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Social Studies — Grade 9

Goal 6, Objective 6.01

Goal 6

Patterns of Social Order - The learner will investigate social and economic organization in various societies throughout time in order to understand the shifts in power and status that have occurred.

Objective 6.01

Compare the conditions, racial composition, and status of social classes, castes, and slaves in world societies and analyze changes in those elements.

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Oral history through personal narratives
Students apply their knowledge of story elements to art and literature of the 1950s by developing a story, comprehending someone else's story, and diagramming the five elements of plot. Students will then create, revise, edit, and publish their own personal narrative.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Mary Magee.
George Washington and Frederick Douglass letters: Recognizing point of view and bias
In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 4
This lesson uses two letters written by famous individuals. Frederick Douglass, a well-known former slave who became a leader of the American abolition movement, escaped from slavery in Maryland to freedom in New York in 1838. George Washington was a large slaveholder in Virginia (as well as the first president of the United States).
Format: (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.

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Religion, culture, and diversity
In this lesson, students explore some of the tensions associated with religious and cultural differences, learn more about various religions and share their own religious traditions. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–7 and 9 Guidance and Social Studies)
Provided by: Kathleen M. Cochran
John Brown and the Underground Railroad
Students analyze John Brown's attitudes and actions against slavery and then compare Brown's views with those of other people who were active in the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Discovering a passion for poetry with Langston Hughes
In this lesson, students explore contemporary youth poetry as well as the poetry of Langston Hughes, placing the poems in their historical context. They go on to create their own poems that communicate a personal view on a current world issue. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: IRA/NCTE