Social ScienceSocial Science
Textbook – World History Journey Across Time: The Early Ages
The sixth grade curriculum covers ancient and medieval history. It integrates history, geography, political systems, economic systems and behavioral sciences. Social Science is a means to teach students to think critically and responsibly.
Theme-Survival
Guiding Question: How and Why Do People Adapt?
· Choices -What choices do people have to make to survive?
· Groups – What are the advantages of living in-groups?
· Physical Environment – How did physical environment effect patterns of
development and settlement?
· Structure – For what reasons/purposes do groups of people organize?
· Beliefs – How did their beliefs explain their world? How do beliefs effect
people lives?
· Innovations – How do people solve problems?
Guiding Questions: What Makes a Civilization Thrive?
· Leadership – Why is leadership necessary? Who has the power and how did
they get it? What makes an effective leader?
· Culture – What is culture? What enables culture to advance?
· Connections – What do successful civilizations have in common? How was
culture spread? What did civilizations inherit and build upon? What did
civilizations leave as their legacy?
· Organization – How are successful civilizations organized? What roles do
groups and individuals have within an organization?
District Assessment
Theme – Change
Guiding Questions: What Causes Change?
· Movement – What causes movement of people, goods and ideas? What is the
impact of movement?
· Conflict – What causes different types of conflict? How do people respond to
conflict? How do people respond to conflict? How do the consequences of
conflict lead to change?
· Ideas – What causes people to change their ideas? What results from change
of ideas? What makes an idea powerful?
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