Social Studies Curriculum

6th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Students will analyze world cultures in order to assess their impact over time.

Outcomes and Components:

SS.6.1 Students will examine a variety of historical sources to evaluate the social, political, and geographic impact of early people and settlement patterns.

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Standard(s)
  SS.6.1.1 Explain how environmental characteristics of Mesopotamia impacted the movement of people into the region as well as their impact on the environment.

SS.6-8.G.2.LC

SS.6-8.G.3.LC
  SS.6.1.2 Analyze spatial patterns of the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys by creating maps and graphs of different environmental and cultural characteristics. SS.G.6-8.G.1.MdC
  SS.6.1.3 Classify historical sources used in interpretation to critique the laws established by Sargon, Cyrus the Great, and the Code of Hammurabi to judge if they resolved the problems they were meant to address. SS.6-8.H.3.LC
  SS.6.1.4 Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use. SS.6-8.G.4.MdC

Academic Vocabulary: Explain, classify, critique, create, analyze, judge

Content Vocabulary: civilization, equal justice, Code of Hammurabi, ziggurat, city-state, monarchy, surplus, merchant, scribe, innovation, social class, monotheism, polytheism, barter