6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

[Pages:10]1st Quarter ? 9 weeks Skills

Unit 1: Mapping (Review) Students will learn how to use globes, maps, and other tools and technologies to acquire, process & apply information from a spatial perspective.

Students will be able to identify and comprehend the importance of items on a map such as: latitude, longitude, hemispheres, cardinal &intermediate direction, scale and map legends.

Students will be able to engage in discussion on the correlation of the location of a continent/country and its culture and diversities. This will be important as it will pertain to the duration of the World History class.

6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Academic Vocabulary Longitude Latitude Globe Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean North American South America Africa Asia Australia Antarctica Europe Prime Meridian Equator Legend Map scale Key Physical Map Political Map Cardinal Direction Intermediate Direction North South East West Country

Assessment

Instructional Resources

Correlating book tests/quizzes from Glencoe

Glencoe World History: Journey Across Time textbook

Exit cards

Informal assessments throughout class & homework assignments

Participation

Glencoe World History: Journey Across Time resource activity workbooks

Teacher made Power Points

Maps

Promethean SmartBoard

Document Camera



Common Core Standards

Updated Fall 2012

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Unit 2 (Chapter 1: The First Civilizations) 1-1 Early Humans 1-2 Mesopotamian Civilization 1-3 The First Empires

6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Historian Archaeologist Artifact Fossil Anthropologist Nomad Technology Domesticate Specialization Civilization Irrigation City-state Artisan Cuneiform Scribe Empire Province Caravan Astronomer

Unit 3 (Chapter 2:: Ancient Egypt) 2-1 The Nile Valley 2-2 Egypt's Old Kingdom 2-3 The Egyptian Empire 2-4 The Civilization of Kush

Cataract Delta Papyrus Hieroglyphics Dynasty Pharaoh Deity Embalming Mummy Pyramid Tribute Incense

Updated Fall 2012

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Unit 4 (Chapter 3: The Ancient Israelites) 4-1The First Israelites 4-2 The Kingdom of Israel 4-3 The Growth of Judaism

2nd Quarter ? 9 weeks Skills

Unit 5 (Chapter 4: The Ancient Greeks) 4-1 The Early Greeks 4-2 Sparta and Athens 4-3 Persia Attacks the Greeks 4-4 The Age of Pericles

Updated Fall 2012

6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Monotheism Tribe Torah Convenant Alphabet Prophet Empire Tribute Proverb Exile Sabbath Synagogue Diaspora Messiah Rabbi

Academic Vocabulary Peninsula Colony Polis Agora Tyrant Oligarchy Democracy Helot Satrapies Satrap Zoroastrianism Direct democracy Representative democracy Philosopher

Assessment

Instructional Resources Common Core Standards

Correlating book tests/quizzes from Glencoe

Glencoe World History: Journey Across Time textbook

Exit cards

Informal assessments throughout class & homework assignments

Participation

Glencoe World History: Journey Across Time resource activity workbooks

Teacher made Power Points

Maps

Promethean SmartBoard

Document Camera



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Unit 6 (Chapter 5: Greek Civilizations) 5-1 The Culture of Ancient Greece 5-2 Greek Philosophy and History 5-3 Alexander the Great 5-4 The Spread of Greek Culture

6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Myth Oracle Epic Fable Drama Tragedy Comedy Philosophy Philosopher Sophist Socratic Method Legacy Hellenistic Era Epicureanism Stoicism Astronomer Plane geometry Solid geometry

Unit 7 (Chapter 6: Early India) 6-1 India's First Civilizations 6-2 Hinduism and Buddhism 6-3 India's First Empire

Subcontinent Monsoon Sanskrit Raja Caste Guru Hinduism Brahman Reincarnation Dharma Karma Buddhism Nirvana Theocracy Dynasty Stupa Pilgrim

Updated Fall 2012

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Unit 8 (Chapter 7: Early China) 7-1 China's First Civilizations 7-2 Life in Ancient China 7-3 The Qin and Han Dynasties

6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Dynasty Aristocrat Pictograph Ideograph Bureaucracy Mandate Dao Social class Filial piety Confucianism Daoism Legalism Acupuncture

Unit 9 (Chapter 8: The Rise of Rome 8-1 Rome's Beginnings 8-2 The Roman Republic 8-3 The Fall of the Republic 8-4 The Early Empire

3rd Quarter ? 9 weeks

Skills Unit 10 (Chapter 9: Roman Civilization) 9-1 Life in Ancient Rome 9-2 The Fall of Rome 9-3 The Byzantine Empire

Updated Fall 2012

Republic Legion Patrician Plebian Consul Veto Praetor Dictator Latifundia Triumvirate Pax Romana Aqueduct currency

Academic Vocabulary Vault Satire Ode Anatomy Forum

Assessment

Correlating book tests/quizzes from Glencoe

Exit cards

Instructional Resources Common Core Standards

Glencoe World History: Journey Across Time textbook

Glencoe World History:

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6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Gladiator

Journey Across Time

Paterfamilias

Informal assessments resource activity

Rhetoric

throughout class &

workbooks

Plague

homework assignments

Inflation

Teacher made Power

Barter

Participation

Points

Reform

Mosaic

Maps

Saint

Regent

Promethean

SmartBoard

Document Camera



Unit 11 (Chapter 10: The Rise of Christianity) 10-1 The First Christians 10-2 The Christian Church 10-3 The Spread of Christian Ideas

Messiah Disciple Parable Resurrection Apostle Salvation Persecute Martyr Hierarchy Clergy Laity Doctrine Gospel Pope Icon Iconoclast Excommunicate Schism Monastery Missionary

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Unit 12 (Chapter 11: Islamic Civilization) 11-1 The Rise of Islam 11-2 Islamic Empires 11-3 Muslim Ways of Life

6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Oasis Sheikh Caravan Quran Caliph Shiite Sunni Sultan Mosque Bazaar Minaret Crier

Unit 13 (Chapter 15: Medieval Europe) 15-1 The Early Middle Ages 15-2 Feudalism 15-3 Kingdoms and Crusades 15-4 The Church and Society 15-5 The Late Middle Ages

Fjord Missionary Excommunicate Concordat Feudalism Vassal Fief Knight Serf Guild Grand jury Trial jury Clergy Mass Heresy Anti-Semitism Theology Scholasticism Vernacular Plague Reconquista

Updated Fall 2012

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Unit 14 (Chapter 16: The Americas) 16-1 The First Americas 16-2 Life in the Americas 16-3 The Fall of the Aztec and Inca Empires

6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Glacier Monopoly Quipu Igloo Adobe Confederation Conquistador

4th Quarter ? 9 weeks

Skills

Unit 15 (Chapter 17: The Renaissance and Reformation) 17-1 The Renaissance Begins 17-2 New Ideas and Art 17-3 The Reformation Begins 17-4 Catholics and Protestants

Academic Vocabulary Renaissance Secular Diplomacy Humanism Vernacular Reformation Indulgence Denomination Theology Predestination Seminary Heresy Annul

Unit 16 (Chapter 18: Enlightenment and Revolution) 18-1 The Age of Exploration 18-2 The Scientific Revolution 18-3 The Enlightenment 18-4 The American Revolution

Updated Fall 2012

Mercantilism Export Import Colony Commerce Invest Theory Rationalism

Assessment

Instructional Resources Common Core Standards

-Correlating book tests/quizzes from Glencoe

-Glencoe World History: Journey Across Time textbook

-Exit cards

-Informal assessments throughout class & homework assignments

-Participation

-Glencoe World History: Journey Across Time resource activity workbooks

-Teacher made Power Points

-Maps

-Promethean SmartBoard

-Document Camera



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