LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Social Studies — Grade 6

Goal 7: The learner will assess connections between historical events and contemporary issues.

Objective 7.01. Identify historical events such as invasions, conquests, and migrations and evaluate their relationship to current issues.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Resources on the web

Live from ancient Olympia!
This page contains an EDSITEment lesson in which students have an opportunity to develop “live interviews” with ancient athletes that reflect an understanding of the beliefs that underlay the ancient Olympic Games. In addition, students will... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Investigating the Holocaust: A collaborative inquiry project
In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore a variety of resources“texts, images, movies, artwork”to learn more about the Holocaust. Beginning with journal writings and a picture book to introduce the issues, the lesson plan focuses on student-centered... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Fleas and the Black Death
This Xpeditions lesson asks students to investigate the role of fleas, a well-known parasite, in the European Black Death of the 14th century. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Fighting injustice by studying lessons of the past
Using an online Venn Diagram tool, students study the experience of European Jews during the Holocaust, and then compare their experience to those of the Cherokees during the Trail of Tears and the Japanese–Americans during World War II. Students write... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Creating character: Introduction
This introductory lesson begins with an interview of Elena Nightengale, Jewish Survivor of the Holocaust, who discusses the importance of respecting all human beings regardless of differences. Nightengale also discusses integrity and honesty and the power... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Guidance and Social Studies)
Provided by: USC Shoah Foundation Institute
Children of war
This ARTSEDGE lesson explores the realities and effects of war on children by examining diaries, journals, and letters written by children during times of war. Through class discussion and studying various texts of actual events, students examine the similarities... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education)
Provided by: ArtsEdge