Sixth Grade Social Studies is taught to the National Council for the Social Studies (U.S.) standards, covering world history, geography, economics, and global connections. Learners will explore the continents and regions, major countries and empires past and present, migration patterns, world religions, and cultures. Learners will have two journal writing prompts each week, and will also write a research paper. Research paper writing will be scaffold throughout the semester and will continue learning from fifth grade social studies about reputable sources, citing sources, making an outline, and drafting, proof reading, and editing the final paper.

I have a master of arts degree in American history, and bachelor of arts degrees in political science, English, and communications with a journalism emphasis. I am lead teacher at The Foster Woods Folk School, which focuses on humanities education within an ecosocial justice framework aimed at celebrating and improving our connections as a global community of humans and non-humans living on Planet Earth. In this role, I work with learners of all ages with a primary focus of working with learners in grades three through 12. I was the director of a social justice center for three years during which time I routinely taught about and facilitated conversations about historical and current political events for both teen and adults participants. Before that, I was a newspaper editor and reporter for 15 years. I have been teaching history, social studies, and English Language Arts classes for several years. 

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There is daily homework to be completed outside of class time. Homework includes reading and writing assignments, as well as worksheets and other learning projects. There is also a final research paper that includes scaffolded assignments throughout the course. 
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Weekly homework is assessed as follows for learners seeking a letter grade and letter of completion: 
Journal Responses: 30 Points
Weekly Quiz: 15 Points
Projects/Worksheets: 25 Points
Class Participation: 15 Points
Scaffold Research Paper Assignments: 15 Percent

Scores on the weekly homework account for 75 percent of the final grade with the research paper counting for 25 percent of the final grade. 

Letters of completion with final grade will be issued to students who complete the course with a C (70 Percent) or greater. 
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All student workbooks are graded throughout the course. 

The sixth grade social studies course pulls from a myriad of sources. We will use many primary sources to explore historical events and periods through the eyes of people who were firsthand witnesses. These may include diary entries, letters, court testimonies, and other sources. Assigned readings will come from sources such as NewsELA, Zinn Education Project, Learning for Justice, MI Open Book Project World Geography Text, and MI Open Book Project Ancient World History. 

As far as lecture development, I pull on several sources including the McGraw Hill World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations Grade 6 textbook.