Horizontal Curriculum Map by 2-Week Block COURSE: 6th Grade History 2014-15 (Each block section equals two weeks) Common Topic(s)/ Content/Materials Assessments Academic Block Core Essential Question(s) Vocabulary Standard(s) Ancient 1.How do social scientist -Ancient World Textbook 1)Pg. 12 (student interactive workbook) Create a -Hominids painting” that represents the most important World 6.1 study artifacts of early (Chap. 1-3) -Capabilities “cave aspects of your life. You must use the style of early humans? -Workbook -Anthropologists hominids drawings, only charcoal, red-brown paint, or 2.What are the -Geography notebook -remains pencil. Show at least vie different objects in your differences and -butcher paper and art -biped painting. This will be graded by rubric given to similarities amongst supplies -migrate students ahead of time. hominids? -land bridges 2) Creating a timeline that compares and contracts all 3. How did early hominids -Hunter and gatherer five different hominids. Students will work in small grow from hunters and -Early farmers groups and work must be neat, creative and detailed. Civilization gatherers to famers? -Social scientists Graded by rubric which will be given to students of -Homosapiens before project. Rise 3) Working in partners students must create an artistic Age and written component describing the transfer of the -Paleolithic Age hominids from hunters and gatherers to farmers. And -Neolithic Age and the effects that occurred due to this change. Three -domesticate paragraph essay is expected with a creative -Agriculture component such as a comic strip, graphic novel, -trade Humans timeline, movie clip etc. Rubrics will be given ahead of time for students to use with their partners. -ore 4)Tests on geographical locations of early Neolithic Early settlements and Paleolithic times. 1A
Horizontal Curriculum Map by 2-Week Block COURSE: 6th Grade History 2014-15 (Each block section equals two weeks) Block Common Core Standard(s) Topic(s)/ Essential Question(s) Content/Materials Assessments Academic Vocabulary 1A Early Humans and the Rise of Civilization Ancient World 6.1 1.How do social scientist study artifacts of early humans? 2.What are the differences and similarities amongst hominids? 3. How did early hominids grow from hunters and gatherers to famers? -Ancient World Textbook (Chap. 1-3) -Workbook -Geography notebook -butcher paper and art supplies 1)Pg. 12 (student interactive workbook) Create a “cave painting” that represents the most important aspects of your life. You must use the style of early hominids drawings, only charcoal, red-brown paint, or pencil. Show at least vie different objects in your painting. This will be graded by rubric given to students ahead of time. 2) Creating a timeline that compares and contracts all five different hominids. Students will work in small groups and work must be neat, creative and detailed. Graded by rubric which will be given to students before project. 3) Working in partners students must create an artistic and written component describing the transfer of hominids from hunters and gatherers to farmers. And the effects that occurred due to this change. Three paragraph essay is expected with a creative component such as a comic strip, graphic novel, timeline, movie clip etc. Rubrics will be given ahead of time for students to use with their partners. 4)Tests on geographical locations of early Neolithic settlements and Paleolithic times. -Hominids -Capabilities -Anthropologists -remains -biped -migrate -land bridges -Hunter and gatherer -Early farmers -Social scientists -Homosapiens Age -Paleolithic Age -Neolithic Age -domesticate -Agriculture -trade -ore
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