6th Grade Social Studies
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Welcome to Mr. Sach's 6th Grade Social Studies Class Page !
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Current Topic: Ancient Rome
Week of 5//24 - Monday we began a Google Slides presentation about Ancient Rome and it's geography. On Tuesday, we had a shortened period b/c of the Book Fair, but when we returned to class we completed the second half of the Ancient Rome Geography Google Slides.
Week of 5/17 - Monday we worked on a slideshow about Athens V Sparta, and the characteristics and differences of each city-state. On Tuesday students were given time to finish the slides from Monday, and we also completed an ActivelyLearn.com reading, and closed out Ancient Greece. On Wed & Thursday we began talking about Ancient Rome, and their origin story about brothers Romulus & Remus.
Week of 5/10 - Monday - Thurs, we watched the Alexander the Great Cartoon Movie, and answered the question sheet after each part each day. On Friday we reviewed Alexander, and started talking about city-states.
Week of 5/3 - Monday and Tuesday were days where each student presented their posters to the class, explaining their fictional god/goddess in full. On Wed we started a Google Slides assignment on the Governments of Ancient Greece. Thurs we utilized Edpuzzle.com, a new quiz website I wanted to test out and see how students responded to it. On Friday we watched the episode of "Engineering An Empire: Alexander the Great".
Week of 4/26 - On Monday we began working on a Project, entitled, ¨Create Your Own Greek God/Goddess". Students were asked to create their own Greek god/goddess, fill out an information Google Doc, and then create a poster. Monday and Tuesday were spent filling our information on our information sheets, then Wed-Friday was spent creating the posters. Monday 5/3 we will start student presentations of their posters!
Week of 4/19 - After covering our Ancient Greek vocabulary terms on Monday, we jumped into the Trojan War on Tuesday. On Thurs, we covered Ancient Greek gods and goddesses and their part in the Trojan War, and we read an ActivelyLearn.com section to guide us.
Week of 4/12 - On Monday, we closed out our studies of the Inca Civilization, and took a virtual fieldtrip to Machu Pichhu. Tuesday we reviewed everything from our study of the Maya, Aztec & Inca. Then on Wed, we took an open notes assessment based on the review sheet filled out the day before. On Thursday, we began our unit on Ancient Greece!
Week of 3/15: On Monday we had a couple of students who had to present, and that completed our presentations for Womenś History Month! After completion, students wrote an "Exit Paragraph Slip", where they answered the questions, "Where and in what time period would you choose to live as a women if you had the choice"?, and "Which presentation did you feel was most interesting and impactful, and why"? On Tuesday and Wed. we started into our new topic, Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations, which includes the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas. We have started with the Maya, completing a worksheet entitled, "Who Were The Maya"? and defining vocab terms today as we went through a Google Slideshow about Mayan temples & religion, cities, and agriculture. Thurs and Friday we will begin studying the Aztecs, their religion and culture, and their capital city, Tenochtitlan.
Week of 3/8: Students continued making their "Notable Woman" Google Slides in class on Monday & Tuesday. We began student presentations on Wed, and continued with them on Thurs. & Friday.
3/1-3/5: For Women's History Month, on Monday, as a class we read about women's roles in Ancient Greece and Rome, and answered questions based on those readings. Tuesday we watched short videos which described women's lives in the Ancient empires of Egypt, China & India. Thursday took us into the Middle Ages/Medieval Times, and we read about and discussed women's roles in those difficult times. On Friday students were asked to go to a "Notable Women in History" website, and after browing the site and the women's lives on the site, choose a women to create a Google Slides presentation about. We began making these Google Slides in class on Friday.
22/22-2/26: We studied Haitian history this week. Monday we covered the geography of Haiti. On Tuesday students read "Haiti & Her People". This is a reading which covers Haitian history from pre-Columbus, through the Haitian Revolution, and up to present day. On Wed, we finished the reading. On Thursday, as a class we read an article written after the Haitian earthquake of 2010. We also started watching a documentary on the aftermath of the earthquake. On Friday we finished this documentary.
2/8-2/12: Black History Month- We covered historical African Americans in Sports. On Wed we read a biography on Jackie Robinson, and examined quotes by Muhammad Ali. On Thursday & Friday we worked on "The Black History Month Facebook Project, where students chose a historical African American figure and they had to create a Facebook page on that figure.
2/1-2/5: We studied African Americans in the military this week. Tuesday we covered African Americans in the Civil War, Wed we talked about WW1 and the "Harlem Hellfighters" Thurs/Friday we researched WW2 and the Tuskegee Airmen and watched a great documentary on them.
- The 6th Grade SS Syllabus can be found to the left under -"Documents"
- Our 6th grade SS Google Classroom link can be found to the left under "Links".
-All class notes will be posted both here, and on our class's Google Classroom page.
-All future notice about any tests & quizzes will be posted here. You will have at least a week's notice before any test or quiz so there is plenty of time to study!
-I will note on this page about any WebQuests or Online Activities that we do in class, but those will always be assigned on our Google Classroom page.
-If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please email me!
LETS HAVE A FUN & SUCCESSFUL YEAR!