6th+Grade+Social+Studies

Early Civilizations and Cultures || October 4-November 5 || How does studying ancient civilizations effect our lives today? || Vocabulary to know: People and Terms to know: Concepts: The World || Interactive Notebook: Picture Analysis; Line Art;Day Planner; Final Assessment: Illustrated Timeline from unit chapters. || People and Terms to know: Places to know: Concepts to Know: People and Terms to Know: Places to Know: Concepts to Know:
 * ~ Unit ||~ Start Date (duration) ||~ Essential Questions ||~ Content / Concepts ||~ Skills ||~ Texts ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials/Assessment ||
 * 1:
 * archaeologist
 * domestication
 * prehistory
 * archaeology
 * artifact
 * migrate
 * glacier
 * technology
 * harvest
 * excavation site
 * agriculture
 * surplus
 * nomad
 * social division
 * climate
 * carbon dating
 * culture
 * anthropology
 * land forms
 * geography
 * diverse
 * civilization
 * fertile
 * plain
 * plateau
 * irrigation
 * city-state
 * region
 * artisan
 * ziggurat
 * polytheism
 * society
 * scribe
 * cuneiform
 * conquer
 * empire
 * dynasty
 * conquest
 * barter
 * Ice Age
 * Stone Age healer
 * Stone Age
 * Old Stone Age
 * New Stone Age
 * Late Stone Age
 * Gilgamesh
 * Sargon
 * Hammurabi
 * Nebuchadnezzer II
 * Ashurbanipal
 * Code of Hammurabi
 * role of archaeologist
 * information we get from artifacts
 * the Clovis people
 * characteristics of the Stone Age
 * the role of Stone Age healers
 * how artifacts tell us about ancient cultures
 * the influence of climate and landform on culture
 * early agricultural techniques in Mesopotamia
 * significance of economic surplus in the rise of Mesopotamian culture
 * Sumerian culture
 * relationship between Sumerian religion and government
 * Assyrian culture
 * Babylonian culture
 * Lydians
 * Phoenician's spread of information
 * prehistoric cave art
 * the affect of domestication of crops and animals on the way people lived || * sequencing,
 * using parallel timelines,
 * making inferences,
 * summarizing, || Scott Foresman:
 * 2: Early Civilizations in Africa and Asia || November 8 - December 22 || How do ideas spread? || Vocabulary to know:
 * delta
 * silt
 * papyrus
 * cataract
 * unify
 * Pharaoh
 * pyramid
 * hieroglyphics
 * mummy
 * economy
 * independent
 * loess
 * terrace
 * levee
 * double cropping
 * pictograph
 * oracle bone
 * province
 * ancestor
 * civil service
 * middleman
 * nobility
 * subcontinent
 * monsoon season
 * subsistence farming
 * brahmin
 * sudra
 * reincarnation
 * caste
 * meditation
 * enlightenment
 * Menes
 * Menetho
 * Khufu
 * Hatshepsut
 * Akhenaten
 * Rosetta Stone
 * Thutmose III
 * Kashta
 * Piankhi
 * Amanirenas
 * Shi Huangdi
 * Wu Di
 * Ban Zhao
 * Sima Qian
 * Gaozu
 * Shang dynasty
 * Bronze Age
 * Great Wall
 * Silk Road
 * Han Dynasty
 * Qin Dynasty
 * Zhou Dynasty
 * Confucius
 * Mencius
 * Laozi
 * Book of Documents
 * Analects
 * Confucianism
 * Mandate of Heaven
 * Daoism
 * Cyrus II
 * Darius I
 * Sanskrit
 * Vedas
 * Brahman
 * dharma
 * Hinduism
 * Rig Veda
 * the Buddha
 * Four Noble ruths
 * Eightfold Path
 * Nile River Valley
 * Nile River
 * Egypt
 * Lower Egypt
 * Upper Egypt
 * Memphis
 * Giza
 * Deir el Medina
 * Nubia
 * Meroe
 * Kush
 * Napata
 * North China Plain
 * Beijing
 * Huang River
 * Huang River Valley
 * Himalayas
 * Tibetan Plateau
 * Anyang
 * Lu Province
 * Mount Everest
 * Indo-Ganges Plain
 * Indus River Valley
 * Harappa
 * Ganges River
 * Bodh Gaya
 * the importance of the Nile River
 * changes between the old kingdom, the middle kingdom and the new kingdom in ancient Egypt
 * the importance of the North China Plain to China
 * differentce between Confucianism and Daoism
 * aspects of Confucianism that have influenced China
 * main beliefs and practices of Hinduism
 * main beliefs and practices of Buddhism
 * many beliefs and practices incorporated into one belief system (Hinduism) || * comparing maps at different scales,
 * interpreting climatographs,
 * gather and report information,
 * compare and contrast, || as above || Interactive Notebook: Acrostic Poem;Illustrated map;Venn diagram; Brain Chain;Magazine Cover ||
 * 3: Early Civilizations in the Americas || Jan. 3-Feb. 4 || How can an empire disappear completely and never reappear? || Vocabulary to Know:
