6th Grade Social Studies and History Lesson Plans

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  • Europe on the Internet

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    Europe on the Internet

    Develop your students' Internet browsing skills with this printable computer activity. Students research a city or…

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    Social Studies and History
    Europe
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  • Egyptian Hieroglyphs on the Internet

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    Egyptian Hieroglyphs on the Internet

    In this computer lesson, students use the Internet to research hieroglyphs. Then they use a word processing program to…

    Subjects:
    Ancient Egypt
    Ancient History
    Social Studies and History
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  • Introducing Inventions Mini-Lesson – PowerPoint Slideshow

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    Introducing Inventions Mini-Lesson – PowerPoint Slideshow

    Use these PowerPoint slides to introduce the topic of inventions. Save this file to your computer and open it in…

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    Inventions
    Social Studies and History
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  • 20th-Century Explorers Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow

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    20th-Century Explorers Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow

    Introduce 20th-century explorers and give students a general overview of some of the major expeditions that have…

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    Social Studies and History
    Discovery and Exploration
    Explorers
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  • Life in Ancient Greece Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow

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    Life in Ancient Greece Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow

    Give students a general overview of how the roles of men and women were different during ancient Greek times with these…

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    Social Studies and History
    Ancient History
    Ancient Greece
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  • Scribes of Ancient Egypt Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow

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    Scribes of Ancient Egypt Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow

    After ancient Egypt is introduced, use these PowerPoint slides to show students that scribes played an important role in…

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    Ancient Egypt
    Ancient History
    Social Studies and History
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  • Knights of the Middle Ages Mini-Lesson — PowerPoint Slideshow

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    Knights of the Middle Ages Mini-Lesson — PowerPoint Slideshow

    Introduce students to knights of the Middle Ages with these PowerPoint slides. Students will learn about some of the…

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    Social Studies and History
    European History
    Middle Ages
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  • Life in Medieval Times Mini-Lesson — PowerPoint Slideshow

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    Life in Medieval Times Mini-Lesson — PowerPoint Slideshow

    Give students a big picture overview of some of the different roles people held in medieval society with these…

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    Social Studies and History
    European History
    Middle Ages
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  • Beginnings of Ancient China Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow

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    Beginnings of Ancient China Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow

    Give students a general introduction to the beginning of the world's oldest continuous civilization-ancient China-with…

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    Social Studies and History
    Ancient History
    China
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  • Teaching Guide to Marching for Freedom

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    Teaching Guide to Marching for Freedom

    This comprehensive teacher's guide to Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary includes…

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    Social Studies and History
    African-American History
    Equality Struggles
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    Choosing Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit (Lesson 3 of 7)

    Students will learn about Colonial times and the factors that determined the Pilgrims settling in Plymouth,…

    Subjects
    Social Studies and History
    Culture and Diversity
    Native Americans
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    Finding Postal Codes for States

    Students label a map of the United States with the postal codes.

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    Geography
    Social Studies and History
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    Political Events and Summer Olympic Games

    Students create a timeline of political events and their effects on the Summer Olympic Games.

    Subjects
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Olympic Games
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    Holiday Paper Chains

    In this arts and crafts lesson, children make paper chains with symbols from various holidays, such as Christmas,…

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    Social Studies and History
    Olympic Games
    Mathematics
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    Veterans Day Newspaper

    Students write a class newspaper about the armed conflicts in which the United States has fought. This is an activity…

    Subjects
    World War I (1914-1918)
    World War II (1939-1945)
    Historic Wars and Military Action
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    What Is Veterans Day?

    Use this lesson to familiarize English as a Second Language students with the American holiday Veterans Day. Students…

    Subjects
    Social Studies and History
    China
    Multicultural Music
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    The Presidential Election Process

    With this lesson plan, students learn that presidential elections are decided by the electoral college and not popular…

    Subjects
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    U.S. Elections
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    Election Vocabulary Brainstorm

    In this lesson students will be asked to generate vocabulary related to elections. They will find these words in the…

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    U.S. Government
    U.S. Elections
    Government and Civics
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    Communities

    A visit to a virtual honeybee hive illustrates what it takes to make a successful community.

    Subjects
    Social Studies and History
    Families
    Mathematics
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    An Expedition to Egypt

    Students use estimation and budgeting skills to decide what artifacts the school should "purchase" for an exhibit on…

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    Social Studies and History
    U.S. States
    Culture and Diversity
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    Lessons from History

    Students visit a website of historical American events to help them identify the lessons people can and should learn…

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    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
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    A New Deal for the Arts - WPA Photographs

    Students will learn about the 1930s, especially school life during that time, by studying photographs and then comparing…

    Subjects
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Twentieth Century
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    School Pictures

    Use this group activity when teaching the New Deal lesson plan.

    Subjects
    Social Studies and History
    American History/U.S. History
    Great Depression
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    Martin Luther King, Jr. Receives the Nobel Peace Prize Lesson

    Present this lesson plan to teach students about when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. This…

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    Civil Rights
    Human Rights
    Government and Civics
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