6th Grade Curriculum
Unit: Westward Expansion

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GSTEQ |
History Alive! |
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Assessments |
Standards |
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1. Why do people live and move where they do? |
Ch. 16: Manifest Destiny |
Ch. 10
Lesson 1 – People on the Move
Lesson 2 – The Nation Grows |
Unit: Lewis and Clark (Anne Marie)
Leveled Reader: Flatboat Mondays
Going West, Trials and Tradeoffs
The Tall Tale |
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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. 17: Diverse People’s of the West |
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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. 16: Manifest Destiny
Ch. 17: Diverse People’s of the West |
Ch. 10
Lesson 2 – The Nation Grows |
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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. 16: Manifest Destiny
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Ch. 10
Lesson 1 – People on the Move
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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 |
Assessment Ideas:
Play
– Diverse People of the West (Quest for resources)
Paula’s Take Home Test – (Why live and move – The way they live)