6th Grade Curriculum
Unit: Civil War & Reconstruction

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GSTEQ |
History Alive! |
Textbook |
Supplemental |
Assessments |
Standards |
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1. Why do people live and move where they do? |
Ch. 18 “The Causes of the Civil War”
Ch. 19 “The Civil War” |
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Picture Book: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Nystrom pg. 62-63 “The U.S. Before the Civil War” |
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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 6: 1,2,4 |
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2. Why do people live the way they do? |
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Book: Shades of Grey
Leveled Reader: Wake Up, Young Soldier |
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RIGSE G&C 1-4
NSH Era 3: 1, 2, 3 |
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3. How and why do human societies organize the way they do? |
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Leveled Reader: I Care: American Reformers
Leveled Reader: “What shall workers do?” |
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RIGSE – G&C 1-2, 4
NSH Era 3: 1,2,3
NSH Era 5: 1,2,3 |
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4. How does technology affect people’s lives? |
Ch. 18 “The Causes of the Civil War”
Ch. 19 “The Civil War” |
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Leveled Reader: Mighty Ironclads |
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RIGSE – G&C 5
RIGSE – HP1
NSH Era 6: 1,3
NSH Era 4: 2 |
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5. How has conflict and cooperation shaped human history? |
Ch. 18 “The Causes of the Civil War”
Ch. 19 “The Civil War” |
Ch. 12 “Causes of the Civil War” |
Nystrom Atlas: pg. 64-65 “The Civil War Begins” Pg. 66-67 “The Civil War
Continues” Pg. 68-9 “The War Ends: Reconstruction Follows”
Book: Night John by Gary Paulson
Book: Soldiers Heart |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,3,5
RIGSE – HP1,2,3
NSH Era 3: 1,2,3
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6. How has the quest for resources affected human history? |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
NSH Era 3: 1,2
NSH Era 5: 1, 2,3 |
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7. How do we know what we know about human history? |
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RIGSE – HP 1,2,3
NSH Era (All) |
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8. Why do civilizations rise & decline? |
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RIGSE – G&C 1,5
NSH Era 3: 1,2,3
NSH Era 4: 1,2,3
NSH Era 5: 1,2,3 |
Book:
Eyewitness: Civil War (Anne Marie)
Unit Assessment:
State
Legislative Hearing on whether or not to secede from the nation:
Persuasive Speech from role involved in groups or individual:
All
are legislative delegates taking notes on graphic organizer (T-chart), then
Accountable Talk. Then Ballot (“Take it out the door” = closure)