6th Grade Curriculum
Unit: Industrial Revolution

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GSTEQ |
History Alive! |
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Supplemental |
Assessments |
Standards |
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1. Why do people live and move where they do? |
Ch. 20 “Industrialization and Modern America” |
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Nystrom Atlas pg.70-71: “Immigration Swells the Workforce” Pg. 78-9
“Becoming an Industrial Nation” Pg. 82-3 “Immigration and the Growth of
Cities” |
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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? |
Ch. 20 “Industrialization and Modern America” |
Ch. 15: Lesson 2 “Immigrants in America”
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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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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. 20 “Industrialization and Modern America” |
Ch. 15 Lesson 1: “Inventions”
Lesson 3 “Growing Cities” |
Nystrom Atlas pg. 72-3 “Railroads Transform the West” |
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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? |
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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? |
Ch. 20 “Industrialization and Modern America” |
Ch. 15: Lesson 2 “Immigrants in America”
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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 |