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Grades 6-8

During sixth, seventh and eighth grades the curriculum content becomes more dense and complex. In addition, the academic expectations placed on students get more intense. The lesson plans below focus on incorporating effective listening strategies into daily lesson plans to help build strong learning skills.

 

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Results: 255 results for Grades: 6 - 8

Grades: 6 - 8 (Continued)

Subject: Social Studies (Continued)

Title: Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States by Patricia C. & Fredrick L. McKissack
Theme: Abraham Lincoln and Slavery
Duration: Four to five class sessions
Title: Defining Terms in Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley
Theme: Crusades, Important Historical Figures, Muslim Leaders
Duration: 1–2 class periods
Title: Demonstrating Comprehension of Understanding September 11th: Answering Questions About the Attacks on America by Mitch Frank
Theme: American History
Duration: One class session
Title: Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner
Theme: Life in Germany During WWII, Memoirs and Autobiographies
Duration: 1 class period
Title: European Geography in The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
Theme: Creating a Picture Collage to Represent the Different Territories in Europe
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Examining the Life of Vlad Dracula in Vlad the Imapler: The Real Count Dracula by Enid Goldberg and Norman Itzkowitz
Theme: Romanian History, Biographies, Vlad the Impaler
Duration: 1–2 class periods including time to read the story
Title: Forging Freedom: A True Story of Heroism During the Holocaust by Hudson Talbott
Theme: World War II
Duration: One class period
Title: Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen Levine
Theme: Understanding the Inequality of Segregated Education During and Immediately Following the Civil Rights Movement, Understanding and Appreciating the Civil Rights Movement in America
Duration: One class period
Title: Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas
Theme: Iranian Culture, Cultural Diversity
Duration: 1 class period (excluding time to read the novel)
Title: Identifying Similarities and Differences Using Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack
Theme: Compare and Contrast the Lives of the Slave Owners and Slaves During Christmas
Duration: Two class periods
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