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 Geography (3) Lesson Plan-Mapping Perceptions Basic terms www.asiasociety.org (3) Globes and other geographic tools (3) Use appropriate maps, globes and Basic Geography (3) National Atlas Map Maker tool can be used to gather, process and geographic tools to gather, process and Continents and Map Skills report information about people, http://www.nationalatlas.gov/mapmaker report information about people, places (4 weeks) places and environments. Longitude and and environments. Identify the seven continents and 5 Cartographers decide which oceans Latitude (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 (4) National Atlas (articles of latitude and today? used to identify absolute location to identify absolute location longitude) Types of Maps http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_l Political How does where atlong.html (5) Regions 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 human 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 (Access information on world (10) Governments can be categorized (10) Describe the relationship between 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 Game (12) The choices people make have (12) Predict the present and future 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 Mesopotamia and History History Fertile Crescent (2) Early civilizations (India, Egypt, (2) Describe the influence of geography River valleys the Middle East 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: