This week we will start preparing for our Field Trip to AmeriTowne on March 19.  

 

The students will be learning about what real life economics and civics which is connected to the 6th grade social studies curriculum.  

 

We will discuss "What is AmeriTowne?", the layout of the town, what jobs are available to apply for, and the components of having a bank account. 

Monday the students will share their Enlightenment thinker presentation where the students will do a Gallery Walk. 

 

For the rest of the week, we will be exploring the Latin American revolutions and how that brought change to different countires. 

The students will continue working on their key figure based on the Enlightenment Era and then we will have a Gallery Walk to share their findings. 

We will then move into exploring the independence revolutions for Latin American countires. 

Welcome back to you All!

 

This week in Social Studies we will review the norms for working successfully in class. 

 

We will review the four parts of Social Studies:

-History

-Economics,

-Geography

- Civics

 

We will then continue our journey of looking at the result of the Spanish conquering the Latin American culture and how it affected all of those civilizations. 

The students will finish their final project of the Native American group that they chose to research.  

 

We will then look at the independence movements in Central and South America. 

This week students will be researching a Native American group using the Universals of Culture vocabulary.  After the students have finished researching, they will pick a final project to showcase their learning and then share with the class. 

I hope that you had a great break!

 

This week in Social Studies we will be finish with the Spanish conquest and look at the Native America culture in the United States.  The students will create a flip book to get a general understanding of the Native American cultures and regions.  Then they will choose a Native American group to research where they will then create a cave drawing to showcase their learning. 

The week we will begin talking about the Conquest of the Ancient Civilizations from the Spanish and Conquistadors. 

 

Key Points:

• Key Figures: Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, and their roles in the conquests of the Aztec and Inca Empires.
• Motivations for Conquest: Economic (gold and resources), political (expansion of Spanish territory), and religious (spread of Christianity).
• Consequences of Colonization: Impact on indigenous populations, including disease, cultural change, and loss of land.
• Legacy of the Spanish Empire: How the Spanish conquest shaped modern-day Latin America.

The students will take at the Aztecs and Incas and read the text then with a partner create a Venn diagram.  

 

Next, we will take a look at the Inuit civilization and compare how this culture differences from the Olmec, Mayan, Aztec and Inca.  

The students will finish their Maya projects, and they are due on Tuesday. Using depth and complexity strategies the students will share the Big Ideas and details about their learning of the Mayan civilization. 

 

Next, we will move into learning about the Aztecs and what that civilization brought into our world.

In Social Studies, this week the students will organize their research over the Mayan Civilization and create a final project. 

Welcome Back! :)

 

This week we will be diving into the Ancient Civilization cultures. 

We will look at the Olmec and then most of the focus will be on the Mayans where the students we complete a research project.  

 

 

Monday the students will finish their travel brochure for the Western Hemisphere Regions. 

 

Tuesday through Friday we will start the History unit. 

We will start by learning the vocabulary word of the Universals of Culture: communication, political system, social organization, education, worldview (values and beliefs), art and recreation, conflict and warfare, material (tools & technology), and economics. 

 

Next, we will look at how cultures record history differently and then discover the historical context Native Cultures in North America.