Caregiver handoff · Grade 6
Wednesday · Week 35: Mongols, Plague & the End of the Medieval World
Black Death, 1347–1351
For the adult running today
You don't need any background to run this day. Each subject takes the time shown. Read the prompt aloud, do the activity together, and use the "done means" check to know when to move on. Skip anything that feels stuck — note it for the regular teacher.
Gather before you start
- Calculator (optional)
- Passage: Reading Passage: Mesopotamian Scribal Culture (with comprehension)
- Passage: Reading Passage: Democracy in Athens (with comprehension)
- Passage: Reading Passage: Ibn al-Haytham and the Science of Optics (with comprehension)
- Anchor text or passage handout
Today, in order
1. Math
≈ 45 min
Today's prompt: Percent population loss: data sets across European cities.
Say to the student: "Ask your child to teach you tonight's idea in 60 seconds: "Show me one example of percent population loss: data sets across European cities." Teaching it back is the fastest way to lock it in."
Done means: Student can explain how they got the answer, not just write it.
2. ELA
≈ 45 min
Today's prompt: Read a primary-source plague account; perspective (RI.6.6).
Say to the student: "Ask: "Who is the main character or speaker in what you read today, and what do they want?" Then have your child read aloud one favorite sentence from "Read a primary-source plague account"."
Done means: Student wrote at least 3 complete sentences with evidence from the text.
3. Science
≈ 30 min
Today's prompt: Disease as selection pressure on human populations.
Say to the student: "Ask: "What did you observe today, and what do you think it means?" Encourage your child to draw a labeled sketch of "Disease as selection pressure on human populations" on a sticky note."
Done means: Student recorded an observation and a question in the lab notebook.
4. Social Studies
≈ 30 min
Today's prompt: Plague along the trade routes; ⅓ of Europe's population dies.
Say to the student: "At home, ask: "Where on a map would you find what you studied today?" Have your child point it out and tell you one cause and one effect from "Plague along the trade routes"."
Done means: Student can name one cause and one effect from today's topic.
Note for the regular teacher