Welcome To Sixth Grade  US History!

Current Unit Civil War Standards:

SS.6-8.A.5.1 - Explain the causes, course, and consequence of the Civil War (sectionalism, slavery, states' rights, balance of power in the Senate).

SS.6-8.A.5.2 - Analyze the role of slavery in the development of sectional conflict.

SS.6-8.A.5.3 - Explain major domestic and international economic, military, political, and socio-­‐cultural events of Abraham Lincoln's presidency.

SS.6-8.A.5.4 - Identify the division (Confederate and Union States, Border states, western territories) of the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War.

SS.6-8.A.5.5 - Compare Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses.

SS.6-8.A.5.6 - Compare significant Civil War battles and events and their effects on civilian populations.

History Is Our Story!

Welcome to 6th grade Social Studies with Ms. Corbett!  .

This 2023-24 school year, marks my twelveth year as a teacher at Imagine.  I am excited about all this year has in store for us!

Our adventures together  in U.S. History will focus on major events which have taken place and led to the development of the United States of America.  Our journey will focus on the time period beginning with prehistoric America, early America,  exploration, colonization, the American Revolution and the early years of the United States of America, and we will end with the Civil War and Reconstruction. 

As part of our school-wide initiatives to focus on literacy in all content areas and to educate the whole child, our coursework will incorporate reading strategies, writing practices and character development. 

Please remember to sign up for Remind.  The information for Remind is posted on the 6th grade home page. 

If you need to contact me my email address is Leah.Corbett@imagineschools.org . 

Homework: All students should check the Homework Calendar for upcoming tests and what you should be studying.  

Absent work: Please look on our History Google Classroom to see content you have missed.

Google Classroom  Code: (No code needed. Have already joined )

Google Classroom used for Absent Work, Classroom work, and review. It will not be used for homework.

Happy Learning!

FIRST SEMESTER STANDARDS:

Unit 1: Thinking Like a Historian 

SS.6-8.A.1.1 Provide supporting details for an answer from text, interview for oral history, check validity of information from research/text, and identify strong vs. weak arguments.

SS.6-8.A.1.2 Analyze charts, graphs, maps, photographs, and times lines; analyze political cartoons; determine cause and effect.

SS.6-8.A.1.4- Differentiate fact from opinion, utilize appropriate historical research and fiction/nonfiction support materials.

SS.6-8.A.1.5- Identify, within both primary and secondary sources, the author, audience, format, and purpose of significant historical documents.

SS.6-8.G.2.1 Identify the physical elements and the human elements that define and differentiate regions as relevant to American history. 

Unit 2: Establishing a Nation

 SS.6-8. A.2.1 - Compare the relationships among the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch in their struggle for colonization of North America. 

SS.6-8. A.2.5 - Discuss the impact of colonial settlement on Native American populations.

SS.6-8. A.5.7 - Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as each impacts this era of American history.

SS.6-8. G.2.3- Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of how selected regions of the United States have changed over time.

SS.6-8. G.4.1 -Interpret population growth and other demographic data for any given place in the United States throughout its history.

SS.6-8.G.5.1 -Describe human dependence on the physical environment and natural resources to satisfy basic needs in local environments in the United States.

Unit 3:  Colonization 

SS.6-8.A. 2.5 - Discuss the impact of colonial settlement on Native American populations.

SS.6-8.A .2.2 - Describe the characteristics of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies

SS.6-8.A .2.3 - Differentiate economic systems of New England, Middle and Southern colonies including indentured servants and slaves as labor sources

SS.6-8.A.2.4 - Identify the impact of key colonial figures on the economic, political, and social development of the colonies.

SS.6-8. A.2.6 - Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the French and Indian War.

SS.6-8.A.2.7 - Describe the contributions of key groups (Africans, Native Americans, women, and children) to the society and culture of colonial America

Unit 4:  Rebellion and Revolution 

SS.6-8.A.3.1 - Explain the consequences of the French and Indian War in British policies for the American colonies from 1763 -­‐ 1774 (Examples may include, but are not limited to, Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, Quebec Act, and Coercive Acts.)

SS.6-8.A.3.2 - Explain American colonial reaction to British policy from 1763 -­‐ 1774

SS.6-8.A.3.7 - Examine the structure, content, and consequences of the Declaration of Independence

SS.6-8.A.3.3 - Recognize the contributions of the Founding Fathers (John Adams, Sam Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, George Washington) during American Revolutionary efforts

SS.6-8.A.3.4 - Examine the contributions of influential groups to both the American and British war efforts during the American Revolutionary War and their effects on the outcome of the war.

SS.6-8.A.3.5 Describe the influence of individuals on social and political developments during the Revolutionary era. (Examples may include, but are not limited to, James Otis, Mercy Otis Warren, Abigail Adams, Benjamin Banneker, Lemuel Haynes, Phyllis Wheatley.)

SS.6-8.A.3.6 - Examine the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution.

SS.6-8.A.3.8 - Examine individuals and groups that affected political and social motivations during the American Revolution.

SS.6-8.A.3.15 - Examine this time period (1763- 1815) from the perspective of historically under-represented groups (children, indentured servants, Native Americans, slaves women, working class).

SS.6-8.A.3.16 -Examine key events in Florida history as each impacts this era of American history

SS.6-8.C.1.2- Compare views of self-government and the rights and responsibilities of citizens held by Patriots, Loyalists, and other colonists.

Unit 5:  U.S. Constitution 

SS.6-8.A.3.9 - Evaluate the structure, strengths, and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and its aspects that led to the Constitutional Convention.

SS.6-8.A.3.10 - Examine the course and consequences of the Constitutional Convention (New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan, Great Compromise, Three-­‐Fifths Compromise, compromises regarding taxation and slave trade, Electoral College, state vs. federal power, empowering a president).

SS.6-8.A.3.11 - Analyze support and opposition (Federalists, Federalist Papers, Anti Federalists, Bill of Rights) to ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

SS.6-8.C.1.1 - Identify the constitutional provisions for establishing citizenship.

SS.6-8.C.1.5 - Apply the rights and principles contained in the Constitution and Bill of Rights to the lives of citizens today

SS.6-8.C.2.1 - Evaluate and compare the essential ideals and principles of American constitutional government expressed in primary sources from the colonial period to Reconstruction.