 * peninsula
 * cenote
 * theocracy
 * codex
 * aqueduct
 * mercenary
 * causeway
 * alliance
 * chinampa
 * wetland
 * biome
 * scrub land
 * archipelago
 * quipo
 * basin and range
 * tributary
 * tundra
 * arid
 * etching
 * pit house
 * pueble
 * adobe
 * burial mound
 * wigwam
 * wattle
 * temple mound
 * snowhouse
 * sod house
 * long house
 * Moctezuma I
 * Moctezuma II
 * Hernando Cortes
 * Manco Capac
 * Inca Viracocha
 * Pachacuti
 * Topa Inca
 * Francisco Pizarro
 * Deganawidah
 * Mesoamerica
 * Sierra Madre Occidental
 * Sierra Madre Oriental
 * Plateau of Mexico
 * Central Plateau
 * Gulf of Mexico
 * Yucatan Peninsula
 * Lake Texcoco
 * Tenochtitlan
 * Amazon River
 * Amazon Rain Forest
 * Pantanel
 * Andes Mountains
 * Altiplano
 * Lake Titicaca
 * Pampas
 * Guiana Highlands
 * Chichen Itza
 * Valley of Mexico
 * Peru
 * Chavin
 * Moche Valley
 * Machu Pichu
 * Cuzco
 * Rocky Mountains
 * Great Basin
 * Coastal Range
 * Appalachian Mountains
 * Interior Plains
 * Great Plains
 * Missippi River
 * Canadian Shield
 * Snaketown
 * Great Serpent Mound
 * Cahokia
 * Canada
 * Nunavut
 * Great Lakes
 * describe the location of Mesoamerica
 * describe major physical features of Mesoamerica.
 * important crops grown by Mesoamericans.
 * use of natural resources in the environment
 * influence of climate and landscape on Mesoamericans
 * Olmec as Mother civilization
 * importance of cenotes to the Mayan
 * explain how the Olmec and Mayan civilizations are organized
 * the Olmec people as ancestors of the Mayans
 * development of the Aztec empire
 * use of alliances to build the Aztec empire
 * the fall of the Aztec Empire
 * contributions of Moctezuma
 * Moctezuma's interactions with the Spanish
 * major physical features of S. America || * use map projections
 * explain the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of projection map
 * use latitude and longitude
 * detect bias
 * main idea and details || as above || Interactive Notebook: Crossword puzzle;Sport cards/Game advirtisement (this activity goes specifically with the website: theballgame.com; bio poem; Missing Poster ||
 * 4: Mediterranean Empires ||  || How have the ancient Greek and Roman empires influences our daily lives? || Vocabulary to Know:
 * Agora
 * Plunder
 * myth
 * immortal
 * democracy
 * aristocracy
 * marathon
 * philosopher
 * plague
 * reason
 * mercenary
 * patrician
 * plebian
 * republic
 * representative
 * Senate
 * consul
 * dictator
 * tribune
 * patriotism
 * caesar
 * emperor
 * gladiator

People and Terms to Know:
 * Plato
 * King Minos
 * Homer
 * Pericles
 * oral tradition
 * Assembly
 * Helot
 * Trojan War
 * Olympics
 * zeus
 * Hera
 * Ares
 * Athena
 * Apollo
 * Poseidon
 * Aphrodite
 * Hermes
 * Socrates
 * Aristotle
 * golden age
 * socratic method
 * delian league
 * Peloponnesian War
 * Delian League
 * Alexander
 * Hippocrates
 * Archimedes
 * Pythagoras
 * Euclid
 * Hellenistic Age
 * Etruscans
 * Junius Brutus
 * Regulus
 * Hannibal
 * Scipio
 * Julius Caesar
 * Appian Way
 * the Punic Wars
 * Augustus
 * Caligula
 * Claudius
 * Nero
 * Marcus Aurelius
 * Seneca
 * Pax Roman


 * (Constantine)
 * (Theodosius

Places to Know: Concepts to Know: In what ways can the earth be divided? || * hemispheres United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website Yad Veshem website Teaching the Holocaust Teacher planning guide. Letters written by soldiers during the war Ration Books from World War II Teaching Tolerance: One Survivor's Story- artifact collection ||
 * Commodus
 * Diocletian
 * Romulus Augustulus
 * Byzantine Empire
 * Byzantine Orthodox Church
 * Roman Catholic Church
 * Eudocia
 * Herodotus
 * Balkan Peninsula
 * Aegean Sea
 * Asia Minor
 * Ionian Sea
 * Crete
 * Mycenea
 * Troy
 * Mt. Olympus
 * Athens
 * Sparta
 * Marathon
 * Thebes
 * Salamis
 * Macedonia
 * the Parthenon
 * Alexandria
 * Tiber River
 * Italian Peninsula
 * Meditteranean Sea
 * Rome
 * Carthage
 * colosseum
 * (Palestine)
 * (Nazareth)
 * Byzantium
 * constantinople
 * the physical features of ancient Greece
 * importance of Minoan civilization
 * bodies of water surrounding Greece
 * Greece's physical geography affects the lives of the people
