Unit: Grade 6 Geography: Latin America



Unit: Grade 6 Geography: Europe

GPS Strand Unit Connecting Themes/Concepts

History Conflict and Change

Geography Environment and Society

Civics Power and Authority

Economics Wealth and Trade

Connecting Enduring Understandings Across the Social Studies Curriculum:

1. Conflicts over land, wealth, power, and between cultures drive changes in history that continue over time.

2. Geographic principles influence how the history, economic and civic characteristics change over time.

3. Political systems develop from conflicts over wealth, power and the need for independence and economic structure.

4. Economic systems change and develop over time due to fluctuations in wealth and trade and conflicts between cultures and political systems.

Unit Focus:

In this unit students will explore the historical, geographic, economic, and political characteristics of the region known as Europe. Students will examine historical occurrences, such as the important developments of early Europe and Europe during the 20th century. Students will also identify important physical and human characteristics in Europe while explaining how those characteristics impact various countries. In addition, students will analyze how governments in this region make decisions based on their political structures, economic systems, and cultural characteristics.

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Unit one focus:

History

Unit Two focus:

Geography

Unit Three Focus:

Economics

Unit Four Focus:

Civics

Standards:

SS641-SS6H5

SS

Standards:

SS6G5-SS6G8

Standards:

SS6E5-SS6E7

Standards:

SS6CG2

Essential Questions:

1. How did Europe develop and list the characteristics of its culture between 1400 CE and 1800 CE?

Essential Questions:

1. What are the important physical and human characteristics of Europe?

a. Where is (are) the Arctic Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea, Volga River, Danube River, Rhine River, Elbe River, Seine River, Po River, Thames River, the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Balkan

Mountains, Ural Mountains, Strait of Gibraltar, English Channel, Iberian

Peninsula and the Scandinavian Peninsula.

Essential Questions:

1. Why do buyers in Europe benefit from voluntary trade?

a. How did England, France, and the Netherlands develop extensive colonial empires?

b. What are the types of trade barriers that influence the development of trade within Europe?

Essential Questions:

1. How do current political structures in Europe reflect their histories?

a. What is the current political structure in Europe?

a. How did artists and religious leaders contribute to the Renaissance and Reformation period?

b. How is the exploration of Europe important with regards to the work of Prince Henry the Navigator, Columbus, and Hudson?

2. What are the major developments in Europe during the 20th century?

a. What are the major developments and reasons for WWI and WWII?

b. What was the impact of the depression on Europe and the rest of the world?

c. What is the origin and function of the European Union?

b. Where are nations of Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Poland, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine?

2. How do the cultural characteristics and differences affect Europe?

a. How does the diversity of the European cultures differ?

b. How do the religions of Europeans differ?

2. What factors influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Europe?

a. What are the roles of investments in human capitals?

b. What are the roles of natural resources?

b. What is the structure of the European governments including the type of government, form of leadership, type of legislature, and the role of a citizen?

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