Sixth+grade+social+studies

Early Civilizations and Cultures || October 4-November 5 || What is the purpose of archaeology? When did communities begin to develop? How did complex cultures develop? What things influenced the development of cultures? How and why did communities develop in the Fertile crescent? What is the significance of the Code of Hammurabi? What significant contributions were made by these people to the world (or what effects did these people have on the world): Mesopotamians, Babylonians, Lydians, Phoenicians? || Vocabulary to know:
 * ~ Unit ||~ Start Date (duration) ||~ Essential Questions ||~ Content / Concepts ||~ Skills ||~ Texts ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials ||
 * 1:
 * 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

People and Terms to know:
 * 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

Concepts: The World ||  ||
 * 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 did religous beliefs of the ancient Egyptians affect the way they lived their lives?
 * how were pyramids built?
 * How did the relationship between Egypt and Nubia change over time?
 * How does geography contribute to differences in how people in China live and work?
 * What are the major landforms, climates, and wter systems in South Asia?
 * what contributed to cultural and political changes in South Asia between 2500 B.C.E. and 400 C.E.? || 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

People and Terms to know:
 * 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

Places to know:
 * 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

Concepts to Know:
 * 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 climographs,
 * gather and report information,
 * compare and contrast, || as above ||  ||
 * 3: Early Civilizations in the Americas || Jan. 3-Feb. 4 ||  || 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

People and Terms to Know:
 * Moctezuma I
 * Moctezuma II
 * Hernando Cortes
 * Manco Capac
 * Inca Viracocha
 * Pachacuti
 * Topa Inca
 * Francisco Pizarro
 * Deganawidah

Places to Know:
 * 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

Concepts to Know: ||


 * * use map projections
 * use latitude and longitude
 * detect bias
 * main idea and details || as above ||  ||
 * 4 ||  ||   ||   || compare city maps at different scales, use primary and secondary sources, || as above ||   ||
 * geography skills handbook || August - September || What kinds of information can we learn from maps? || * hemispheres
 * 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 ||  ||
 * Holocaust ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||