Public Schools of Robeson County 6th Grade

Units for _6th_ Grade Social Studies

Unit / Unit Title / Clarifying Objectives / Major Concepts / Time Line
1 / Landforms to Unearthing the Past / History: 1.3, 2.2, 2.3
Geography: 1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2
Economics: 1.1
Civics & Governance: 1.4
Culture: 1.1 / globe, hemisphere, latitude, longitude, relative location, absolute location, map key, cardinal directions, compass rose, intermediate directions, scale, relief, elevation, contour line, elevation profile, archaeologists, hunter-gather, civilization, adaptation, migration / 17 Days
2 / Let’s Settle Down / History: 1.3, 2.2, 2.3
Geography: 1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2
Economics: 1.1
Civics & Governance: 1.4
Culture: 1.1 / settlement, domestication, hunter-gatherer, civilization, adaptation, migration, Neolithic, Paleolithic / 15 Days
3 / Where Civilizations Began / History: 1.3, 2.2, 2.3
Geography: 1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2
Economics: 1.1
Civics & Governance: 1.4
Culture: 1.1 / religion, mythology, civilization, hierarchy, Mt. Vesuvius, cuneiform / 14 Days
4 / Who has the Power / History: 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Geography: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2
Economics: 1.1, 1.2
Civics & Governance: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Culture: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 / religion, mythology, civilization, hierarchy, Mt. Vesuvius / 16 Days
5 / Let’s Trade…Migration / History: 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Geography: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2
Economics: 1.1, 1.2
Civics & Governance: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Culture: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 / Silk Road
supply and demand / 15 Days
6 / Road to Democracy / History: 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Geography: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2
Economics: 1.1, 1.2
Civics & Governance: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Culture: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 / Gods/Goddesses, Caesar, Christians
Mount Olympus, The Parthenon, Appian Way, etc.
The Twelve Tables, Trojan War, Peloponnesian War, Punic Wars / 17 Days
7 / Family, Home, and Society / History: 1.3, 2.2, 2.4
Geography: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1
Economics: 1.1, 1.2
Civics & Governance: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Culture: 1.1 / Christianity, Islam, Taoism, Hinduism, social class, customs, Caste System, Feudalism, Nobility, knights, crusades / 14 Days
8 / World in the Middle Ages / History: 1.3, 2.2, 2.4
Geography: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1
Economics: 1.1, 1.2
Civics & Governance: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Culture: 1.1 / Bubonic plague, scarcity of labor, taxation, monetary systems / 14 Days
9 / Many Worlds Meet / History: 1.3, 2.2, 2.4
Geography: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1
Economics: 1.1, 1.2
Civics & Governance: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Culture: 1.1 / Maritime routes, Trans-Saharan routes, Silk Road, Cultural Diffusion / 14 Days
10 / MSL Review Time / 34 Days