6th Grade Social Studies
1st Nine Week s
CONTENT/ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS
Geographer’s Tools
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions.
5 Themes of Geography
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.E.1 Understand how the
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
(Includes the first week of school)
LCS Pacing Guide
TIME
1 week
LESSON ACTIVITES
Waistline-Waist is the
equator(latitude/longitude),
head North Pole, feet South
Pole, zipper of hoodie is
Prime Meridian ( longitude)
Blue Balloon
Map Home to School
Compass Activity – map of
school
Country Feature Analysis
Geographer’s Bingo
Foldable
Dr. Seuss Activities
Design and name your own
island or country. Trace
your hand. Include a
specific number of
geographical features, bodies
of water, climate, and
incorporate each of the five
themes of geography.
5 Themes Bingo Cards
SUPPLEMENTAL AND
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Sixth Grade Textbook pages 2-20
Balloons
Google Earth
Hoodies Zippers
Brain Pop
NC Wise Owl
Country Feature Analysis Graphic Organizer
Sixth Grade Textbook pages 10-14 and H11
“And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSYIQXEBZSs
“Horton Hears a Who”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYBqpT4JDyU&fea
ture=related
KEY
VOCABULARY
Longitude
Latitude
Prime Meridian
Compass Rose
Equator
Continent
Compass Rose
Hemisphere
Location
Place
Region
Movement
HEI
“Oh the Places You Will Go”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2krDBdTinG8&feat
ure=related
“The Lorax”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNnXEDUb_zw&lr=
1
Dr. Seuss Books
Dr. Seuss PowerPoint
NC Wise Owl
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Rise of Civilization
4 Days
6.C .1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.E.1 Understand how the
Chart/Foldable/Thinking
Maps
Compare/Contrast ancient
civilizations to present
Create Your Own
Civilization
Seventh Grade Textbook page 324
http://www.timemaps.com/home
NC Wise Owl
Create Your Own Civilization instructions
Civilization
Writing/Language
Social Structure
Art/Architecture
Religion
Government
Cities
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/6th/6ss/Unit_activities_SS/U
nit4_SS/act1/6th_SS_Un4_Act1.htm
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
River Valley Civilizations:
Mesopotamia, Sumer, and Harappa
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
LCS Pacing Guide
1 week
Stand-Up Foldable:
Identify each civilization,
list 4 facts, inventions and
illustrations
River Valley Civilization
Sort
Hammurabi’s Code Activity
Primary Sources-Ancient
Civilizations Teacher
Created Materials
Seventh Grade Textbook Pages 323-326
http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/
http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/su
merians.htm
http://schools.nycenet.edu/region4/gchs/rocco/Global%2
0Studies/05%20-%20Hammurabi's%20Code.html
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City-State
Silt
Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
Cuneiform
Fertile Crescent
Hammurabi’s
Code
Empire
Archaeologists
Artifacts
Nomad
Domesticate
Jericho
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Irrigation
Artisans
Scribes
Babylon
Provinces
Hanging Gardens
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civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1 Understand how the
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
More Mesopotamian Empire:
1 Week
Hebrews
Babylon
Hittites
Persian
Assyria
Phoenicians
Thinking Map
Foldable
Think-Tac-Toe
Empire Bingo
Create a poster and
campagin for the the “best”
empire
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/hebrews.html
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/alphabet-historicphoenicians-and-beginnings-alphabet
http://www.smithlifescience.com/SS06PhoeniciansandH
ebrews.htm
Atlas of World History
World Cultures Through Time
Ancient Egypt
Upper and Lower Egypt
Old Middle New Kingdom
Famous Pharaohs
Mummification
Egyptian gods and goddess
Hieroglyphics
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
LCS Pacing Guide
2 weeks
Ancient Egypt Bingo Board
Facebook pages or trading
cards for selected pharaohs
or gods/goddess
Compare and Contrast
ancient Egypt funeral rites
and customs to
Contemporary Funeral Rites
and Customs
Egyptian Social Roles
Foldable
Create a flow map for
mummification
Create a pyramid and
illustrate using hieroglyphics
A-Z foldable for Ancient
Egypt
Social Structure -7th grade textbook page 214
www.library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_egypt/
map.html
www.communication4all.co.uk/history/double%20sided
%20AncientEgyptians%20fact%20sheet.pdf
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/gods.html
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/index.html
http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/MidEast_E
arlyHistory.htm
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html
NC Wise Owl
Pharaohs
Nile River
Rosetta Stone
Hieroglyphics
Mummification
Pyramids
Valley of the
Kings
Valley of the
Queens
Dynasty
Deities
Delta
Kush
Papyrus
Cataracts
Embalming
http://www.metmuseum.org/en/learn/foreducators/lesson-plans-and-pre-visitguides?pg=1&subcat=Middle+School&cat=Grade
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and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and decline
of civilizations, societies and
regions.
