Social Studies Curriculum Map

Sixth Grade

Draft revised 3.25.09

 

 

 Month

ESSENTIAL QUESTION (optional)

CONTENT

SKILLS

POSSIBLE RESOURCES

ASSESSMENT

 

 

 

See also the BMS Sixth Grade Reading Suggested Curriculum Map for reading skills which will be integrated into Social Stud8ies with primarily informational text reading.

These are suggestions and may not necessarily all be used in every classroom every year.

Most assessments are used formatively to determine the course of future instruction and may be implemented and used differently in each classroom.

Ongoing

 

See WA State Grade Level Expectations (GLEs)

·          Research

·          Citations

·          Bibliographies

·          Issues of plagiarism

·          Analyzes validity, reliability, and credibility of information

·          Primary and secondary sources

·          Creates and uses research questions to guide inquiry on historical events

·          Evaluates significance of information used to support positions

 

 

September- November

·          What do maps, globes, and charts teach us about the world?

·          Guiding Question:  What are the five themes of geography?

·          Guiding Question:  What are spatial patterns and how are they created?

·          Guiding Question:  What is a region and how are regions defined?

See WA State Grade Level Expectations (GLEs)

 

·          World Geography

·          Identifies the location of the seven continents of the world

·          Makes use of various special purpose maps (including physical)

·          Use of atlas

·          Use of scale, direction, symbols, legends, and projections

·          Latitude and Longitude

·          Alphanumeric grids

·          Five themes of Geography

·          Classroom atlases

·          The Ancient World textbook

·          Internet and teacher-created resources

·          Teacher- created final unit assessments

December-June

·          What geographic factors stimulate the movement of goods, people, and ideas?

 

·          How and why does the rule of law develop in civilizations?

 

·          How do religion and government exercise authority over people?

 

·          What legacies have been left by ancient civilizations, in particular, on our society?

 

·          How does the movement of ideas, goods, and people affect cultures?

 

·          How does trade affect culture?

 

·          How do different economic systems affect people’s daily lives?

 

·          Guiding Question:  What significant contributions were made during ancient times that advances science, technology, and the arts?

See WA State Grade Level Expectations (GLEs)

 

·          Ancient Civilizations

Suggested Units (to include civilizations on tow or more continents from 8000 BCE-200CE and civilizations on tow or more  continents form 200 CE-600CE):

 

·          Prehistory

·          Archaeology

·          Mesopotamia

·          Egypt

·          China

·          Greece

·          Rome

 

Specifics to be covered:

·          Locations

·          Physical differences

·          People

·          Mythology/religion

·          Daily life

·          Death and burial

·          Writing

·          Laws/government

·          Technological developments and advancements

·          Regions

·          Movement

·          Human-environment interaction

·          The Ancient World textbook

·          Internet and teacher-created resources

 Teacher- created final unit assessments

 

At least one of the following CBAs will be given and scores will be reported to OSPI:

·          CBA:  Why History?

·          CBA:  Enduring Cultures

·          CBA:  People on the Move

·          CBA:  Meeting Needs and Wants