
Curriculum Framework
6th Grade · Social Studies · US-DC-SS
1
6 lessons
19th-Century Immigration, Gender Roles, and Social Reform Movements
Evaluate the experiences of European and Asian immigrants, compare regional gender roles, and analyze the achievements and limitations of 19th-century reform movements.
2
9 lessons
African Societies, the Middle Passage, and Chattel Slavery
Analyze West African societies prior to capture, the horrors of the Middle Passage, the institutionalization of chattel slavery, and methods of resistance.
3
11 lessons
Creating the Constitution and Debating Federal Power
Analyze the structural weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the debates and compromises of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and core constitutional principles.
Public learning track
19th-Century Immigration, Gender Roles, and Social Reform Movements
Track 1 of 3 · 6 lessons
6 lessons
Goal
Evaluate the experiences of European and Asian immigrants, compare regional gender roles, and analyze the achievements and limitations of 19th-century reform movements.
6 lessons
0 of 6 done
- 1European Immigration: Push-Pull Factors and Nativist BacklashUp nextStart
- 2Asian Immigration: Gold Rush, Railroads, and Legal ResilienceNot started yetStart
- 3Gender Roles and Legal Status Across Regions and CommunitiesNot started yetStart
- 4The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of SentimentsNot started yetStart
- 5Religious and Moral Reform: The Second Great Awakening and TemperanceNot started yetStart
- 6Confines and Tensions Within Reform: Race, Class, and Gender DivisionsNot started yetStart
Public learning track
African Societies, the Middle Passage, and Chattel Slavery
Track 2 of 3 · 9 lessons
9 lessons
Goal
Analyze West African societies prior to capture, the horrors of the Middle Passage, the institutionalization of chattel slavery, and methods of resistance.
9 lessons
0 of 9 done
- 1African Cultural Origins of Enslaved People in AmericaUp nextStart
- 2West African Empires and Trade Networks: Ghana, Mali, and SonghaiNot started yetStart
- 3Capture, Inland Marches, and Coastal Slave FortressesNot started yetStart
- 4The Middle Passage: The Atlantic Voyage of Enslaved AfricansNot started yetStart
- 5Rebellion at Sea: Shipboard Insurrections and ResistanceNot started yetStart
- 6The Arrival, Auction Blocks, and the Definition of Chattel SlaveryNot started yetStart
- 7Cultural Resistance: Music, Religion, and Family Under SlaveryNot started yetStart
- 8Everyday Resistance and Escape: Maroon Communities and Stono RebellionNot started yetStart
- 9Analyzing Economic Data on African Labor in the ColoniesNot started yetStart
Public learning track
Creating the Constitution and Debating Federal Power
Track 3 of 3 · 11 lessons
11 lessons
Goal
Analyze the structural weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the debates and compromises of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and core constitutional principles.
11 lessons
0 of 11 done
- 1Strengths and Structural Weaknesses of the Articles of ConfederationUp nextStart
- 2Shays's Rebellion and the Call for a Constitutional ConventionNot started yetStart
- 3Key Architects at the Constitutional Convention of 1787Not started yetStart
- 4Large States vs. Small States: The Great Compromise and the SenateNot started yetStart
- 5The Electoral College Compromise: Executive Power and Distrust of VotersNot started yetStart
- 6Slavery in the Constitution: The Three-Fifths Clause and Slave Trade CompromiseNot started yetStart
- 7The Fugitive Slave Clause and the Reinforcement of Chattel BondageNot started yetStart
- 8Principles of the Constitution: Federalism, Checks, and Popular SovereigntyNot started yetStart
- 9Judicial Independence and the Structure of the Three BranchesNot started yetStart
- 10Federalists versus Anti-Federalists: Debating Republican Size and LibertyNot started yetStart
- 11Comparing Governance Systems: U.S. Constitution, Articles, Haudenosaunee, and BritainNot started yetStart