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Results: 255 results for Grades: 6 - 8

Grades: 6 - 8 (Continued)

Subject: Social Studies (Continued)

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
Title: We Are Americans: Voices of the Immigrant Experience by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Theme: Immigration
Duration: 2 class periods
Title: Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials by Marc Aronson
Theme: Examining Motive in the Salem Witch Trials
Duration: 2 class periods