6th SOCIAL STUDIES
G.R.A.P.E.S
This song will help you learn your GRAPES.
Here is an infographic about money and its interesting history. This ties into the "E" of GRAPES.
MESOPOTAMIA
Learn to write your initials in Babylonian Cunieform, one of the earliest writing systems.
ANCIENT EGYPT
Here's a good article on CT analysis of King Tut from National Geographic.
Here is another interesting article detailing some of the debates still raging over King Tut from Smithsonian Magazine.
Two podcasts on King Tut for your listening enjoyment: The Curse of King Tut's Tomb and Who was King Tut...Really?
ANCIENT INDIA
Here is a helpful review video of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Ashoka the Great.
ANCIENT CHINA
Here is a great link on Chinese characters, for those that want to learn more.
Here is a quick recap on Confucianism one of the schools of thought essential to understanding Chinese history.
ANCIENT GREECE
ANCIENT ROME
Here's a cool infographic about the intensely amazing city of Rome on the History Channel's website.
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
The sixth grade learned about the Eastern Orthodox branch of Christianity and its use of icons. Here is the link we used in class to draw a basic one of our own:
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
More info to come