SS_Curriculum

Willow Avenue School 6th Grade
Social Studies Curriculum Map

Essential Questions: How do maps and timelines help us understand human systems and physical environments?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
September	Introduction to Geography (Map Skills)	World in spatial terms Places and regions Environment and society Uses of geography	Identify a variety of sources of information	Nystrom Eastern Hemisphere text The World text Junior Scholastic Magazine Newspapers Maps and Globes CD ROM NYSTROM.NET for Teachers Junior Scholastic Online Online Geography Resources World Atlas: Maps and Geography of the World National Geographic - Geography Lessons and Activities Interfact Atlas	q
Essential Questions: How did ancient people adapt to their environment in order to create societies/cultures?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
October	Strands of culture Mesoptamia	Scarcity Science/Technology Culture Belief systems Identity	Using information draw inferences from data Generalize from information	8	\
Essential Questions: What factors caused the rise and fall of ancient civilizations? What have been the contributions of classical civilizations to the history of mankind?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
November	Ancient culture study Egypt Greece Rome Indus Valley China	Identify change Interdependence Movement of people and goods	Generalize data Locate information		8Ancient India Map CRQ Buddha Timeline CRQ Chola Dynasty CRQ Ancient China Map CRQ Ancient China Timeline CRQ Tomb CRQ
Essential Questions: What factors caused the rise and fall of ancient civilizations? What have been the contributions of classical civilizations to the history of mankind?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
December	Ancient culture study Egypt Greece Rome Indus Valley China	Identify change Interdependence Movement of people and goods	Generalize data Locate information	8	8Ancient Egypt Agriculture DBQ Ancient Egypt Map DBQ Howard Carter DBQ Queen Hatshepsut DBQ
Essential Questions: What factors caused the rise and fall of ancient civilizations? What have been the contributions of classical civilizations to the history of mankind?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
January	Ancient culture study Egypt Greece Rome Indus Valley China	Identify change Interdependence Movement of people and goods	Generalize data Locate information	8	tAqueduct DBQ Ancient Roman Timeline DBQ Ancient Rome Map DBQ Julius Caesar DBQ Senate DBQ Virgil DBQ
Essential Questions: What were the Middle Ages?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
February	Middle Ages	Interdependence Culture Human systems Technologies Change	8	8	8
Essential Questions: How is the Renaissance a cultural outgrowth of the Middle Ages?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
March	Renaissance	Interdependence Culture Human systems Technologies Change	8	8	8
Essential Questions: What were the causes of the three revolutions? How did the three revolutions affect how and where people live? What are the effects of the three revolutions on the ways of living?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
April	Three revolutions Political Scientific Industrial	Technologies Change Culture Interdependence	8	8	8
Essential Questions: How did the rise of nationalism change values and contribute to the outbreak of WWI? What part did the value of human rights and religion play in WWI? How did the development of new technology change the interdependence of countries?
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
May	World War I	Needs and wants Interdependence Government Change Values Conflict Imperialism	8	8	8 Cost of Army DBQ Lusitania DBQ WWI Timeline DBQ Zimmerman Telegram DBQ
Essential Questions: (See #1,2,3 of WWI plus...) How did the lack of resources contribute to nations becoming involved in WWI? How could the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki be considered a turning point in world history?
Essential Questions:
Month	Content	Concepts	Skills	Materials & Resources	Assessments
June	World War I	Citizenship Civic life Values Government Imperialism Nationalism Conflict	8	8	8