Ohio Social Studies Strands for Sixth Grade

“Traveling the World”

By Rebecca Stultz

Table of Contents

• American Heritage

• People in Societies

• World Interactions

• Decision Making and Resources

• Democratic Processes

• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

• Science, Technology, and Society

Introduction

In this presentation, I will introduce some activities that meet the Ohio Standards for the sixth grade. My class “travels” around the world, so these activities fit our travels throughout the year.

American Heritage Activities 1. Create a multi-tier time line for all of

the people that we visit on our trip. The tiers will be divided into the following categories: the arts, sports, science and inventors

2. Analyze Beatrix Potter’s life and the causes that led her to become a writer and illustrator.

American Heritage Activities (cont.) 3. Unit on the Renaissance and study how the

people lived during that era.

4. Examine William Shakespeare’s influence on the world through literature.

5. Read The Diary of Anne Frank and compare it to secondary sources of World War II.

Web Sites for American Heritage

Eye Witness www.ibiscom.com

Peter Rabbitwww.peterrabbit.com

AlternaTimewww2.canisius.edu~emeryg/time.html

Biographywww.biography.com

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internethttp://shakespeare.palomar.edu/default.htm

People in Societies 1. Compare and contrast women during

Shakespeare’s time and today.

2. Study how Christianity and the Pope controlled the government during the Renaissance Era.

3. Power Point Presentation on the Medieval Times and how Feudalism controlled social status.

People in Societies (cont.)

4. Simulate an Oktoberfest and examine how this holiday is celebrated in America.

5. Study Marco Polo’s life and discuss how his life has affected America.

Web Sites for People in Societies

Global Gangwww.globalgang.org.uk/

Cultural Connectionslibrary.thinkquest.org/50055/index.shtml

Far & Nearwww.far-and-near.com/

CBC4Kids: Time Sectionwww.cbc4kids.cbc.ca/general/time/default.html

Culture Quest World Tourwww.ipl.org/div/kidspace/cquest/

World Interactions

1. Play Globe Trottin. 2. Create latitude and longitude grid on a

pumpkin. 3. Play a Time Zone Game. 4. Infer why Italy was both the beginning of

the Renaissance and a major shipping area. 5. Play Class Battleship.

Web Sites for World Interactions

Greatest Placeswww.greatestplaces.org/

Geographiawww.geographia.com

Interactive World Fact Bookwww.theodora.com/wfb/abc_world_fact_book.html

Web Sites for World Interactions (cont.)

Maps and Globes http://pittsford.monroe.edu/jefferson/calfieri/maps&globes/mapsglobesframe.html

Map Machinehttp://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

Decision Making and Resources

1. Complete Junior Achievement.

2. Play Corn Trading Card Game.

3. Complete Lego Trading Activity (Benefits of Trade Throughout the World).

4. Complete The Life and Times of a Number 2 Pencil.

Decision Making and Resources (cont.)

5. Factory simulation with High Flying Factors of Production.

6. Play Import/Export

Card Game.

Web Sites for Decision Making and Resources

The Pencil Pageswww.pencils.com

Producing Ohio www.producingohio.org

Stock Market Gamewww.smgww.org

EconEdLinkwww.econedlink.org

Quia - Factors of Productionwww.quia.com/jw/13122.html

Democratic Processes

1. Create a Venn diagram that compares and contrasts a democracy to a monarchy.

2. Complete the Courtroom to Classroom program.

3. Examine the dictatorship under Hitler and explain how the German people reacted to it.

Democratic Processes (cont.)

4. Show and discuss the Power Point Presentation entitled The Three Branches of Government.

5. Play a Jeopardy game covering the different jobs in the judicial branch.

Web Sites for Democratic Processes

Core Documents of U.S. Democracywww.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators/coredocs/index.hml

Voice of Americahttp://www.voanews.com/index.cfm

U.S. Courtswww.uscourts.gov

U.S. House of Representatives www.house.gov/

Web Sites for Democratic Processes (cont.)

United States Senate www.Senate.gov

The White Housewww.whitehouse.gov

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

1. Complete Kid’s Voting.

2. Write a letter to Congress suggesting a new law.

3. During December, complete a can food drive for charity.

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities (cont.)

4. Tour the Xenia Courthouse.

5. Collect data on a school concern, brainstorm solutions to the problem, and solve the problem.

Xenia Courthouse

Web Sites for Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

Kids Votinghttp://www.kidsvotingusa.org/

Rock the Votewww.rockthevote.org

United States Senate www.Senate.gov

E-The People www.e-thepeople.org/

Carter Center www.cartercenter.org/

Science, Technology, and Society

1. Make a documentary on a specific topic during World War II.

2. Create a Power Point presentation about the law of supply and demand.

3. Use the internet to research tourist attractions in order to create a travel brochure for a country.

Science, Technology, and Society (cont.)

4. Use the internet to vote in Kid’s Voting Election.

5. E-mail a pen pal from another state or country.

6. Read what is happening in the news online.

Web Sites for Science, Technology, and Society

Learning to use the Web for Researchwww.educationresearch.com

Yahoo - Travelhttp://travel.yahoo.com/

Kids Votinghttp://www.kidsvotingusa.org/

History Channelwww.historychannel.com

Kids’ Newsroomwww.kidsnewsroom.org