Sixth Grade Lesson Plans

Titles that appear in bold represent the best of the "Share the Knowledge" units presented over the years at Core Knowledge National Conferences.

Language Arts/English

• News to the Core (2002)

I. Writing, Grammar, and Usage

• Shakespeare and Poe Teach Six Trait Writing (2005)
• The "Write" Stuff: Strategies and Conventions for Expository Writing (2002)
• Science, Invention and Growth (2000)

II. Poetry

• The Coffeehouse (2006)
• Isn't It Romantic? (2004)
• You May Be a Poet, Though You Don't Know It! (2002)

III. Fiction and Drama

• The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2005)
• The Iliad (2001)
• The Prince and the Pauper (2001)
• Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, and You! (1999)

IV. Sayings and Phrases

History and Geography

World:

I. Geography

• Deserts (1998)

II. Lasting Ideas from Ancient Civilizations

• It’s Greek to Me! (2007)
• A Comparison of World Religions (2006)
• Greek Mythology (2002)
• All Roads Lead to Rome (2000)
• Judaism and Christianity — Creatively (2000)
• Ancient Greece Across the Curriculum (1998)
• Climbing to the Top of Mount Olympus (1998)
• Judaism and Christianity (1998)

III. Enlightenment

• Four Armed Men From The Renaissance (2008)

IV. French Revolution

• Is Freedom Really Free? A Closer Look at the French Revolution (2005)

V. Romanticism

• Isn't It Romantic? (2004)

VI. Industrialism, Capitalism, and Socialism

• Industrial Revolution: Building Books of Knowledge (2002)
• The Wind Blows from East to West (1997)

VII. Latin American Independence Movements

American:

I. Immigration, Industrialization, and Urbanization

• Coming to America: U.S. Immigration (2005)
• A Changing Society: Industrialization and Urbanization (2004)
• "Necessity is the Mother of Invention”: The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the World (2000)
• The Hopes of Our Ancestors: The Impact of Immigration on America (1998)

II. Reform

• A Country Ripe for Change (2006)
• American Reform, Part II (2002)
• The Weight of Words (2001)

Visual Arts

I. Art History: Periods and Schools

• The Art of Studying Art (2004)
• Washington, D.C.: The Ultimate Core Knowledge Field Trip (2004)
• Geometry in Art and Architecture (2000)
• Spanish Romanticism and Goya (2000)

Music

I. Elements of Music

II. Classical Music from Baroque to Romantic

• This isn't your Grandma's Music (2007)
• The Best of Baroque (2004)

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