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Social Studies — Grade 6

Goal 13: The learner will describe the historic, economic, and cultural connections among North Carolina, the United States, South America, and Europe.

Objective 13.01. Identify historical movements such as colonization, revolution, emerging democracies, migration, and immigration that link North Carolina and the United States to selected societies of South America and Europe and evaluate their influence on local, state, regional, national, and international communities.

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Regional guidebook
In this Xpeditions lesson, students are asked to consider the unique physical and human characteristics of their home region and to create guidebooks that describe these features to visitors to the region. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Human migration: The story of the cultural landscape
In this Xpeditions lesson, students come to understand key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and census data. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
From forest to farm and back again
In this lesson plan from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students examine the history of land use from colonial settlement to the emergence of modern America at Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts. Students will examine, interpret,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Social Studies)
Provided by: Forest History Society
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
American prehistory: 8000 years of forest management
In this lesson from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students study the evidence of 8000 years of Native American prehistoric land use practices. By analyzing images of Native American material culture, students will understand how... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: Forest History Society
Alike and different: The Middle East and the United States
This Xpeditions lesson asks students to examine the similarities and differences between the Middle East and their own city, state, and country. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
"Ad-ing" to geography
In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine how clothing and other consumer products influence peer identity. They classify several economic activities and analyze their spatial patterns, as well as use advertisements for contemporary products to explore economic... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic