Social Studies 6th

Chapter 1 People of the Stone Age	Chapter 2 Southwest Asia	Chapter 3 African Civilizations
Chapter 4 Early Civilizations in Asia and the Americas	Chapter 5 China	Chapter 6 India and Persia
Chapter 7 Ancient Greece	Chapter 8 Ancient Rome	Chapter 9 Heirs of Rome and Persia
Chapter 10 Empires in Asia and the Americas	Chapter 11 Overland Trade	Chapter12 Sea and River Trade
Chapter 13 New Directions for Europe	Chapter 14 Europe, Africa, and the Americas Interact	Chapter 15 Changes in Asia
Chapter 16 The Growth of Democracy	Chapter 17 The Beginning of the Industrial Age	Chapter 18 Growth of Nationalsim and Imperialism
Chapter 19 The Early Twentieth Century	Chapter 20 The Later Twentieth Century	Chapter 21 Economic Challenges
Chapter 22 Religious Influences	Chapter 23 Politicial Events	Social Studies Sites


Chapter 1 - People of the Stone Age Lesson 1 - Hunters and Gatherers Pictures, sounds, article and sites about modern day Bushmen of Africa http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0102/feature6/index.html Take a virtual tour of cave paintings from early hunters and gatherers http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cavepaintings/cavepaintings.html Visit the Natural History Museum and learn about Ice Age Mammals http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cavepaintings/cavepaintings.html Lesson 2 - Early Farmers Learn about prehistoric farmers in the southern area of the U.S. http://www.uky.edu/AS/Anthropology/Museum/Lateprehistoric/latepre2.htm Prehistoric farming on the Colorado Plateau http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/People/prehistoric_farmers.htm
Chapter 2 - Southwest Asia Lesson 1 - Civilization in Mesopotamia Learn about what cause the fall of Mesopotamia http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mesopotamia.html Map of ancient Mesopotamia http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/map01mes.htm Three great ideas for inclass hands on projects regarding Mesopotamian celebrations http://socialstudies.com/c/@6veTd51H_5nyA/Pages/article.html?article@FG211B+af@donn Mesopotamia webquest http://lps.lexingtonma.org/Libdept/mesop.html Lesson 2 - Conquests and Empires Maps, links, and information about the countries that make up Soutwest Asia http://geography.about.com/library/maps/blrmideast.htm Interactivly learn about every aspect of daily life. http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/NEAREAST/homepg.html Lesson 3 - Israelites, Phoenicians, and Lydians Did the Phoenicians found the Olypmics? http://phoenicia.org/phoenicianolympics.htm The Phoenician alphabet and its connection to the Greek and Roman alphabets. http://edsitement.neh.gov/Phoen_Greek_Anim.asp Shavuot and the Ten Commandments http://www.holidays.net/shavuot/ten.htm
Chapter 3 - African Civilizations Lesson 1 - The Importance of the Nile River Egyptian Hieroglyphic translator http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/glyph/glyph.html Lesson 2 - The Dynasties of Egypt List of the Dynasties and Rulers with links to each. Includes maps, charts, pictures, and informaiton. http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/dynasties.htm Make your own Cartouche http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cartouche/cartouche.html Lesson 4 - Kush: Egypt's Rival Nubia - Ancient Kush its modern day people, government, and geography http://www.us.sis.gov.eg/nubia/html/nubia00.htm Meet Anansi, learn stories from African heritage. Includes activites and stories http://www.pbs.org/wonders/Kids/kids.htm
Chapter 4 - Early Civilizations in Asia and the Americas Lesson 1 - Civilization in the Indus Valley Awesome site for kids to learn about India. Includes sound. http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/india.htm Fun things for kids to see and do in India http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/India/india.htm Mohenjo-Daro information http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/6/cl/6.7.html Lesson 2 - Early Chinese Civilization Learn a Chinese story to tell to your class http://www.chinavista.com/experience/story/story.html Learn about the Chinese Lantern Festival http://www.index-china.com/index-english/Lantern.html Lesson 3 - Ancient Civilizations of the Americas Try some Mayan Mathematics http://www.civilization.ca/civil/maya/mmc05eng.html
Chapter 5 - China Lesson 1 - The Zhou Dynasty More Terra Cotta soldiers found http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/terra.html Webquest on the life of Confucius http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=754&team_id=19053 Lesson 2 - The Qin Dynasty All about the Great Wall of China http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/Allabout.htm l The Emperor that built the Great Wall of China http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/Emperor.html Map of the Great Wall of China http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/Map.html Make a Chinese Lantern http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/lantern/
