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Weekly Agenda
Social Studies Grade 6 2025-2026
Week 1 August 11-15 What Am I Learning in Class this week?
11 Getting to Know You Activities
Class Procedures and Protocols
12 Procedures and Protocols
Social Contracts
13 Introduction to Historical Thinking Skills 1 and2
Graphic Organizer
14 Introduction to Historical Thinking Skills 3 and 4
Graphic Organizer
15 Introduction to Historical Thinking Skills 5 and 6
Minor Assignment 1
Graphic Organizer Due today at the end of class for Historical Thinking Skills
WEEK 2 - AUGUST 18-22
18 Setup of Interactive Notebooks
Focused note taking
Begin Unit 1 Vocabulary (Mesopotamia and Egypt)
19 River Valley Notes
20 Mesopotamia Notes
21 Mesopotamia Notes cont.
22 Quiz on Mesopotamia notes
Introduce Egypt Brochure Project- First Major Assignment
WEEK 3 - AUGUST 25-28
25 - Begin Egyptian Vocabulary
Begin Egyptian Notes
Introduce Egypt Brochure Project
26 - Continue Egyptian Vocabulary, Notes and Project Worktime
27 - Continue Egyptian Vocabulary, Notes and Project Worktime
28 - Continue Egyptian Vocabulary, Notes and Project Worktime
29- Egypt Brochure due
WEEK 4 - SEPTEMBER 2-5
2- Quiz on Egypt notes
3- Begin Indus River Valley Civilization Notes
4- Begin Hinduism Notes
5- Begin Buddhism Notes
WEEK 5- SEPTEMBER 8-12
8- Buddhism notes continued
Hinduism review chart
9- QUIZ ON BUDDHISM/HINDUISM (sort differences/similarities between the two religions)
10- Begin China notes
Introduce China Invention Ad (minor grade upcoming next week)
11- Veteran's Day
Time to work on Invention Ad
12- Time to work on Invention Ad
WEEK 6 - SEPTEMBER 15-19
15- Ancient China notes
16- Confucianism notes; time to work on study guide for test next Wed 24th
17- Taoism notes; time to work on study guide for test next Wed 24th
18- Chinese review video and questions; Begin Chinese acrostic
19- Finish Chinese acrostic; review for test
WEEK 7 - SEPTEMBER 22-26
22- Complete study guide for test Wed 24th
23- Review game for test tomorrow
24- Ancient China and Ancient India test
25- Begin Greece notes
26- Continue Greece notes
WEEK 8 - SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 3
29- Continue Ancient Greece notes
30- Finish Ancient Greece notes
1- Introduce Greek vase activity, time to work on it
2- Greek vase activity work time
3- Greek vase activity due; begin Roman vocabulary
WEEK 9- OCTOBER 6-10
6- Begin study guide for test Friday
7- Finish study guide
8- Field trip to Helen, GA (review for those staying behind)
9- Review for test tomorrow
10- test on Ancient Greece and Rome
WEEK 10- OCTOBER 13-17
13- NO SCHOOL
14- Test retakes and start Christianity notes
15- Continue Christianity notes
16- Benchmark (Middle Ages vocab)
17- Benchmark (Middle Ages vocab)
WEEK 11- OCTOBER 20-24
20- Begin Byzantine empire notes
21- Finish Byzantine empire notes, begin Justinian code activity
22- Finish Justinian code activity
23- Begin Carolingian/Roman Catholic Church empire notes
24- Finish Carolingian/Roman Catholic Church empire notes
WEEK 12- OCTOBER 27-31
27- Magna Carta and Crusades notes
28- Feudalism and Bubonic Plague notes
29- Begin study guide for test next Tuesday, November 4
30- Continue study guide for test next Tuesday, November 4
31- Finish study guide for test, review game for test
WEEK 14- NOVEMBER 10-14
10 - Begin Ottoman empire notes
11- Finish Ottoman empire notes
12- Five Pillars of Islam organizer
13- Mongol notes
14- Begin Medieval China notes
WEEK 15- NOVEMBER 17-21
17- Introduce One Pager Medieval Asia
18- Work time for One Pager Medieval Asia
19- Work time for One Pager Medieval Asia (due at end of class)
20- Origami activity
21- Origami activity
WEEK 16- NOVEMBER 24-25
24- West Africa pretest
25- Thanksgiving activities
WEEK 18- DECEMBER 8-12
8- Americas civilizations map
9-Study guide for test Friday
10-Study guide for test Friday
11- Test on West Africa and the Americas