Sixth grade is the first year of a two-year World Area Studies course. Sixth grade students study Latin America, Canada, Europe, and Australia. The goal of this two-year course is to acquaint middle school students with the world in which they live.

• The geography domain includes both physical and human geography. The intent of the geography domain is for students to begin to grasp the importance geography plays in their everyday lives..

• The government/civics domain focuses on selected types of government found in the various areas so that students begin to understand the variety of governments in the world. 

• The economics domain builds on the K-5 economics standards; however, the focus shifts from the United States to how other countries answer the basic questions of economics. 

• The history domain focuses on major events in each region during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 

Unit #1:

• Connecting Themes (July 31 -- August 8)

Unit #2:

• Europe: Geography and Economics (August 11 -- September 5)

Unit #3:

• Europe: Past Shapes the Present (September 8 -- October 10)

Unit #4:

• Latin America: Physical and Human Geography (October 13 -- October 24)

Unit #5:

• Latin America: Past Shapes the Future (October 27 -- November 21)

Unit #6:

• Modern Latin America (December 1 -- December 19)

Unit #7:

• Impact of Canada’s Geography (January 7 -- January 23)

Unit #8:

• Canada Today (January 26-- February 13)

Unit #9:

• Impact of Australia’s Geography (February 23 -- March 20)

Unit #10:

• Australia Today (March 23-- April 17)

Unit #11:

• Your Financial Future: Personal Money Management (April 20 -- May 22)