Course Description

Sixth Grade World Cultures

First Semester

  1. Thinking Like A Geographer
    • Interconnectedness - Geographic Impact - Perspective Students will learn how to define a culture region and identify common political, economic, social, and geographical (PEGS) traits that unify a culture and a culture region. They will begin to pose and answer questions about where people and places are located, why they are there, and how those features relate to other peoples, places and environments.
    • Geography: Longitude and Latitude
    • Geography: Pose and Answer Geographical Questions
    • Geography: Geographical Factors Responsible for Patterns of Population
    • Social: Introduction to Culture
    • Social:Cultural Similarities and Differences
    • Geography:Create Maps, chart, etc based on unit learning
    • Unit 1 DCA and campus summative assessment
  2. Citizenship Around the World
    • Power - Ideas and Beliefs Students will describe the differences between limited and unlimited governments. Students will compare the beliefs about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in countries with limited and unlimited governments, and how these governments maintain power.
    • Limited VS Unlimited Governments
    • Institutions used to sustain themselves
    • Roles and responsibilities of Citizens
    • Compare roles of citizens in different societies
    • Unit 2 Review and DCA and campus summative assessment
  3. Celebrate Freedom Week (Week Of September 17th)
  4. Having a Voice
  5. Events of the Past Shaping the Present
  6. Unifying Many Cultures

Second Semester

  1. Resources and Religion Defining a Region
  2. Imperialism to Independence
  3. Life Down Under
  4. Influence of Time and Place
  5. Traditional Beliefs Building a Modern Society

Units

  • Thinking Like a Geographer
    • Map skills,
  • Citizenship
  • United States and Canada
  • Latin America
  • Europe
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Africa-South of the Sahara
  • South Asia
  • East Asia and the Pacific

Activities:

  • Maps (physical, thematic, political)
  • Note taking and writing
  • Guided Reading
  • Textbook questions
  • Current Events
  • Geo-Challenge Warm-Ups
  • Projects and presentations
  • Tests and District Curriculum Assessments