Curriculum / Social Studies

6th Grade
Social Studies Curriculum Overview

Unit 1: Geography
What will students understand as a result of this unit?
Geography impacts the development of civilizations.
There is an interaction between people and the environment
What “essential” and “unit” questions will focus this unit?
How does culture provide an identity that influences how we view the world, make decisions, and seek
solutions to problems?
How do prior civilizations contribute the cultural elements of religion, art, music, architecture, science,
Mathematics, traditions, beliefs, and language to the modern world.
Do technological developments trigger turning points in history?.
Does the past impact the present and inform the future?
How do human beings and the environment interact?
Standards:
SS.3.1, SS.3.2
RH.6.4, RH.6.7
WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.6
SL.6.1, SL.6.2
L.6.4
Unit 2: River Valley Civilizations
What will students understand as a result of this unit?
Technological developments trigger turning points in history
Geography impacts the development of civilizations.
Studying the past helps us to understand our present and make decisions about our future
People develop different solutions for similar needs, challenges and desires
Human beings adapt to and interact with the people and the world around them
What “essential” and “unit” questions will focus this unit?
How does culture provides an identity that influences how we view the world, make decisions, and seek
solutions to problems?
How do prior civilizations contribute the cultural elements of religion, art, music, architecture, science,
mathematics, traditions, beliefs, and language to the modern world.
Do technological developments trigger turning points in history?.
Does the past impact the present and inform the future?
How do human beings and the environment interact?
Standards:
SS.2.1, SS.2.3, SS.3.1, SS.3.2
RH.6.1, RH.6.2, RH.6.4, RH.6.7,
RL.6.2
WHST.6-8.1, WHST.6-8.2, WHST 6-8.6, WHST.6-8.4, WHST 6-8.9, WHST.6-8.10
SL.6.1, SL.6.2, SL.6.4
L.6.4
Unit 3: Classical Civilizations
What will students understand as a result of this unit?
Geography impacts the development of civilizations
There is an interaction between people and the environment
Prior civilizations have contributed the cultural elements of religion, art, music, architecture, science
and mathematics, tradition, beliefs, and language to the modern world.
People develop different solutions for similar needs, challenges, and desires
There is an interaction between people and their environment
How are cultures affected by the exchange of ideas and innovations?
Assessing and interpreting evidence is essential to understanding and learning
What “essential” and “unit” questions will focus this unit?
How does culture provides an identity that influences how we view the world, make decisions, and seek
solutions to problems?
How do prior civilizations contribute the cultural elements of religion, art, music, architecture, science,
mathematics, traditions, beliefs, and language to the modern world.
Do technological developments trigger turning points in history?.
Does the past impact the present and inform the future?
How do human beings and the environment interact?
Standards
SS.2.1, SS.2.3, SS.3.1, SS.3.2, SS.4.1, SS.5.1
RH. 6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.4, RH.6-8.7, RH.6-8.9
RL.6.2
WHST.6.1, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4.a, WHST.6-8.7, WHST. 6-8.9, WHST.6-8.10,
SL.6.1, SL.6.2, SL.6.4. SL.6.5
L.6.4, L.6.4b, L.6.6
Unit 4: The Middle Ages
What will students understand as a result of this unit?
Prior civilizations have contributed the cultural elements of religion, art, music, architecture, science
and mathematics, traditions, beliefs, and language to the modern world.
People develop different solutions for similar needs, challenges, and desires.
Human beings adapt to and interact with the people and the world around them.
Accessing and interpreting evidence is essential to understanding and learning.
Studying the past helps us to understand our present and make decisions about our future.
Culture provides an identity that influences how we view the world, make decisions, and seek solutions
to problems.
What “essential” and “unit” questions will focus this unit?
How does culture provides an identity that influences how we view the world, make decisions, and seek
solutions to problems?
How do prior civilizations contribute the cultural elements of religion, art, music, architecture, science,
mathematics, traditions, beliefs, and language to the modern world.
Do technological developments trigger turning points in history?.
Does the past impact the present and inform the future?
How do human beings and the environment interact
Standards:
SS.2.1, SS.2.2, SS.2.3, SS.2.4, SS.4.1, SS.5.1
RH.6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.3, RH. 6-8.6, RH.6-8.7
RL.6.2, RL.6.6a, RL.6.11
WHST.6-8.1, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.5, WHST.6-8.6, WHST.6-8.7
SL.6.1,
L.6.4, L.6.4b, L.6.6
Unit 5: Emergence of the Modern World
What will students understand as a result of this unit?
Culture provides an identity that influences how we view the world, make decisions, and seek solutions
to problems.
Prior civilizations have contributed the cultural elements of religion, art, music, architecture, science,
mathematics, traditions, beliefs, and language to the modern world.
Technological developments trigger turning points in history.
The modern world emerged because of a powerful combination of events and advances in humanism,
economy/trade, politics/government and technology (inventions and science).
What “essential” and “unit” questions will focus this unit?
How does culture provides an identity that influences how we view the world, make decisions, and seek
solutions to problems?
How do prior civilizations contribute the cultural elements of religion, art, music, architecture, science,
mathematics, traditions, beliefs, and language to the modern world.
Do technological developments trigger turning points in history?
Does the past impact the present and inform the future?
How do human beings and the environment interact?
Standards
SS.2.2
SS.2.3
SS.3.1
SS 3.2
RI.6.3
RH.6-8.1
RH.6-8.3
RH.6-8.4
RH.6-8.5
RH.6-8.6
RH.6-8.7
RH.6-8.8
WHST.6-8
WHST.6-8.4
WHST.6-8.7
WHST.6-8.8
SL.6.4
Unit 6: Contemporary Issues in the Eastern Hemisphere
What will students understand as a result of this unit?
Culture provides an identity that influences how we view the world, make decisions, and seek solutions
to problems
The past impacts the present and informs the future
Studying the past helps us to understand our present and make decisions about our future.
Accessing and interpreting evidence is essential to understanding and learning.
Human beings adapt to and interact with the people and the world around them.
Hunger is a chronic and persistent world-wide problem.
People develop different solutions for needs, challenges, and desires.
The finite amount of water on our planet creates challenges for human beings
What “essential” and “unit” questions will focus this unit?
How do human beings and their environment interact?
How do human beings interact with each other?
How do past interactions impact the present?
How can we learn from the past to inform the future?
How does your opinion and experience of an education compare to and differ from other children in the
Eastern Hemisphere?
What challenges do children around the world encounter as they strive for an education?
What is the chance of success for the current “Education for All” initiatives?
How do human beings’ interactions impact the present?
Standards
SS.2.1, SS.2.2, SS.2.3, SS.2.4, SS.3.2, SS.4.1, SS.5.1
RH. 6-8.1, RH.6-8.2, RH.6-8.6, RH.6-8.7, RH.6-8.8, RH.6-8.9
WHST.6.1, WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.4, WHST.6-8.7, WHST.6-8.8, WHST.6-8.9
SL.6.1, SL.6.2, SL.6.4. SL.6.5

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