Lesson 1 F&I War)

 

Nystrom: Historical Atlas – pg. 36

Play: The French & Indian War (Junior Scholastic)

 

RIGSE: 5-1 – Many ways Earth’s people are interconnected

RIGSE: 5-2 – Interconnected World

RIGSE: 5-3 – Choices Interconnected world

RIGSE HP 2

NSH Era 3:1, 2, 3 (Proclamation)

NSH Era 4: 1,2
NSH Era 5: 1, 2

NSH Era 6: 1,2,4

2. Why do people live the way they do?

 

 

 

 

RIGSE G&C 1-4
RIGSE HP 1-3

NSH Era 3: 1, 2, 3
NSH Era 4: 1,2,4
NSH Era 5: 1,2
NSH Era 6: 1,2,3,4

3. How and why do human societies organize the way they do?

Ch. 10: Growing Tensions

Ch. 11: Declare Independence

Ch. 12: The Declaration of Independence

Ch. 7: (Lesson 3 Conflicts Grow)

Ch. 8 (Lesson 1 – Declaring Independence)

 

Thomas Paine Common Sense


The Declaration of Independence

 

Play: The French & Indian War (Junior Scholastic)

 

RIGSE – G&C 1-2, 4

NSH Era 3: 1,2,3
NSH Era 4: 1,2,3,4

NSH Era 5: 1,2,3
NSH Era 6: 1,2,4

4. How does technology affect people’s lives?

 

 

 

 

RIGSE – G&C 5

RIGSE – HP1

NSH Era 6: 1,3

NSH Era 4: 2
NSH Era 5: 2

5. How has conflict and cooperation shaped human history?

Ch 10: Growing Tensions

Ch. 11: Declare Independence

Ch. 12: The Declaration of Independence

 

Ch. 7: Causes of A.R.

(Lesson 1 F&I War)

(Lesson 2 Early Conflicts)

(Lesson 3 Conflicts Grow)

Ch. 8 (Lesson 1 – Declaring Independence)

 

 

Play: The French & Indian War (Junior Scholastic)

 

Leveled Readers H&M:

Peter Salem, Hero of the Revolution,

Daughters of the American Revolution

 

 

RIGSE – G&C 1,3,5

RIGSE – HP1,2,3

NSH Era 3: 1,2,3
NSH Era 4: 1,2

 

6. How has the quest for resources affected human history?

Ch 10: Growing Tensions

Ch. 11: Declare Independence

Ch. 7: Causes of A.R.

(Lesson 1 F&I War)

(Lesson 2 Early Conflicts)

(Lesson 3 Conflicts Grow)

 

Play: The French & Indian War (Junior Scholastic)

 

Leveled Readers H&M:

Fur Traders of New France

 

RIGSE – G&C 1,5
RIGSE – HP 1,2,3

NSH Era 3: 1,2
NSH Era 4: 1,2

NSH Era 5: 1, 2,3
NSH Era 6: 1, 2, 3,4

 

7. How do we know what we know about human history?

 

 

 

 

 

RIGSE – HP 1,2,3

NSH Era (All)
HTS – 3,4

8. Why do civilizations rise & decline?

 

 

 

 

RIGSE – G&C 1,5
RIGSE – HP 1,2,3

NSH Era 3: 1,2,3

NSH Era 4: 1,2,3

NSH Era 5: 1,2,3
NSH Era 6: 1,2,4

 

Assessment Ideas:

Persuasive Essay – Paula’s Compare and Contrast: Patriots and Loyalists (#5,6,)

Protest Project – Bob’s

Mini PowerPoint – Anne Marie

 

Unit Assessment:

Short Research Paper/PowerPoint:

  1. Annotated Bibliography
  2. Primary/Secondary Sources
  3. Focus Question
  4. Outline/Graphic Organizer
  5. Quotes

 

Assessment: Translating Declaration