Overview

6th Grade Social Studies - Ancient Greece.

This unit is something I created for the 6th grade teachers. We used it last year in the beginning for 2nd quarter. I taught this unit last year to 25 students - 13 boys and 12 girls. I had two students with IEP's. This year, I am the computer lab teacher.

This unit is all online each consisting of 5 45-60 minute lessons. I had the students work with a partner but this can be done individually- it all depends on how the teacher feels this unit can be used successfully in his/her classroom. There is no particular order - again it is the teacher's choice. What worked for me is that we just went down the menu from top to bottom.

During the lesson, I would go around and ask questions, give feedback and clarify any misconceptions. After the lesson, we would have a class discussion, review and close the lesson. Laptops, high speed internet, a printer, wikispaces.com and quia.com are utilized in this unit. The interactive graphic organizers are things we did in the 1st quarter so the students are familiar with them. Since this unit is done in the 2nd quarter, students are comfortable or have been exposed with the use of the interactive graphic organizers.