Integrating Technology in Sixth Grade


Creative Educator lesson plans can help you provide your sixth-grade students with an engaging and creative approach to content learning.

Students in 6th grade in an elementary school already feel mature and if they are sixth grade students in a middle school, they want to be adults. High-level technology projects done for a real purpose can engage them in the work necessary for content learning at this level.

Depending on your student's abilities, you may also want to explore fifth-grade and middle school lesson plans.

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Design a Book Cover

Design a Book Cover

Students create a new cover design for a book they are reading to demonstrate comprehension and explore character, plot, setting, symbolism, and conflict.

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Do Judge a Book by Its Cover

In this lesson, students build visual literacy and engage in close reading as they investigate the text and imagery on book covers to evaluate whether they are worth reading.

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Save from the Flames

In this lesson, students share why they would save a specific book from the "firemen" in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

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Interview a Book Character

In this lesson, students craft an interview with a character from a book they are reading to demonstrate comprehension.

Character Scrapbook

Character Scrapbook

Students will create a digital scrapbook that showcases the viewpoint of the main character.

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My Book

Students will create a mock social network page from the viewpoint of the protagonist or antagonist in a novel they are reading.

My Superhero

My Superhero

Students introduce a new hero to the world through an ID card and comic.

Create a Card Game

Create a Card Game

Students create a card game based on the storyline of a book they are reading.

Symbolism Bookmarks

Symbolism Bookmarks

Students gain an understanding of symbolism by studying a piece of literature or a poem and designing an informative bookmark.

Create a Visual Poem

Create a Visual Poem

Students will create a visual, or video, poem as they analyze the imagery in a text.

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Spectacular Sijo

In this lesson, students read and learn about the Korean form of sijo poetry and then write and illustrate their own sijo poems.

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Vocabulary Trading Cards

In this lesson, students create vocabulary trading cards that use images to help other students master the meaning of new words.

Lead Type

Publish a Digital Magazine

Students take the lead and design and create their own digital magazine.

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The ABC’s of …

In this lesson, students create an alphabet book to share knowledge and information they have learned, organizing their writing using the ABC’s.

Book trailers

Book Trailers

Students will develop a movie-style trailer for a book they have read.

Persuade with Emotional Appeals

Persuade with Emotional Appeals

Students will build persuasive skills and media literacy as they explore techniques of propaganda and develop commercials that persuade viewers.

Don’t Let the Earth Down

Don’t Let the Earth Down

Students will write persuasively on a conservation issue and create a public service announcement to promote their cause.

Infographics

Infographics

Students will create an infographic poster to share knowledge and data about an issue they are studying.

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Plan an Event

Students will plan for an event and create a proposal demonstrating how the event might look and how much it would cost.

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Healthier School Lunches

Students will learn about nutrition and create a sample menu for a week of healthy school lunches.

Fastballs, Free Throws and Physics

Fastballs, Free Throws and Physics

Students will create an animated video that showcases how physics concepts apply to their favorite sport.

Book trailers

Ancient Cultures News Broadcast

Students create a news broadcast while studying ancient civilizations.

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Pop-up Plaza Proposal

In this lesson, students craft a proposal for a pop-up plaza or parklet where community members can relax, reflect and connect.

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Historical Travel Brochure

In this lesson, students share their knowledge about a time and place in history by creating a promotional travel brochure that provides information and an itinerary for a visit.

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Tourism Trade Show

In this lesson, students develop materials to promote a specific region they are studying and make their pitch for a visit to this location at a tourism trade show.

Artifact Interviews

Artifact Interviews

Students will research a historical person or event and retell the story as an animated interview with an artifact from that time or place.

Video Biographies

Video Biographies

Students complete research on a historical figure and create a video biography of that person.

Everyday Heroes

Everyday Heroes

Create media resources that celebrate and promote the actions of a real world hero.

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

Students will create a daily newspaper edition to learn about the politics and culture of ancient Rome.

Historical Journal

Historical Journal

Students will create a historical journal from a fictional character's point of view.

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Postcards from the Past

In this lesson, students will create a collection of postcards that demonstrate how different people in the past may have viewed a single event or culture and analyze the range of perspectives in all class postcards to gain a deeper understanding of history.

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Set SMART goals

In this lesson, students set SMART goals for the coming school year, identifying action items they can complete to achieve them.

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Create a Vision Board

In this lesson, students create a vision board to turn their goals into words and images that represent what life will look and feel like when they reach them.

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Pop Art Montage

In this lesson, students explore the work of Andy Warhol and create their own pop art montage.

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Surreal Symmetry

In this lesson, students use symmetry to create bizarre creatures around a self-portrait and then write a poem about the image.

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Internet Safety Campaign

In this lesson, students create materials promoting Internet, or online, safety to raise awareness of this important issue at their school.

More sites to help you find success in your classroom

Wixie

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Wriddle

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