6th+Grade+Unit+Resources

=** Unit 1 - I Won't Grow Up **=
 * Peter Pan - Chapter 1 - [[file:Peter Pan Intro.pdf|Introduction to Peter Pan]]
 * YouTube Video of Disney's Peter Pan - [|Introduction to Peter Pan] (7:00 minutes long)
 * [[file:I Won't Grow Up Lyrics.docx|Lyrics to "I Won't Grow Up]]" from the musical //Peter Pan//
 * YouTube Recording of [|"I Won't Grow Up]" from the musical //Peter Pan//
 * Peter and the Starcatchers - [[file:Peter and the Starcatchers Ch 1.pdf|Chapter 1]]
 * USA Today Article - [|Peter Pan's Early Years] - A Review of //Peter and the Starcatchers//
 * USA Today Article - [|Timeline of Peter Pan]
 * Poem: [|Past, Present and Future] by Emily Bronte
 * Poem: [|A Birthday] by Christina Rossetti

=**Unit 2 - Folklore: A Blast From the Past**=


 * Websites**

[|Just So Stories Online Text] [|The Iliad for Boys and Girls] [|Folktexts: Library of Folk Tales] University of Pittsburgh’s Japanese Folktales Website: [] Scholastics’ Folktale Writer’s Workshop: [] ||
 * [|Cinderella Tales]
 * [|Fisherman and His Wife Tales]
 * PBS’ Swahili Folktales Website: []


 * Books**
 * * __Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale __ by Robert D. San Souci, Brian Pinkney, and Jane Yolen
 * __American Tall Tales __ by Mary Pope Osborne and Michael McCurdy
 * __D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths __ by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
 * __Favorite Folktales from Around the World __ by Jane Yolen
 * __Golden Tales: Myths, Legends, and Folktales from Latin America __
 * __Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths __ by Bernard Evslin
 * __The Adventures of Ulysses __ by Bernard Evslin
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Roman Myths __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">by Geraldine McCaughrean and Emma Chichester Clark
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> by Arthur Ransome
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Pig Scrolls __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> by Paul Shipton.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Book 1 __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> by Rick Riordan
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ithaka __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">by Adele Geras
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wabi: A Hero’s Tale __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">by Joseph Bruchac.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Extraordinary Adventure of Alfred Kropp __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">by Richard Yancey.
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">by Margaret Eleanor Atwood
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Wanderings of Odysseus: The Story of the Odyssey __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">by Rosemary Sutcliff
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Maniac Magee __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> by Jerry Spinelli
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tikta’Liktak: An Inuit-Eskimo Legend __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> by James A. Houston
 * __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Women Warriors: Myths and Legends of Heroic Women __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">by Marianna Mayer and Heller Julek ||


 * Poems**


 * Non-Fiction**


 * Power Point Resources**


 * Videos**
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[[file:///C:/Users/rhonda_kaye/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.Outlook/32DWI2NX/Macintosh%20HD:/%C2%A5%09http/--www.youtube.com-watch%3fv=HGglKPqG16s|John Henry]]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Pecos Bill]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Paul Bunyan]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Anansi Tries to Steal All the Wisdom in the World]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Anansi and the Sky Kingdom]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Anansi Goes to Lunch]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Anansi and Turtle go to Dinner]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Anansi and the Tug’o War]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Why Anansi Has Eight Legs] ||

=Unit 3 -Embracing Heritage=

Dragonwings Resources
(from Stephanie Ross, Durham School of the Arts) Photos:
 * [[file:LittleTroubles.jpg|Little Troubles]]
 * [[file:Harvest.jpg|Harvest]]
 * [[file:Chinaman.jpg|Chinamen]]
 * [[file:Waiting.jpg|Waiting]]

(from Jenny Duvall, Lowe's Grove Middle) Picturing America: []

Graphic organizers: []

The New Americans: []

"Coming to America": []

On Gold Mountain: []

San Fran earthquake: []

Family Interview: []

Melting Pot vs. Cultural Mosaic: []

Plot Diagram: []

Character Charts: []

Immigration Activity: []

Ellis Island: []

Asian Pacific American Heritage: []

San Fran earthquake: []