6th Grade Historical Literacy Units
Units created by Waterloo School District Intermediate Team
The first two weeks of workshop teach the skills to be successful in workshop.
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
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Units created by Waterloo School District Intermediate Team
The first two weeks of workshop teach the skills to be successful in workshop.
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
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Learning Domain: Language
Standard: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information.
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Learning Domain: Speaking and Listening
Standard: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grade 6 Language standards 1 and 3 on page 53 for specific expectations.)
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.(Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3up to and including grade 6 on page53.)
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources.
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Learning Domain: Writing
Standard: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Use multiple perspectives to analyze and explain issues or events within and across time periods, events, or cultures.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Use multiple perspectives to analyze and explain effects of issues or events within and across time periods, events, or cultures.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Explain patterns of continuity over time in the community, the state, the United States, and the world.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Explain patterns of change over time in the community, the state, the United States, and the world.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Analyze how the historical context influenced the process or nature of the continuity or change that took place.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Compare events from United States or world history to a current issue or event.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Apply historical perspectives to describe differing viewpoints of current events.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Hypothesize the direction of current events and outcomes based on the past.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Explain how the historical context (situation) influences a primary or secondary source.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Explain the significance of the intended audience of a primary or secondary source.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Explain the significance of the intended purpose of a specific primary or secondary source.
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Learning Domain: History
Standard: Explain how the POV of the author can influence the meaning of a primary or secondary source.
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