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6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map

Regions and People of the Eastern Hemisphere

FIRST SEMESTER Unit Strands and Content Statements Student Expectations Resources/Assessments Key Concepts 1 Geography (3) Lesson Plan-Mapping Perceptions Basic terms (3) Globes and other geographic tools (3) Use appropriate maps, globes and www.asiasociety.org Basic Geography (3) National Atlas Map Maker tool can be used to gather, process and geographic tools to gather, process and and Map Skills report information about people, http://www.nationalatlas.gov/mapmaker report information about people, places (4 weeks) places and environments. and and environments.  Identify the seven continents and 5 Cartographers decide which (revisit Big Idea: information to include and how it is (3) Understand that maps are created for in all units) specific purposes and represent the  Types of maps and their purposes displayed. (physical, political, population density, Essential Questions: context in which they were created. climate, topographic, resource, Hemispheres How do we know historical) about the world (4) Latitude and Longitude can be (4) Use latitude and longitude coordinates Oceans used to identify absolute location to identify absolute location (4) National Atlas (articles of latitude and today? longitude) Types of Maps http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_l Political How does where atlong.html (5) can be determined, Physical you live influence (5) Use various criteria to describe, classify (4) Crack the Code (solving mysteries using classified and compared using various and compare regions within the Eastern longitude and latitude) Topographic how you live? criteria (e.g. landform, climate, Climate Hemisphere. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditio How does where population, cultural, economic) ns/hall/index.html Resource you live influence Population how you live? (6) Variations among physical (6) Explain how variations among physical Longitude and Latitude Bingo Game environments within the Eastern environments in the Eastern Hemisphere Battleship Game Parts of Map Hemisphere influence influence human activities. activities. Human activities also alter (6) Explain how human activities have the physical environment. altered environments of the Eastern Hemisphere.

Unit 2 Strands and Content Statements Student Expectations Resources/Assessments Key Concepts Roles and Systems Government Government (10) CIA’s World Factbook: www.cia.gov Basic (10) Governments can be categorized (10) Describe the relationship between (Access information on world understanding of of Governments governments) as monarchies, theocracies, those in power and individual citizens in a 4 types of (2 weeks) dictatorships or democracies, but democracy, dictatorship, monarchy and Suggestions: governments categories may overlap and labels theocracy. Use graphic organizers (democracy, Big Idea: may not accurately represent how (10) Understand that the characteristics of Teaching note taking skills dictatorship, Governments may governments function. The extent of Jigsaw be organized in citizens’ liberties and responsibilities governments often overlap and can monarchy and different ways and varies according to limits on misrepresent the actual relationship theocracy) and have limited or government authority. between those governing and those being the differences unlimited powers. governed. between them

Essential Questions: Citizen rights and How does responsibilities governmental authority affect citizens’ rights?

Unit 3 Strands and Content Statements Student Expectations Resources/Assessments Key Concepts Economic Decision Economics Economics (12) Lesson Plan: The International Trade Supply and (12) The choices people make have (12) Predict the present and future Game Demand Making and Skills www.westernreservepublicmedia.org/eco both present and future consequences of an economic decision Competition (4 weeks) consequences. The evaluation of nomics/index.htm and explain how individuals and societies Trade choices is relative and may differ may evaluate the choices differently. Specialization Big Idea: across individuals and societies. Producing Ohio, Creating Our Economy Import and The choices people (13) Explain how individuals and societies (resource book) Export make have both (13) The fundamental questions of present and future economics include what to produce, answer the fundamental questions of Natural consequences. how to produce and for whom to economics. Partners in Trade IMS Lesson Resources produce. http://dnet01.ode.state.oh.us/IMS.ItemD Goods and etails/LessonDetail.aspx?id=0907f84c8053 Essential Questions: (14) Explain how specialization leads to Services (14) When regions and/or countries 0f02 Why can’t people global trade. specialize, global trade occurs. Developed vs. have everything they want? (15) Explain how supply, demand and One Hen (Book) Developing (15) The interaction of supply and competition interact to determine price. Countries demand, influenced by competition, (15) Explain how supply, demand and Hot Shot Business How do we know helps to determine price in a market. http://disney.go.com/hotshot/hsb2/ what we know This interaction also determines the competition interact to influence Interdependence about the world quantities of outputs produced and quantities of inputs and outputs. today? the quantities of inputs (human Absolute resources, natural resources and advantage (15) Lesson Plan: The Price of Gasoline: capital) used. (16) Explain how individuals compare What’s Behind it? www.econedlink.org Opportunity Cost

prices and quality when selecting goods (16) When selecting items to buy, and services to buy. Comparing sets individuals can compare the price and of data to draw quality of available goods and (16) Lesson Plan: The Best Deal conclusions services. www.econedlink.org

Unit 4 Strands and Content Statements Student Expectations Resources/Assessments Key Concepts Geography Geography Lesson Plan: Geometry and Islam: Diffusion of Religion (8) Modern cultural practices and (8) Explain how tradition and diffusion Religious Beliefs Made Visual cultural practices www.asiasociety.org (5 weeks) products show the influence of have influenced modern cultural practices tradition and diffusion, including the and products in the Eastern Hemisphere Identify geographic origin, founding Traits impact of major world religions Big Idea: (8) Describe the influence of religious leaders and teachings. Look for evidence (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, diffusion in the modern world of lasting influence of religious diffusion in Monotheism Islam and Judaism) Essential Questions: the modern world. Polytheism

How have ideas and Resources: Buddhism events from the past Inside Judaism (Milliken Publishing Co) Christianity shaped the Eastern Inside Christianity (Milliken Publishing Co) Hinduism Hemisphere today? Inside Hinduism (Milliken Publishing Co) Islam Inside Islam (Milliken Publishing Co) Judaism http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Reli gion.swf

SECOND SEMESTER Unit 5 Strands and Content Statements Student Expectations Resources/Assessments Key Concepts and History History (2) Early civilizations (India, Egypt, (2) Describe the influence of geography River valleys the China, and Mesopotamia) with unique on the development of unique civilizations Tigris and Euphrates today governments, economic systems, in India, Egypt, China and Mesopotamia. City States-Sumer (4 weeks) social structures, religions, (2) Describe the governments, cultures, Hammurabi (code and technologies and agricultural economic systems, technologies and laws) practices and products flourished as a agricultural practices and products of early Ziggurats Big Idea: result of favorable geographic Understanding how characteristics. The cultural practices civilizations and their enduring influence Cuneiform past civilizations and products of these early in the Eastern Hemisphere today. Social class developed and civilizations can be used to help Irrigation changed helps us understand the Eastern Hemisphere Polytheism today. understand our Geography Birth of agriculture

(7) Explain political, environmental, social Push and Pull factors world today. Geography and economic factors that cause the Migration (7)Political, environmental, social and movement of people, products and ideas Essential Questions: economic factors cause people, in the Eastern Hemisphere. Major How have ideas and products and ideas to move from events from the past place to place in the Eastern (7) Describe the lasting impact of the accomplishment s of shaped the Eastern Hemisphere in the past and today. movement of people, products and ideas area (wheel, plow, Hemisphere today? in the Eastern Hemisphere. circle -360 degrees, (8) Modern cultural practices and (8) Lesson Plan: Geometry and areas of rectangles Islam: Religious Beliefs Made Visual products show the influence of What role did (8) Explain how tradition and diffusion www.asiasociety.org and triangles) geography play in tradition and diffusion, including the have influenced modern cultural practices impact of major world religions and products in the Eastern Hemisphere. Why did people settle the development of (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, early civilizations? (8) Describe the influence of religious where they did- Islam and Judaism) diffusion in the modern world. geographical areas

Make connections between ancient civilizations and today’s world: economics, technologies, political, social, maps

Unit 5 Strands and Content Statements Student Expectations Resources/Assessments Key Concepts Ancient Egypt to History History Resources: (Can be found on Amazon) Trade (2) Early civilizations (India, Egypt, (2) Describe the influence of Ancient Civilizations Activity Book (Shell Barter Present Day Education) (5 weeks) China, and Mesopotamia) with unique geography on the development of Pyramid governments, economic systems, Amazing Facts in World History (Carson- unique civilizations in India, Egypt, Dellosa Publishing Company) Mummification social structures, religions, China and Mesopotamia. Polytheism technologies and agricultural (2) Describe the governments, River Big Idea: practices and products flourished as a Understanding how result of favorable geographic cultures, economic systems, Mediterranean past civilizations characteristics. The cultural practices technologies and agricultural Dynasties developed and and products of these early practices and products of early Empire changed helps us civilizations can be used to help civilizations and their enduring Papyrus understand our understand the Eastern Hemisphere influence in the Eastern Hemisphere Afterlife world today. today. today. Hieroglyphics Delta Geography Essential Questions: Silt (7)Political, environmental, social and Geography Pharaoh How have ideas and economic factors cause people, (7) Explain political, environmental, Social class pyramid events from the past products and ideas to move from shaped the Eastern place to place in the Eastern social and economic factors that Monarchy Hemisphere today? Hemisphere in the past and today. cause the movement of people, Irrigation products and ideas in the Eastern 3 Kingdoms: Old, Middle, What role did Hemisphere. New (7) Describe the lasting impact of the geography play in Why did people settle movement of people, products and the development of where they did- early civilizations? ideas in the Eastern Hemisphere. geographical areas

Make connections between ancient civilizations and today’s world: economics,

technologies, political, social, maps

Major Accomplishments: Calendar, Pyramids, embalming, Paper, Writing system, art, jewelry, cosmetics, medical documentation