Chapter 6 - India and Persia Lesson 1 - Aryans Bring Changes to India The Aryans invade India http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/history/aryan.htm Information on India's Caste System http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/spring98/india.htm Lesson 3 - United Rule in India A look at the history of currency in India http://www.museum.rbi.org.in/gallery.html Learn stories from India's past http://www.indolink.com/Kidz/panchatantra.html Lesson 4 - The Persian Empire Cyrus the Great information http://www.oznet.net/cyrus/cyframe.htm
Chapter 7 - Ancient Greece Lesson 1 - Early People of Greece Great philosophers of Greece http://www.mrdowling.com/701greece.html Lesson 2 - City-States and Greek Culture Ancient Greece Thinkquest http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=17709&url=17709/ Lesson 3 - The Golden Age of Athens An interactive study about Greece http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/main_menu.shtml An interactive study on Athens http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/athens/index.shtml Lesson 4 - Alexander's Great Empire Have a great time learning about Greek Mythology http://www.mythweb.com/
Chapter 8 - Ancient Rome Lesson 1 - The Roman Republic Three maps of the Roman Empire at the bottom of the page http://www.roman-empire.net/shop/empire-map-116.html Lesson 2 - The Roman Empire Floor plan of a typical Roman house http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-house.html Take a pictorial tour of Rome http://www.cavazzi.com/roman-empire/tours/rome.html Lesson 4 - Beginnings of Christianity Who was Constantine and what is the Edict of Milan? http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/religion/christians/constantine.htm
Chapter 9 - Heirs of Rome and Persia Lesson 1 - The Byzantine Empire The Early Middle Ages - under rule of Justin http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/byzantine/justinian.htm Lesson 2 - The Muslim Empire Who was Muhammad? http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/Muhammad.html Maps of the Muslim Empire http://www.chn-net.com/teaching/endtimes/mapmusl.html Lesson 3 - Europe in the Middle Ages What's so important about 1066? http://www.mrfield.btinternet.co.uk/Conquest/intro.htm Play the Heraldry Game online http://www.yourchildlearns.com/heraldrygame/index.html Mathematics History during the Middle Ages http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=22584&url=22584/emh1300.htm Loads of links ot knights, castles, and anything on the Middle Ages http://www.kathimitchell.com/middleages.htm The Bubonic Plague http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Plague.html
Chapter 10 - Empires in Asia and the Americas Lesson 1 - Growth for China The Grand Canal of China pictures and information http://www.chinapage.com/canal.html Lesson 2 - The Mongol Empire Role play for the Mongol Empire. Requires 9 students http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000047.htm Lesson 4 -Civilizations in the Americas Map maker make me a map activity http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/mapmaker/mapmaker.html Learn about the Mesoamerican Ball Game http://www.ballgame.org/ Nova online presents "The First Americans" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/first/
Chapter 11 - Overland Trade Lesson 2 - Trade Routes Linking Asia and Europe Online activity looking at the Silk Road in depth http://school.newsweek.com/online_activities/china2.php Lesson 3 - The Silk Route Scholastic webquest on the Silk Road and Marcopolo http://teacher.scholastic.com/webquest/wrldhist/whpolo.htm Online activity with printables to complete http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Silk%20Road%20Lesson.html
Chapter12 - Sea and River Trade Lesson 1 - Indian Ocean Trade The bead trade in Africa, lots of pictures and a history. http://www.nfobase.com/html/bead_trade_in_the_indian_ocean.html Lesson 2 - The Mediterranean and Black Sea The Greek Environment http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/environment/ Noah's Flood and the Black Sea, News http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2000/12/122800blacksea.html Lesson 3 - The Northern Seas Interactive site on the Vikings http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings/ Were Vikings really history's bad boys? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/2004/02/vikings.html Lesson 4 - Conquering the Pacific Adventures in Citizenship - Who was Henry Hudson http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode1/topic1/e1_t1_s1-hh.html
Chapter 13 - New Directions for Europe Lesson 1 - Rebirth of Ideas in Europe Ivestigating the Renaissance from Harvard University http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/Renaissance/ Lesson 3 - Europeans Explore the Globe Vasco De Gama links http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/exgama.htm Kids online resource to explorers http://www.kidsolr.com/history/page2.html The Castillo de San Marcos - A virtual tour http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/castillo/castillo.html
