Sixth Grade Social Studies
Sixth Grade Social Studies
Sixth Grade Social Studies
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6 th <strong>Grade</strong> S.S. Curriculum Map- 2011/2012 (Taubman/Monacella)<br />
Textbook: The World<br />
By: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill (Illinois Standards Edition)<br />
Month Concepts Skills/Activities <br />
Assessments Illinois Academic<br />
Standards<br />
August/<br />
September<br />
October/<br />
November<br />
∗ Introduction<br />
• Geography and World<br />
Regions<br />
• People and Culture<br />
∗ Unit 1: Rivers and Civilization<br />
• Lesson 1: Early People<br />
• Lesson 2: The Beginning of<br />
Agriculture<br />
• Maroo<br />
∗ Unit 1: Rivers and Civilization<br />
cont.<br />
• Lesson 3: The Fertile<br />
Crescent<br />
• Lesson 4: Babylonia, Israel,<br />
and Assyria (Passover, 10<br />
commandments, monotheism)<br />
Share your cultural<br />
project<br />
Cause and effect<br />
Oral reading<br />
Journal- Maroo<br />
Parallel Timeline<br />
Leveled reader: Mystery<br />
of the Iceman<br />
Worksheets from<br />
curriculum<br />
Continue with journal<br />
Artifact activity<br />
Cause and effect<br />
Worksheets from<br />
curriculum<br />
Gilgamesh skit<br />
Picture book: Gilgamesh<br />
the King<br />
Map Skills<br />
Writing Cuneiform<br />
symbols<br />
Comprehension check<br />
Journal of reflections-<br />
Maroo<br />
Unit quizzes<br />
Text/worksheets from<br />
curriculum<br />
Cause and effect<br />
charts<br />
Comprehension check<br />
and vocabulary<br />
Unit Quizzes<br />
Text/worksheets from<br />
curriculum<br />
Cause and effect<br />
charts<br />
Comprehension<br />
Check/ Vocabulary<br />
16.A.2c, 18.A.2, 18.B.2b,<br />
16.D.2(w), 16.E.2a(W),<br />
17.A.2a, 17.A.2b, 17.B.2b,<br />
17.c.2b, 17.C.2c, 18.A.2,<br />
15.A.2a, 15.B.2a. 15.D.2b,<br />
16.C.2a, 16.E.2a(W),<br />
17.B.2a, 17.C.2b, 16.A.4a,<br />
16.C.1a, 18.C.2<br />
15.D.2b, 16.A.2c,<br />
16.C.2b(W), 17.A.2b,<br />
17.B.2a, 17.C.2a, 17.C.2b,<br />
17.C.2a, 15.E.2b, 16.A.2a,<br />
16.A.2b, 16.B.2a(W),<br />
17.B.2b, 17.D.2a, 18.A.2,<br />
18.B.2b, 16.A.4a
6 th <strong>Grade</strong> S.S. Curriculum Map- 2011/2012 (Taubman/Monacella)<br />
Textbook: The World<br />
By: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill (Illinois Standards Edition)<br />
<br />
Month Concepts Skills/Activities Assessments Illinois Academic<br />
Standards ---<br />
∗ Unit 1: Rivers and<br />
Unit quizzes<br />
16.A.2c, 17.A.2b, 17.B.2a,<br />
Civilization cont.<br />
Text/worksheets from<br />
17.B.2b, 17.C.2a, 17.C.2b,<br />
17.D.2a, 18.A.2, 15.A.2a,<br />
December/<br />
curriculum<br />
• Lesson 5: The Kingdoms of<br />
15.D.2b, 15.E.2a,<br />
January<br />
Cause and effect<br />
Egypt<br />
16.C.2b(W), 17.C.2b,<br />
charts<br />
18.A.2, 18.B.2b, 18.C.2,<br />
