6th+Grade+World+History

6th Grade World History *Current Event are due the first Friday of every month. Click on the following link to download the rubric. Unit 1: Geography and Neolithic Revolution

[|What are Landforms?]

[|5 Themes of Geography Webquest]



Unit 2: Ancient Civilizations

//** Powerpoint Presentations and Class Activities on __Ancient Egypt.__ **// Unit 3: Ancient Greece
 * PowerPoint Presentation on the geography of __Mesopatamia__ and the importance of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and the Fertile Cresent. **
 * PDF files on Mesopotamia, must have Adobe Reader to download the file. The documents involve reading and answering questions at the end. **
 * Below is the rubric for the Create Your Mesopotamia PowerPoint Project. Students had to take information from the unit and create a PowerPoint for the class. Each student had to present their slideshow to the class. On the second day of presenting, Mr. Garino, the school principal was in the audience. **
 * The following is the link to the Ancient China Newspaper Project. The objective of this assignment was for students to write a one page article focusing on an important topic during the Han Dynasty. Students researched information from educational site provided by Mr. Kanowitz. ** Ancient China Newspaper Project
 * PowerPoint notes, word document handouts and PDF files on __Ancient China.__ **

Link to Website for [|Introduction to Ancient Greece]

Unit 4: Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome Project

Unit 5: Belief Systems




 * For this assignment, each student will complete 5 short-answer __document based questions__ on Belief Systems. Please make sure your name is on the paper, and all the documents and questions are answered in complete sentences under each questions. All answers MUST be in //ITALICS// font - 12 pt: Times New Roman. Please look at, and print out the rubric to make sure you understand everything before starting.**

UNIT 6: MIDDLE AGES

Follow the handout given to you by your teachers. Read the following article on life on the manor, and answer the questions to the best of your ability. [|Life on the Manor]



631: You will complete the following Webquest Assignment. Follow All the Directions in the Yellow. After you are finished, you can have fun with the castle games. Good Luck. [|Middle Ages Webquest.]

The Renaissance Worksheet -

UNIT 7: EXPLORE AND CONQUER

Exploration DBQ -

__Group project:__ You will be partnered up with another student for this assignment. Each student will be responsible for their own work, but you will also receive a group grade as well. Each group will be responsible for completing both job assignments: The job assignments will require one student to research information on the Ancient Native Americans as an Archeologist and, the other student will have to write a biography about an important person from Latin America. All the information is in the links below.
 * Ancient Native Americas in Meso America (Latin America) May 11, 2011**


 * Please remember each day you see Mr. Kanowitz and Mr. Johnson working together. As a team, we help each other, we ask each other questions when we are unsure of something, and we also motivate each other in order to have our students in the best learning environment possible.

One of the goals for this project is to work as a team. You and your assigned partner need to help each other, ask questions, motivate, and learn from each other. If you have any question Mr. Kanowitz and Mr. Johnson are always here to help you.

__**Archeologist Links**__ Click on the following link to find the pages with all the information to complete your worksheet. []

Archeologist Worksheet - Use this worksheet to complete your Archeologist assignment -

__**Biographer Links**__ Click on the following link to find the people you are allowed to complete your biography on. []

Biography Worksheet - Use this worksheet to help you complete the biography -