World Cultures and Geography

Unit 1 - Thinking Like a Geographer: The World’s Geographic Patterns

Unit 2 - Freedom for All: United States & Canada

Unit 3 - A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin America

Unit 4 - We are Family: Europe

Unit 5 - Empire & Ethnicity: Russia & Eurasian Republics

Unit 6 - A Crossroads of Diffusion: Southwest Asia/North Africa

Unit 7 - Facing Challenges: Sub-Saharan Africa

Unit 8 - Unity and Division: South Asia

Unit 9- Tradition in a Modernizing World: East & SE Asia

Unit 10: Adapting Down under: The Pacific Realm

PBL Unit #1 Government (World Wide)

PBL Unit #2 Democracy Then and Now

PBL Unit #3 War Box

PBL = Project Based Learning

• Learning Focus

Sixth grade social studies focus is on World Cultures & Geography. As we travel through our curriculum, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) will set the parameters for our learning. The TEKS are organized into the following 8 categories or strands: history, geography, economics, government, citizenship, culture, science technology and society, and social studies skills. To learn more about the specific expectations in each strand, see the full TEKS document for 6th grade Social Studies at http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/index.html.