Chapter 14 - Europe, Africa, and the Americas Interact Lesson 1 - Africa and Europe Links to information about Hornando Cortes http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/Hernan_Cortes/ Lesson 2 - A Time of Encounter The Belle Surfaces at Matagorda Bay http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/lasalle.html Free online translator in many different languages http://translation2.paralink.com/
Chapter 15 - Changes in Asia Lesson 1 -China and Japan in Early Modern times Thinkquest introduction to Chinese Calligraphy http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=2218&team_id=3614 Lesson 2 - The Ottoman and Mogul Empires Information on the Battle of the Mohacs http://www.fact-index.com/b/ba/battle_of_mohacs.html Information on the siege of Vienna http://www.zum.de/whkmla/military/16cen/vienna1529.html
Chapter 16 - The Growth of Democracy Lesson 1 - Democratic Revolutions The age of Revolutions http://www.si.edu/harcourt/npg/col/age/default.htm Enlightenment - Answer the following questions: Why was th emovement called th eEnlightenment? What country was the center of the Enlightenment? What ere some important ideas of the Enlightenment philosophers Voltaire, Rousseau, and Locke? http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ENLIGHT.HTM Lesson 2 - Democratic Ideas in Latin America Adventures in Citizenship, Political Cartoons http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode3/activity6/activity6.html In class activity with political cartoons. http://www.scholastic.com/schoolage/activities/3up/politicalcartoons.htm
Chapter 17 - The Beginning of the Industrial Age Lesson 1 - The Industrial Revolution The real life "Rosie the Riveter" http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/rosie.html The United States Patent and Trademark Office http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/kids/index.html See where modern America began http://www.slatermill.org/ Tour the historic district of the Blackstone River Valley http://www.tourblackstone.com/
Chapter 18 - Growth of Nationalsim and Imperialism Lesson 1 - Rise of Nationalism Ashanti of Africa official site http://www.ashanti.com.au/ Zulu information http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Zulu.html Shona information http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Shona.html Lesson 2 - Age of Imperialism Do you really know about hunger? Look at the facts and take the online quiz. http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org/hunfa.htm
Chapter 19 - The Early Twentieth Century Lesson 1 - World War I Who was Clara Barton? http://www.nps.gov/clba/ Lesson 2 - The Russian Revolution Grigory Rasputin, who? http://it.stlawu.edu/~rkreuzer/indv5/rasp.htm Russina Architecture Gallery http://www.archi.ru/english/index.htm
Chapter 20 - The Later Twentieth Century Lesson 1 - World War II World War II Aviation at the Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/harcourt/nasm/gal205/gal205.html Great War in the Air http://www.si.edu/harcourt/nasm/gal206/gal206.htm Advanced Learners Pearl Harbor Webquest http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/jabraun/students/prattwp/
Chapter 21 - Economic Challenges Lesson 1 - China in the Modern World Online gallery of pictures from the Chinese cultural revolution http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/exhibit/online_gallery.html Lesson 3 - South America Colombia https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/co.html Chile https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ci.html Lesson 4 - North America and Free Trade The New Nunavut http://www.harcourtschool.com/newsbreak/nunavut.html
Chapter 22 - Religious Influences Lesson 1 - The Indian Subcontinent The complete Gandhi site http://www.mkgandhi.org/ Muslim life in America http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife/ Hinduism http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/index.shtml Lesson 2 - The Middle East Boundary changes of Israel http://www.afdg.org/spip/article.php3?id_article=45
Chapter 23 - Politicial Events Lesson 1 - Africa and South of the Sahara Swahili pronunciation guide http://research.yale.edu/cgi-bin/swahili/main.cgi?right_frame_src=http%3A //research.yale.edu/swahili/serve_pages/pronunciation.php The African Music Encyclopedia http://africanmusic.org/ Lesson 3 - Changes for the People of Europe How America's Electorial College Works http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/electoral/ Russian Folk Dance music online, requires real player for download http://www.barynya.com/mp3/index.stm
Social Studies Sites National Council for the Social Studies http://www.ncss.org/ What you need to know. Tennessee State standards for social studies, 6th grade http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cistandards2001/ss/cissg62001.htm Social Studies for Kids http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/