6th Grade Theme by Theme Resources for HMR

 

Theme 1 (Courage)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

United Streaming:

¯    Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement (clip on 1955: Rosa Parks, The Bus Boycott, MLK is Arrested: 1956: Bus Segregation Becomes Illegal)

 

Rosa Parks Bus; Pictures and information about Rosa Parks

http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/rosaparks/home.asp

 

Rosa Parks Pioneer of Civil Rights: Pictures and information about Rosa Parks

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1

 

Race to the Moon: Information about the Apollo 11 mission and the astronauts from Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/space/apollo11/index.htm

 

Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand: Read a biography of Gandhi (all text)

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761575565

 

Eleanor Roosevelt: Video clips, family tree, FBI files, and other information about Eleanor RooseveltÕs life and work from PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/

 

The Flight of Amelia Earhart: Read about Amelia Earhart from Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/earhart/

 

Selection 1:  Hatchet

 

Denali for Kids: Site for kids from PBS includes a Survival Skills link

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/denali/kids/

 

Selection 2:  Passage to Freedom

 

United Streaming:

¯    The Holocaust: In Memory of Millions (clips on Jewish Ghettos and Deportations, The Jewish Resistance Efforts, Attempts to Save the Jews from Genocide, etc.)

¯    Witness: Voices from the Holocaust (clips on Jewish Children in Hiding with Christian Families, The Witnesses, etc.)

 

World War II: Click on selected links from the Galleries section of this BBC site to hear from Veterans and children who survived the Holocaust

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/index.shtml

 

Chiune and Yukiko Sugihara: Pictures and information from the Jewish Virtual Library

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/sugihara.html

 

Concentration Camps: Site contains photos taken in 1996 of the camps and maps.  Click on Interactive Map (Birkenau 1996) and then the Latrines link and the MenÕs Barrack link to see two of the many images that clearly display conditions in the camp.

http://www.remember.org/camps/

 

Selection 3:  Climb or Die

 

United Streaming:

¯    Daily Planet: Scientific Cliffhangers (section on Indoor Rock Climbing on a Monster Scale)

¯    Survival! The Shackleton Story

 

The Endurance: Photography of Sir Ernest ShackletonÕs expedition by Frank Hurley

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/endurance/

 

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton: Learn about the expedition

http://indigo.ie/~jshack/ernest.html

 

I Was the First to Conquer Everest: Photos, information and an interview with Sir Edmund Hillary from Scholastic

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hillary/index.htm

 

Everest50: Click on the Virtual Climb link or the 360 Degree View From Summit link

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/everest/index.html

 

Selection 4:  The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

 

No suggested online resources

 

 

Theme 2 (What Ever Happened?)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

Cybersleuth Kids: Links to sites about unsolved mysteries that might be of interest to students. Teachers could begin a discussion with class by sharing the list from the site and talking about which ones they know something about already. If possible small groups of students could choose an unsolved mystery to learn more about and then share findings with the class by the end of the theme.

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Unsolved_Mysteries/

 

Selection 1: Amelia Earhart: First Lady of Flight

 

United Streaming:

¯    The SkyÕs the Limit: Women Overcoming the Odds (clip on Amelia Earhart)

 

The Official Site of Amelia Earhart: Includes quotes and photos that teachers could share with the class

http://www.ameliaearhart.com/

 

The Flight of Amelia Earhart: Read about Amelia Earhart on a site from Scholastic that includes an illustrated timeline that teachers could share with the class

http://teacher.scholastic.com/earhart/

 

The Earhart Project: This site includes myths and theories of her disappearance, photos, and footage of her final take-off. Teachers could share this site as an example of what happens when people donÕt really know what has happened (in other words, how do you know when to believe what you read?).

http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html

 

Social Studies Link: Barnstorming Bessie Coleman

 

United Streaming:

¯    The SkyÕs the Limit: Women Overcoming the Odds (clips on Bessie Coleman and Lola Brown or on Barnstorming)

 

Bessie Coleman (1892-1926): ColemanÕs biography from PBS Fly Girls site includes lots of text that could be printed and shared to further understanding of the selection

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX02.html

 

Other female pilots and barnstormers:  if time permits and if students want to know more about other female pilots of the time they could look at these sites

 

Jackie Cochran (1906-1980): CochranÕs biography from PBS Fly Girls site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX01.html

 

