Sixth Grade

Study Guide

Our next history unit is China… who can make a brainstorming map of all the things we’re going to learn about Ancient China?
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Ancient India Study Guide:
•    Who was Ashoka? What did he do?
•    Who were the Aryans? What did they do?
•    What were some developments – literature, science, technology, etc. - during the Gupta Empire?
•    What are the five major elements of Hinduism? Explain each.
•    Who were are main gods/goddesses of Hinduism?
•    What are the major beliefs [...]

As a reminder, here are some of the items we discussed in class today…

Do not go overboard with the food you volunteered to bring.  One or two bites of your food item is PLENTY - keep in mind that each person’s plate will have 33 or 34 different food items on it!
All foods must be [...]

IF we have our Egyptian feast, here are some food choices for you to volunteer to bring:
lamb
duck
goose
beef
dates
grapes
onions
hummus
bread
grape juice and root beer
leeks
lettuce
pork
garlic
fish
pomegranate
radishes
figs
peas
cucumbers
corn
melon
apricots
honey date cake
Keep in mind that no one is going to want to eat plain garlic so if you volunteer for something like that, bring in a recipe that includes garlic.  (This applies to other [...]

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 Videos of Egypt

What should I study for Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia - geographical location in the world
How people moved from being hunters-gatherers to famers
How/why city-states developed
Civilizations that developed in Mesopotamia Sumer
Babylon
Assyria
Persia
Who ruled each of these civilizations? What did they do?
Kings and gods
Religion
Social classes
Inventions/Advances in Technology
Early forms of writing
Vocabulary from Ch. 3 in textbook
Main concepts from Ch. 3 in textbook