Social Studies Curriculum

6th Grade

Course Purpose:

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

Outcomes and Components:

SS.6.5 Students will evaluate causes and effects of significant changes over time in Ancient Rome.

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Standard(s)
  SS.6.5.1 Explain how and why perspectives of people change over time. SS.6-8.H.2.LC
  SS.6.5.2 Identify how cultural and enviornmental characteristics vary among regions of the world to include Roman takeover of land through conflict and cooperation among the people of the Mediterranean region. SS.6-8.G.4.LC
  SS.6.5.3 Explain why standards of living increase as productivity improves. SS.6-8.EC.3.LC
  SS.6.5.4 Identify and describe the contexts of a series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity based on the perspectives of multiple diverse groups. SS.6-8.H.1.LC

Academic Vocabulary: Explain, evaluate, perspectives, classify

Content Vocabulary: Consuls, patricians, plebeians, tribunes, Etruscan, 12 Tables, Appenine, Pax Romana, aqueducts, Constantine, concrete, Caesar, Ides of March