Nancy Harkness Love (1914-1976): LoveÕs biography from PBS Fly Girls site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX03.html

 

Harriet Quimby (1875-1912): QuimbyÕs biography from PBS Fly Girls site

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html

 

Amy Johnson (1903-1941): JohnsonÕs biography from PBS Fly Girls

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/peopleevents/pandeAMEX04.html

 

Selection 2: The Girl Who Married the Moon

 

Alaska Native Heritage Center: This site is mostly text but includes a live web cam and recorded video (Windows Media Player). Teachers can share web cam or recorded video with class.

http://www.alaskanative.net/37.asp

 

Selection 3: Dinosaur Ghosts

 

United Streaming:

¯    When Dinosaurs Roamed America (clip Dinosaur Profile: Coelophysis)

 

Dino Fact File: Coelophysis: Site contains images, a video clip and information about coelophysis and Ghost Ranch. Teachers can download the narrated animation clip. It will open and play in Real Player.

http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/fact_files/dried/coelophysis.htm

 

DinoBuzz: What Killed the Dinosaurs? Article from the University of California Museum of Paleontology is challenging reading but could provide background for teachers or be of interest to Challenge students.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/extinction.html

 

Dinosaur Cannibal? Ð Mystery in New Mexico: National Geographic article about coelophysis and Ghost Ranch that could be printed and shared with class.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1219_021219_dinocannibal.html

 

Desert Dinosaur Hunting Sites: Listing of sites in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah where dinosaur fossils have been hunted that might be of interest.

http://www.desertusa.com/mag03/Jan/dinosites.html

 

Additional resources related to lost people and archaeology:

 

Search for the Lost Cave People: Site from PBS with video clips, pictures and information about a group of archaeologists and their discovery in Mexico.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/laventa/

 

Lost City of Arabia: Site from PBS with interviews, pictures and information about archaeological discoveries in Saudi Arabia.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ubar/

 

Lost King of the Maya: Site from PBS with video clips, maps, pictures and information about archaeological discoveries in northern Honduras.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/

 

Secrets of the Lost Empires; Easter Island: Site from PBS where you can virtually Move the Moai and learn about the secrets of Easter Island.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/easter/

 

The Beast of Loch Ness: Site from PBS where students can hear eye-witness accounts from people who say they saw the Loch Ness monster and see an animation of sonar.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/

 

Easter Island: Site with links to the story, the island tour and controversies.  It includes many pictures.

http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/index.html

 

Welcome to the Legend of Nessie: Another instance of a site that teachers could use to show students that everything they read isnÕt necessarily true.

http://www.nessie.co.uk/

 

 

Theme 3 (Growing Up)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood: Collection of photos from the Library of Congress portraying the stages of childhood.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/young/young-exhibit.html

 

IÕm Growing Up --- But Am I Normal?: Information about variations in growth patterns to help kids understand the process of growing up.

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grow/body_stuff/growing_up_normal.html

 

Selection 1:  Where the Red Fern Grows

 

United Streaming:

¯    The Great Depression (clips on Poverty and Unemployment, Dust Bowl, etc.)

¯    The Tarnished Dream: 1929-1931 (clips on Quality of Life Deteriorates Across the Country While Families Fall Apart, Farms Fail, etc.)

 

The Great Depression Background: Site contains audio files, video, photographs, posters and links to many other resources about the Depression era.

http://www.thinkbright.wned.org/teachers/viewResource.asp?ContentID=4121

 

Selection 2:  Last Summer with Maizon

 

No suggested online resources

 

Selection 3:  The Challenge

 

No suggested online resources

 

Selection 4:  The View from Saturday

 

No suggested online resources

 

 

Theme 4 (Discovering Ancient Cultures)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

United Streaming:

¯    World History: Pre-History

¯    World History: Ancient Civilizations

¯    Ancient Civilizations: The Beginning Is The End (clips on Starting with the Ruins: Evidence of Ancient Civilizations, How and Why Did Civilizations Begin?, Factors that Contribute to the Formation of Civilizations, etc.)

¯    Ancient Civilizations: The End Is The Beginning (clips on The Fragility of Civilizations, The Demise of Ancient Civilizations, Why Do Civilizations End?)

 

Ancient Egypt Timeline: Illustrated timeline of the history of ancient Egypt from the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/timeline.shtml

 

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Links to information about all aspects of daily life in ancient Egypt.