• Lesson 6: The Culture of<br />
Comprehension 16.B.2a(W), 17.A.2a,<br />
Egypt<br />
Check/Vocabulary<br />
17.B.2A, 17.C.2a, 18.A.2,<br />
• Lesson 7: Early Indian<br />
18.B.2b, 16.A.2a, 16.A.2b,<br />
Civilizations<br />
• Lesson 8 Early Indian<br />
Empires<br />
February/<br />
March<br />
∗<br />
∗<br />
Unit 1: Rivers and<br />
Civilization cont.<br />
• Lesson 9: China’s first<br />
Dynasty<br />
• Lesson 10: The Chinese<br />
Empire<br />
Unit 2: The Ancient World<br />
• Lesson 1: Greek<br />
Civilizations<br />
• Lesson 2: Alexander’s<br />
Empire<br />
Cause and effect<br />
Map skills<br />
Simulation: riches/Taxes<br />
Mummy making<br />
Worksheets from<br />
curriculum<br />
Writing Hieroglyphics<br />
Eat like an Egyptian<br />
Leveled Reader: Tut<br />
Leveled Reading : India’s<br />
Fight for freedom<br />
Readers Theatre:<br />
Buddhism<br />
Cause and effect<br />
Map skills continued<br />
China Project- made in<br />
China<br />
Movie: Milan (Silk Road)<br />
Leveled Reader: City of<br />
Troy<br />
Packet: “The Arts”<br />
Packet: “How Greece was<br />
Governed”<br />
Simulation: Democracy<br />
Fables: Act Out<br />
Greek Olympics- simulation<br />
Unit quizzes<br />
Text/worksheets from<br />
curriculum<br />
Cause and effect<br />
charts<br />
Comprehension<br />
Check/Vocabulary<br />
14.B.2, 16.B.2a(W),<br />
16.C.2b(W), 16.D.2(W),<br />
16.E.2a(W), 17.A.2a,<br />
17.C.2c, 17.D.2a, 14.D.2,<br />
16.A.2a, 16.A.2b, 16.A.2c,<br />
16.B.2A(W), 16.C.2b(W),<br />
18.A.2, 18.B.2b, 15. A.2a.<br />
15.D.2b, 16.B.2a(W),<br />
16.C.2b(W), 17.B.2a,<br />
17.D.2a, 17.A.2b, 16.D.2,<br />
16.E.3a (W)
6 th <strong>Grade</strong> S.S. Curriculum Map- 2011/2012 (Taubman/Monacella)<br />
Textbook: The World<br />
By: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill (Illinois Standards Edition)<br />
<br />
Month Concepts Skills/Activities Assessments Illinois Academic<br />
Standards ---<br />
April/May ∗ Unit 2: The Ancient World<br />
• Lesson 3: Roman Republic<br />
• Lesson 4: The Roman<br />
Empire<br />
• Lesson 5: Ancient North<br />
Americas<br />
If time permits:<br />
∗ Unit 3: Trade and Tradition<br />
• Lesson 1: The Arab World<br />
• Lesson 2: The Muslim<br />
Empire<br />
• Lesson 3: The Ottoman<br />
Empire<br />
• Lesson 4: Early African<br />
Kingdoms<br />
Cause and effect<br />
Being A Roman Citizen<br />
Map skills continued<br />
tbd<br />
Unit quizzes<br />
Text/worksheets from<br />
curriculum<br />
Cause and effect<br />
charts<br />
Comprehension<br />
Check/Vocabulary<br />
14.D.2, 15.D.2a, 15.D.2b,<br />
16.A.2c, 16.B.2a(W),<br />
16.C.2b(W), 16.E.2c,<br />
17.A.2a, 17.B.2a, 17.C.2a,<br />
17.D.2a, 18.B.2a, 18.B.2b,<br />
14.B.2, 14.D.2, 16.A.2a,<br />
16.A.2b, 16.B.2b(W),<br />
17.C.2b, 16.C.2a(W),<br />
16.E.2a, 18.C.2, 16.D.2
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