Social Studies Curriculum

6th Grade

Course Purpose:

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

Outcomes and Components:

SS.6.4 Students will examine roles of citizens in Greek history by developing claims and constructing arguments in order to evaluate citizen connectedness in the past and present.

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Standard(s)

  SS.6.4.1 Identify types of roles and immigration statuses played by citizens and individuals in the United States (examples: voters, jurors, taxpayers, military, protesters and office holders). SS.6-8.CV.1.LC
  SS.6.4.2 Describe the differences between correlation and causation in historic events and explain multiple causes and effects of historical events. SS.6-8.H.4.LC
  SS.6.4.3 Construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources, while acknowledging their strengths and limitations.

SS.6-8.IS.6.LC

LA.6.2.2

  SS.6.4.4 Develop claims and counterclaims from credible sources while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both.

SS.6-8.IS.5.MCC

LA.6.2.2

  SS.6.4.5 Ask essential and focusing questions by gathering relevant information from credible sources and determine whether they support each other in order to conduct independent research.

SS.6-8.IS.4.MC

SS.6-8.IS.2.LC

Academic Vocabulary: develop, ask, explain, identify, construct, gather, determine

Content Vocabulary: juror, citizen, taxpayers, protestors, isthmus, cultural borrowing, oligarchy, agora, tyrant, assembly, democracy, majority rule, myth, cultural identity, alliance, Hellenistic