SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE 6
Geography History Citizenship and Government
Economics Culture Themes for World History
Knowledge
1. Uses cardinal and intermediate directions on a compass rose
2. Identifies the globe as a model of the earth
3. Locates water and land areas on map and globe
4. Identifies North and South Poles on globe
5. Uses grids and scale to locate sites and measure distance on map or globe
6. Recognizes traditional symbols on legends, maps, and globes that represent land and water
7. Reads legends to determine what symbols represent
8. Locates and knows the names of continents, oceans and large islands on map and globe
9. Locates prime meridian and equator on globe
10. Interprets charts and graphs
11. Locates areas of study including countries, capitals, and national borders on map and globe
12. Traces routes on maps
13, Uses scale to calculate distance on maps
14. Makes picture graphs, bar graphs and tables
15. Locates Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres on a map and globe
16. Locates latitude and longitude on a map and globe
17. Uses a variety of resources such as atlas, relief map, contour map, highway map and tourist map
18. Demonstrates knowledge of different map projections
Concepts
1. Interprets interaction of climate and landforms
2. Describes interactions of selected cultures, past and present, with their physical environments
3. Identifies and compares geographic regions of the world
4. Describes population patterns of the world
5. Distinguishes between city, state, country, and continent
Knowledge
1. Exhibits knowledge of major world cultures of the past and present
2. Identifies contributions of various cultures, past and present, to world civilization
3. Researches significant Catholic/non-Catholic individuals and their contributions to world history
4. Identifies significant Catholic /non-Catholic contemporary figures
5. Demonstrates knowledge of major events in world history
6. Describes cause and effect of historical events or actions
7. Recognizes the important terms useful in interpreting history
8. Identifies documents and speeches significant in history
9. Cites examples of the scientific and technological contributions of selected world cultures, past and present
Concepts
1. Distinguishes between primary and secondary sources
2. Recognizes the value of oral history
3. Locates and gathers information
4. Distinguishes fact from fiction and fact from opinion
5. Arranges historical data and information in sequence
6. Recognizes the influence of the media
7. Develops computer-related research skills
8. Determines viewpoint and bias
9. Makes and interprets time lines
10. Demonstrates ability to interpret political cartoons
Knowledge
1. Understands the role of government in regulating competition
2. Analyzes how government resolves conflict through compromise
3. Demonstrates knowledge of the various forms of government in selected world cultures, past and present
4. Tracks the ability of government to pass laws and enforce them
5. Discusses the role of government to defend its citizens
Concepts
1. Recognizes an individual's right to have differing opinions
2. Evaluates the importance of following an informed conscience in making political decisions
3. Analyzes the importance of ethical and moral conduct in politics
4. Understands the majority should respect minority rights
5. Considers the common good in making political decisions
6. Appraises the importance of citizen participation in government
7. Concludes that an individual's freedoms should not infringe on the rights of others
8. Applies Christ's teachings on human rights and social justice
Knowledge
1. Cites examples of economic interdependence in the world
2. Demonstrates knowledge of the ways government regulates trade
3. Understands the role of government to collect taxes and to finance the government
Concepts
1. Identifies food, clothing and shelter as basic needs
2. Understands that families must work to satisfy basic needs
3. Cites examples of the use of money and its substitutes as mediums of exchange
4. Identifies examples of the factors of production (land, labor, capital)
5. Analyzes the role of banks in the economy and the services they provide
6. Interprets the interdependence of the world economy
7. Charts the economic interdependence between individuals, groups, and nations
8. Concludes that specialization makes people interdependent
9. Compares the responsibilities and rights of employers and employees
10. Recognizes the importance of a just wage
11. Understands the effect of location of industry on urbanization and economic growth
12. Evaluates the importance of agriculture and natural resources to the economy
13. Describes and compares various economic systems
14. Defines important terms useful in understanding economics
15. Explains the economic importance of various regions of the world
Knowledge
1. Describes how customs, traditions, folkways, religious beliefs, and celebrations differ among cultures
2. Recognizes the diversity of world cultures related to art, music, literature, dance, and architecture
3. Identifies the cultural contributions of selected world cultures, past and present
Concepts
1. Recognizes the value of a multi-cultural and multi-cultural society
2. Appraises how arts enrich a culture
3. Develops awareness of how a culture is changed through interaction with another culture
4. Researches the origins of languages and their development
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These are the units of study for sixth grade world history:
I. Ancient Civilizations
A Mesopotamia
B. Egypt
C. Greece
D. Rome
E. China/ Japan
F. India
II. The Middle Ages
III. The Renaissance
IV. The Age of Nationalism
A. The French Revolution/Napoleon
B. Italian Unification
C. German Unification
V. World War I/Russian Revolution
VI. World War II
VII. Africa & Oceania—Past and Present
VIII. The Americas
Sub-topics that should be covered in each unit:
1. Historical People
2. Important Events
3. Important Terms to Know
4. Famous Documents and Speeches
5. Geography
6. The Arts
7. Government
8. Science and Technology
9. Religion
10. Current World Leaders
A plan for a unit using the sub-topics follows:
UNIT PLAN—MESOPOTAMIA
1. People
Sumerians
Sargon Akkad
Hammurabi
Assyrians
Babylonians
Persians
2. Events
Development of agriculture
Growth of cities
Invention of Writing
The writing of laws
Establishment of empires
Persian conquest of Mesopotamia
Iraq/Iran conflict
Gulf War
3. Terms
nomads
oasis
agriculture
domesticate
ziggurat
cuneiform
surplus
scribe
division of labor
city state
nobles, commoners, slaves
empire
conqueror
4. Document
The Code of Hammurabi
5. Places
Fertile Crescent
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Sumer
Assyria
Akkad
Babylonia
Palestine
Persia
6. Art
pottery
stone carvings (Assyrians)
7. Government
king/nobility
8. Technology/Science
wheel/wheeled cart
canals
irrigation
boats
bricks
9. Religion
polytheism
ziggurat
10. Current World Leaders
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