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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: The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child by Francisco Jimenez
Theme: Lives and Hardships of Mexican Migrant Workers During and After the Great Depression
Duration: 1-2 class periods
Title: The House on Hackman’s Hill by Joan Lowery Nixon
Theme: Ancient Egypt
Duration: Five 45 minute class sessions
Title: The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Theme: Appreciating Ancient Cultures, Appreciating World Cultures and Understanding the Struggle to Integrate Old Customs and Cultures into Modern Society
Duration: 2 class periods
Title: Tituba of Salem Village by Ann Petry
Theme: Concepts of Justice: Comparing Salem Witch Trials to Modern Day American Justice System
Duration: 2 class periods
Title: True North by Kathryn Lasky
Theme: Grandparents/Slavery
Duration: 45 minute class session
Title: Understanding Major Ideas in We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History by Phillip Hoose
Theme: Young People in U.S. History
Duration: Two class periods
Title: Understanding the Civil War in Fields of Fury: The American Civil War by James M. McPherson
Theme: Civil War
Duration: Two class periods
Title: Using the POWER Listening Strategy to Learn about Freedom Rides in Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausum
Theme: Civil Rights Movement, Freedom Riders, Comprehending Non-Fiction Text
Duration: 1–3 class periods
Title: Using the POWER Listening Strategy to Learn about the History of the New York Colony from 1624–1776 in New York: The History of New York Colony, 1624–1776 by Roberta Wiener and James R. Arnold
Theme: History of the United States, Original 13 Colonies, POWER Listening Strategy, Reading and Understanding Nonfiction
Duration: 2–4 class periods including time to read the book
Title: Vice Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary by L. Edward Purcell
Theme: Historical Figures in United States History
Duration: 3-4 class periods, not including time to read book
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