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 Egypt
Week of 12/6 - On Monday we continued with Ancient Egyptian achievements, taking notes on the achievements in arts, architechture, mathematics, and science on textbooks pgs 111-114. On Tues. we had Mass during our classtime, so we finished this worksheet on Wed. On Friday we continued with the next section in our textbook, Egypt & Kush, and filled out a similar worksheet from Monday & Wed.
Week of 11/29 - Mon & Tues. we finished our Pharaoh Facebook pages. On Wed. students worked on an insciption for their Pharaoh from their Facebook page research. On Thurs. students presented their Facebook pages to the class. On Friday we talked about Ancient Egyptian society and their achievements in our textbooks, on pages 109-111.
Week of 11/22- On Monday & Tuesday we worked on a fake Facebook page for a Pharaoh which was assigned to each student by picking names out of a hat.
Week of 11/15 - On Monday we watched a video about the Epic of Gilgamesh, and took a Virtual Fieldtrip to a Mesopotamian artifacts museum. This was our "closeout" to the Mesopotamia topic. Tuesday we began Ancient Egypt with a gerography activity. On Wed & Thurs we read about Egypt in our textbooks, starting on page 99-106. We answered the geography questions on page 100.
Week of 11/8 - This week we worked on a Hammurabi's Code DBQ. On Monday we completed a background study, and then for the remainder of the week we analyzed the "Documents A-E" and answered questions on each. This is to be graded as our assessment for the Mesopotamia topic.
Week of 11/1 - This week we studied Ancient Mesopotamia, including the geography of the region, ancient cities Sumer, Babylonia, and Uruk, Kings Sargon the Great and Hammurabi, and Hammurabi's Code.,
- The 6th Grade SS Syllabus can be found to the left under -"Documents"
- Both of our 6th grade SS Google Classroom links 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!