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Core Knowledge Content
Literature –
III. Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama
State Standards
List those state standards that align to the subjectspecific guidelines.
E. Autobiography
• Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
History/Geography –
V. World War II
A. THE RISE OF TOTALITARIANISM IN
EUROPE
• Italy
Mussolini establishes fascism
Attack on Ethiopia
• Germany
Weimar Republic, economic repercussions of WWI
Adolf Hitler and the rise of Nazi totalitarianism: cult of
the Führer (“leader”),
Mein Kampf
Nazism and the ideology of fascism, in contrast to
communism and democracy
Racial doctrines of the Nazis: anti-Semitism, the
concept of Lebensraum (literally, “living space”) for
the “master race,” Kristallnacht
The Third Reich before the War: Gestapo, mass
propaganda, book burning
• The Soviet Union
Communist totalitarianism: Josef Stalin, “Socialism in
one country”
Collectivization of agriculture
Five-year plans for industrialization
The Great Purge
• Spanish Civil War
Franco, International Brigade, Guernica
B. WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE AND AT HOME,
1939–45
• Hitler defies Versailles Treaty: reoccupation of
Rhineland, Anschluss, annexation of Austria
• Appeasement: Munich Agreement, “peace in our time”
• Soviet-Nazi Nonaggression Pact
• Blitzkrieg: invasion of Poland, fall of France, Dunkirk
• Battle of Britain: Winston Churchill, “nothing to offer
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but blood, toil, tears, and sweat”
• The Home Front in America
American Lend-Lease supplies, Atlantic Charter
America First movement
U.S. mobilization for war: desegregation of defense
industries, “Rosie the Riveter,” rationing, war bonds
America races Germany to develop the atomic bomb:
the Manhattan Project
• Hitler invades Soviet Union: battles of Leningrad and
Stalingrad
• The Holocaust: “Final Solution,” concentration
camps (Dachau, Auschwitz)
• North Africa Campaign: El Alamein
• D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy, General Dwight
Eisenhower
• Battle of the Bulge, bombing of Dresden
• Yalta Conference
• Surrender of Germany, Soviet Army takes Berlin
C. WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC, AND THE
END OF THE WAR
• Historical background: Japan’s rise to power
Geography of Japan (review all topics from grade 5)
Sea of Japan and Korea Strait
High population density, very limited farmland, heavy
reliance on imported raw
materials and food
End of Japanese isolation, Commodore Matthew Perry
Meiji Restoration: end of feudal Japan,
industrialization and modernization
Japanese imperialism: occupation of Korea, invasion
of Manchuria, Rape of Nanking
Japanese-Soviet neutrality treaty
• Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941: “A day that will live in
infamy.”
• Internment of Japanese-Americans
• Fall of the Philippines: Bataan Death March, General
Douglas MacArthur, “I shall return.”
• Battle of Midway
• Island amphibious landings: Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima
• Surrender of Japan
Atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the
Enola Gay
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U.S. dictates pacifist constitution for Japan, Emperor
Hirohito
• Potsdam Conference, Nuremberg war crimes trials
• Creation of United Nations: Security Council,
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Language Arts
Core Knowledge
CCSS ELA
I. Writing, Grammar, and Usage
A. Writing and Research
W6.1 1. Write arguments to support claims with clear
reasons and relevant evidence.
Write nonfiction essays that describe, narrate,
persuade, and compare and contrast.
b. Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant
evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating
an understanding of the topic or text.
Write a research essay with attention to summarizing,
paraphrasing, and quoting accurately when taking
notes
B. Speaking and Listening
Participate civilly and productively in group
discussions.
Demonstrate an ability to use standard pronunciation
when speaking to large groups and in formal
circumstances
C. Grammar
Parts of the Sentence
Subject and verb
Find complete subject and complete predicate.
Identify simple subject and simple verb (after
eliminating prepositional phrases): in statements, in
questions, in commands (you understood), with there
and here.
Parts of the Sentence
Identify noun of direct address
Parts of the Sentence
Identify subject and verb agreement with compound
subjects.
Identify subject and verb agreement with compound
subjects joined by or.
Identify subject and verb agreement with indefinite
pronouns.
II. Poetry
B. Elements of Poetry
Review: rhyme scheme, free verse
Review forms of poetry
B. Elements of Poetry
Stanzas and refrains
III. Fiction, Nonfiction, and Drama
G. Literary Terms
Foreshadowing
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c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the
relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
W6.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine
a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information
through the selection, organization, and analysis of
relevant content.
b. Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions,
concrete details, quotations, or other information and
examples.
SL6.1 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.
a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or
studied required material; explicitly draw on that
preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text,
or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under
discussion.
b. Follow rules for collegial discussions, set specific
goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as
needed.
SL6.4 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.
L6.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
e. Recognize variations from standard English in their
own and others’ writing and speaking, and identify
and use strategies to improve expression in
conventional language.
RL6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases
as they are used in the text, including figurative and
connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact
of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g.,
how the language evokes a sense of time and place;
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how it sets a formal or informal tone).
RI6.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose
in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
Prior Knowledge
What Students Will Learn In Future Grades
Grade 1
Grade 8
II. Early World Civilizations
II. The Cold War
C. History of World Religions
A. Origins of the Cold War
Grade 2
III. Modern Japanese Civilization
Grade 5
VI. Russia: Early Growth and Expansion
VII. Feudal Japan
Grade 6
II. Lasting Ideas from Ancient Civilizations
A. Judaism and Christianity
Grade 7
II. World War I: “The Great War,” 1914–1918
A. History
B. Geography of Western and Central Europe
III. The Russian Revolution
Cross-Curricular Links
English
•
Visual Arts
The Charge of the Light Brigade (Tennyson)
•
Paul Klee- Struck from the list
Foreign Phrases Commonly Used in English:
•
Requiescat in pace, R I P –may he or she rest in
peace
•
In extremis- in extreme circumstances, especially at
the point of death
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Sub rosa- secretly
Domain Vocabulary
Führer
Gestapo
Holocaust
modernization
fascism
propaganda
concentration camps
Imperialism
Nazis
annexation
D-Day
occupation invasion
anti-Semitism
Nonaggression Pact
internment
Atom bombs
Lebensraum
Blitzkrieg
invasion
pacifist
Third Reich
mobilization
isolation
United Nations
Allied powers
Manhattan Project
industrialization
Declaration of Human
Rights
Axis Powers
Instructional UNITS (optional)
Literature
History /
Geography
Science
WWII through the
Eyes of Anne Frank
Literature
Literature
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Visual Arts
Music
Literature
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