Unit 7 Strands and Content Statements Student Expectations Resources/Assessments Key Concepts History History Resources: (Can be found on Amazon) Harappan Civilization (2) Early civilizations (India, Egypt, (2) Describe the influence of Ancient Civilizations Activity Book Aryan Civilization Ancient India to (Shell Education) China, and Mesopotamia) with unique geography on the development of Jainism Present Day India governments, economic systems, Amazing Facts in World History (5 weeks) unique civilizations in India, Egypt, (Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company) Sanskrit social structures, religions, China and Mesopotamia. Nirvana technologies and agricultural (2) Describe the governments, Asoka : Mauryan practices and products flourished as a Big Idea: result of favorable geographic cultures, economic systems, Emperor Understanding how characteristics. The cultural practices technologies and agricultural Chandra Gupta II: Gupta past civilizations and products of these early practices and products of early Empire developed and civilizations can be used to help civilizations and their enduring Raja changed helps us understand the Eastern Hemisphere influence in the Eastern Hemisphere Subcontinent understand our today. today. Mohenjo Daro Caste system world today. Geography Reincarnation (7)Political, environmental, social and Geography Hinduism Essential Questions: economic factors cause people, (7) Explain political, environmental, How have ideas and products and ideas to move from Major Accomplishments events from the past place to place in the Eastern social and economic factors that Metalworking, Medicine, shaped the Eastern Hemisphere in the past and today. cause the movement of people, Math, Astronomy, products and ideas in the Eastern Hemisphere today? Indoor Plumbing, Arts Hemisphere. (plays, poetry) religious (7) Describe the lasting impact of the What role did artwork, wells, road work geography play in movement of people, products and

ideas in the Eastern Hemisphere. Why did people settle the development of where they did- early civilizations? geographical areas

Make connections between ancient civilizations and today’s world: economics, technologies, political, social, maps

Unit 8 Strands and Content Statements Student Expectations Resources/Assessments Key Concepts History History (2) Chinese Inventions: Huang He River (2) Early civilizations (India, Egypt, (2) Describe the influence of www.asiasociety.org Chang Jiang River Ancient China to China, and Mesopotamia) with unique geography on the development of Present Day China governments, economic systems, Resources: (Can be found on Amazon) unique civilizations in India, Egypt, Ancient Civilizations Activity Book Xia and Shang (4 weeks) social structures, religions, China and Mesopotamia. (Shell Education) Zhou Dynasty technologies and agricultural (2) Describe the governments, Amazing Facts in World History Qin Dynasty Big Idea: practices and products flourished as a (Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company) Understanding how result of favorable geographic cultures, economic systems, Han Dynasty past civilizations characteristics. The cultural practices technologies and agricultural Confucianism developed and and products of these early practices and products of early Daoism changed helps us civilizations can be used to help civilizations and their enduring Legalism understand our understand the Eastern Hemisphere influence in the Eastern Hemisphere Silk Road world today. today. today. Diffusion Great Wall Geography Essential Questions: Geography Buddhism (7)Political, environmental, social and (7) Explain political, environmental, How have ideas and economic factors cause people, social and economic factors that events from the past products and ideas to move from shaped the Eastern place to place in the Eastern cause the movement of people, Hemisphere today? Hemisphere in the past and today. products and ideas in the Eastern Major Accomplishments Hemisphere. Writing System, Magnetic Compass, Sun dial, What role did (7) Describe the lasting impact of the seismograph, swords and geography play in Economics movement of people, products and (11) Economists compare data sets to ideas in the Eastern Hemisphere. armor, silk, paper process, the development of figure painting, fireworks draw conclusions about relationships early civilizations? among them. Economics Why did people settle (11) Compare economic data sets to where they did- identify relationships and draw geographical areas (map conclusions. study)

Make connections between ancient civilizations and today’s world: economics, technologies, political, social, maps

Unit 8 Strands and Student Expectations Resources/Assessments Key Concepts Content Statements Culminating History Suggestions for Culminating Activities: (2) Describe the influence of geography on the Activity  Create your own civilization (4 weeks) development of unique civilizations in India, Egypt, China and Mesopotamia.  project – Apply concepts taught (Bringing it all (2) Describe the governments, cultures, economic to chosen country systems, technologies and agricultural practices together) and products of early civilizations and their  And the winner is….(IMS Lesson) http://ims.ode.state.oh.us/ODE/IMS/Le enduring influence in the Eastern Hemisphere ssons/Web_Content/CSS_LP_S01_BB_L today. In what ways do 06_I04_02.pdf cultural elements- Geography economics, political (3) Use appropriate maps, globes and geographic systems, religious tools to gather, process and report information beliefs-influence life about people, places and environments. in a given of (8) Explain how tradition and diffusion have the world? influenced modern cultural practices and products

in the Eastern Hemisphere (8) Describe the influence of religious diffusion in the modern world

Economics (12) Predict the present and future consequences of an economic decision and explain how individuals and societies may evaluate the choices differently.

Strands & Content Statements Student Expectations Government (9) Different perspectives on a topic can be obtained from a variety of (9) Use a variety of historic and contemporary sources to obtain How do we historic and contemporary sources. Sources can be examined for multiple perspectives on a topic. know what we accuracy. (9) Examine a variety of sources for accuracy. know about the world today?