 * importance of the sea in the lives of the people
 * differences and similarities between democracy and aristocracy
 * similarities and differences between Sparta and Athens
 * contributions of Pericles
 * Golden Age of Athens
 * definition of the Delian League
 * importance of the battle of Salamis
 * fields of study in which Greeks excleed during the Golden Age of Athens
 * how Greek city-states united to defend Athens
 * significant contributions of Socrates
 * the expansion of the empire and the spread of the Greek culture under Alexander the Great
 * Alexander becomes an emperor
 * Alexander's leadership skills
 * Hellenistic culture
 * Hippocrates discoveries changed Greek and other lives
 * Romans borrow ideas from the Etruscans
 * the legend of Romulus and Remus
 * importance of Romulus and Remus in the study of ancient history
 * importance of Tiber river in the development of Roman civilization
 * how Rome's physical geography helped its civilization
 * the legend of Rome's founding
 * system of government in the Roman republic
 * Hannibal and his achievements
 * impact of Rome's conquests on the republic
 * powers of the plebians in the Roman republic
 * powers of the patrcians in the roman republic
 * major achivements of the Romans
 * Augustus and his significance in Roman history
 * the importance of good rulers to the growth and expansion of the Roman Empire
 * examples of Rome's advanced civilization
 * accomplishments of Marcus Aurelius
 * how Marcus Aurelius cared for the people of Rome
 * (how did the Christian religion spread through the Roman empire)
 * (contributions of Peter and Paul to Christianity)
 * (why Christians were persecuted)
 * (why Christianity became the main religion in the Roman Empire)
 * (connections between Judaism and Christianity)
 * how barbarian invasions affected the Roman empire
 * significance of mercenaries in the Roman Empire
 * impact of Constantine on the Roman Empire
 * Eastern half of the Roman Empire survived even after the fall of the Western half
 * || * compare city maps at different scales
 * use primary and secondary sources
 * main idea and details
 * figures of speech
 * compare and contrast
 * draw conclusions
 * summarize
 * use a map key
 * cause and effect
 * measure distance
 * || as above ||  ||
 * geography skills handbook || August - September || What kinds of information can we learn from maps?
 * geography skills handbook || August - September || What kinds of information can we learn from maps?
 * prime meridian
 * lines of latitude and longitude
 * defining place, location, human/environment nteraction,movement, region
 * parallels
 * global grid
 * equator
 * Tropic of Cancer
 * Tropic of Capricorn
 * tropical zone
 * torrid zone
 * Arctic Circle
 * Antarctic Circle
 * frigid zones
 * polar regions
 * temperate zones
 * axis
 * seasonal changes
 * political map
 * compass rose
 * inermediate directions
 * map key
 * scale
 * physical map
 * relief map
 * elevations
 * locator
 * small-scale map
 * large-scale map
 * distribution map
 * population density
 * road map
 * time zone map
 * map projections
 * distortions
 * interrupted projection map
 * equal are projection map
 * Robinson projection map
 * history map || reading different kinds of maps || as above || Interactive Notebook: Postcard from anywhere; The mappy awards. ||
 * Holocaust || April-May || As children, what are some rights and privileges that you might take for granted? || Content and concepts:
 * Restrictions of Jews in Europe
 * loss of civil rights
 * yellow star
 * removal of property
 * loss of jobs/businesses
 * Jewish Ghettos
 * Location of major Ghettos
 * Conditions in Ghettos
 * Children in the Ghettos
 * Causes of World War II
 * Hitler"s election
 * Other countries involved
 * American Involvement in the war
 * Transportation of Jews
 * Cattle cars
 * Concentration Camps (some info)
 * Location of Camps
 * Difference between work camps and extermination camps
 * Theresienstadt- Art, music, plays
 * Resistance, rescue, the righteous among the nations, survivors
 * || Skills:
 * Reading maps
 * Interpreting charts and graphs
 * analyzing primary sources ||  || Website: Children in the Ghetto:http://ghetto.galim.org.il/eng/- activities listed within the website