6th Grade Social Studies
Civil Rights Project
Databases:
American History Investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution, from the explorers of the Americas to today's headlines.
American History Online Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
African-American History Online Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history.
American History Online Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
African-American History Online Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history.
Books:
Immigration Project
Research Process
Research Questions
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3) Life in the tenements
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4) Work conditions and discrimination
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5) Leisure time
Resources
Databases Immigration 1870-1900 The Immigrant Neighborhood An Amazing Journey Websites Immigrants, Cities, and Disease |
Skimming and Scanning
skimming-reading quickly to get the main idea of the text
Read the title, subheads, first paragraph and first sentence of each paragraph. scanning-rapidly viewing the text in search of key terms, phrases, or information Scanning on the web:
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