Sixth Grade books for Ancient Civilization Social Studies Curriculum:
By Linda Campillo – Lane Middle School
Harcourt Brace (Steck-Vaughn- lower reading levels):
Technology in the Time of Ancient Egypt by Judith Crosher
Digging up the Past: Troy and Knossos by Peter Hicks
The Ancient Chinese by Julia Waterlow
The Maya by Peter Chrisp
Country Insights: Mexico by Edward Parker
Other library books:
The First Civilizations by Giovanni Caselli, History or Everyday Things series
(really good)
Album of Prehistoric Man by Tom McGowan
Silver Burdett Picture Histories: Prehistoric Times by Louis-Rene Nougier
Old World Civilizations: The Rise of Cities and States, edited by Goran Burenhult (American
Museum of Natural History)
Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries: Ancient Civilizations pub. By Dorling Kindersley
Eyewitness Books – Early Humans pub. By Knopf
The Making of the Past: Man Before History by John Waechter pub. By Phaidon Press
Capstone Press also has a Graphic History series, but the only one I found that fits with sixth-grade curriculum is:
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb by Michael Burgan
Perhaps- Lords of the Sea: The Vikings Explore the North Atlantic by Allison Lassieur (7th grade?)
And – The Adventures of Marco Polo by Roger Smalley (7th grade?)