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/dailylife.html

 

Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh: Biography of Cleopatra

http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/alexandria/history/cleo.html

 

The Ancient Greek World: Information about ancient Greece and a virtual tour of the gallery at the University of Pennsylvania.

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

 

Selection 1:  The Last Temple of Aztecs

 

United Streaming:

¯    Ancient Americans: The Mayas and Aztecs

 

Conquistadors: Site from PBS provides information, maps and images about the Aztec Empire and Cortes as well as the Inca Empire and Pizarro. Teachers and students may want to click on the Online Learning Adventure link to see a timeline, watch a video clip or read about the ancient empires.

http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/

 

The History of Mesoamerica: Information for kids about past rulers of Mexico and the conquistadors.

http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/history/html/conquista/home.html

 

Selection 2:  The Great Wall

 

United Streaming:
¯    China: From Past to Present: The Silk Road, the Great Wall, Changes in Government (clip on The First Emperor and the Great Wall of China)

 

The Great Wall A Virtual Tour: Virtual tour contains information, maps and images of the Great Wall.

http://www.chinavista.com/travel/greatwall/greatwall.html

 

Selection 3:  The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay

 

Mali: Ancient Crossroads of Africa: click on the History link to for information about Ghana, Mali and Songhai as well as an historical time line.

http://mali.pwnet.org/

 

Why Do Civilizations Fall? Mali and Songhai: the rise and fall of Mali and Songhai is described in this site from Annenberg.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mali.html

 

 

Theme 5 (Doers and Dreamers)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

Setting Goals: article about setting goals (all text)

http://www.wholefitness.com/setgoals.html

 

Selection 1:  A Kind of Grace

 

Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Joyner-KerseeÕs biography from the Gale Group (all text)

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/joyner_j.htm

 

Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Information and pictures of Joyner-Kersee from Sports Illustrated

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/goodwillgames/1998/athletics/kerseegallery/

 

Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Article about Joyner-Kersee from SacBee.com

http://www.sacbee.com/static/archive/news/projects/people_of_century/sports/kersee.html

 

Selection 2:  Under the Royal Palms

 

No suggested online resources

 

Selection 3:  Chuck Close, Up Close

 

NGA Kids: Students may search the National Gallery of Art KidsÕ site for information about famous artists such as Hans Hallerin, Gilbert Stuart, Pablo Picasso and Chuck Close.  To search the CollectionÕs database, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the Search the Collection link (directly under Homework?).

http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm

 

 

Theme 6 (New Frontiers: Oceans and Space)

 

Launching the Theme:

 

United Streaming:

¯    Earth Science: Space Exploration (clip on A Brief History of Space Exploration)

 

Selection 1:  The Adventures of Sojourner:  The Mission to Mars That Thrilled the World

 

United Streaming:

¯    Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner Rover

 

Mars Pathfinder: Pictures and information about the mission before it took place

http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/index0.html

 

Mars Pathfinder: Pictures and information gathered from the mission

http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/index1.html

 

Selection 2:  Franklin R. Chang-Diaz

 

United Streaming:

¯    Pilots and Astronauts

 

Selection and Training of Astronauts: Text-only site from NASA that contains interesting information to share with students about the selection and training of astronauts.

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/training.html

 

Space Station: Astronaut Training: Pictures and information from PBS about training for the crew of the International Space Station.

http://www.pbs.org/spacestation/station/training.htm

 

Selection 3:  Beneath Blue Waters

 

United Streaming:

¯    Our Wondrous Oceans: Oceans, The Cradle of Life (clip on The History of Ocean Exploration: Oceanography)

 

Dive and Discover: Expeditions to the Sea Floor: Exploration information from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/

 

Oceanography Ð And Your Career: Information about oceanography careers from the Navy (all text)

http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil/PAO/Educate/career-o.htm

 

Blue Frontier Oceans for Life: Click on the Explorer link to hear a greeting from Sylvia Earle (audio requires Real Media Player) and read information about her explorations.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seas/

 

Selection 4:  Out There

 

Blue Frontier Oceans for Life: Click on the Explorer link to hear a greeting from Sylvia Earle (audio requires Real Media Player) and read information about her explorations.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/seas/

 

Sylvia Earle, Ph.D.: Profile, biography and interview with Sylvia Earle

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/ear0pro-1?rand=1925