6th Grade World Cultures
Course Description (Focus and Purpose): Grade 6 Social Studies deals with World History through inquiry and historical thinking skills from the River Valley Civilizations until the Age of Globalization.
Textbook: SAVVAS Learning Company: South Carolina myWorld Interactive, World History Survey, Grade 6, 1st Edition
Learning Objectives: Students will be able to use skills such as comparison, causation, change and continuity, context, periodization, and evidence to critically examine events in World History.
Course Outline/Instructional Units for the Year:
This year, students will be studying World History through the use of inquiry. We will work on developing inquiry-based skills while studying the themes of Culture and Intellectual Development, Global Exchanges, Interactions with the Environment, Social Systems and Order, and State Formation, Expansion, and Conflict. These themes will be discussed in some of the following eras: Parent-Friendly Social Studies 6th grade World Civilizations Overview