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1 Understand how the
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/pharaoh.htm
http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachersparents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-egypt.pdf
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
6.C & G.1 Understand the
development of government in
various civilizations, societies, and
regions.
Ancient Israelites
2 weeks
6. H. 1Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and
regions over time.
6. G. 1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions (i.e. Africa, Asia,
Europe, and the Americas)
over time.
6. C. 1 Explain how the
behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
influenced societies, civilizations and
LCS Pacing Guide
Create a summarizing
foldable
Tree Map of the 3 Jewish
Groups (Pharisees,
Sadducees, Essenes)
Workbook Activity 5, 6
The Kingdom of the
Israelites
Life Among the Israelites
Compare and Contrast Ten
Commandments to
Hammurabi’s Code
Mr. Donn-Ancient Middle
East 4-The Ancient Hebrews
PPT
Mr. Donn-Ancient Israel
PPT.
Learn 360 Videos
Page 77 Journey Across Time
Page 102 Journey Across Time
www.learnisrael.org/lessonplans/AncientIsrael_LP doc
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/hebrews.html
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TheAncient-HebrewsIsraelites-PowerPoint-166142
http://schools.nycenet.edu/region4/gchs/rocco/Global%2
0Studies/06%20-%20Hebrews.html
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monotheism
tribe
Torah
Covenant
Canaan
Judaism
Phoenicians
Prophet
Proverb
Exile
Sabbath
Synagogue
Diaspora
Messiah
Rabbi
Empire
Tribute
Mt. Sinai
Philistines
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Jerusalem
Judah
Babylon
regions.
Ancient Greece
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and decline
of civilizations, societies and
regions.
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1 Understand how the
Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and
regions over time.
3 weeks Travel brochure
Greek Olympics
Task Cards
Greek gods bingo
Jeopardy game-http://greece.mrdonn.org/po
werpoints-jeopardy.html
Foldables
Thinking maps
InspirEd “I Think” Books
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/freelesson-plans/comparing-athens-and-sparta.cfm
http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/lessonplans/sec/ssed314
/Grade%206%20and%207/Gr.%207Ancient%20Greece-S.%20Bruce.pdf
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientGreece.html
http://www.neok12.com/Ancient-Greece.htm
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/6th/6ss/Unit_activities_SS/U
nit4_SS/act1/6th_SS_Un4_Act1.htm
*unit may fall into 2nd 9 weeks*
Democracy
Oligarchy
Totalitarian
Monarchy
City-state
Polis
Acropolis
Crete
Tyrant
Sparta
Athens
Persia
Pericles
Direct democracy
Representative
democracy
Philosophers
Myth
Mt. Olympus
Oracle
Delphi
Macedonia
Alexander the
Great
Hellenistic Era
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
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and regions.
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6th Grade Social Studies
2nd Nine Weeks
CONTENT/ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS
Ancient India
Migration of Aryans
Spread of Hinduism
Rise of Social Structure
Impact of ancient empires:
Mauryan, Guptas and Mughals
Silk Trade Route
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
LCS Pacing Guide
TIME
LESSON ACTIVITES
2 weeks
Foldable
Thinking Maps
Visual Analysis-Caste
System and Hindu Dieties
Primary Sources-Ancient
Civilizations Teacher
Created Materials
Create a movie poster for
assigned social role
The Story of India-PBS
http://www.pbs.org/thestory
ofindia/teachers/lessons/
Compare and Contrast 10
Commandments, Noble
Truths, and Hammurabi’s
Code
SUPPLEMENTAL AND
DIGITAL RESOURCES
www.timemaps.com
www.indianchild.com/history_of_india.htm
www.timewarptrio.com
www.uni.edu/gai/india/india_lessonplans/india_lessons.
htm
www.mrdonn.com
http://www.uni.edu/gai/India/India_Lesson_Plans/A_Pic
ture_Is_Worth_A_Thousand_Words.htm
http://www.indianchild.com/history_of_india.htm
http://www.koausa.org/Gods/God9.html
http://besthistorysites.net/index.php/ancient-biblicalhistory/india
InsirEd “I Think” books
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KEY
VOCABULARY
Dravidian
Aryan
Caste System
Chandragupta
Ashoka
Sanskrit
Stupa
Subcontinent
Hindu Kush
Himalayas
Indus River
Ganges River
Brahma
Monsoon
Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro
Raja
Guru
Hinduism
Reincarnation
Dharma
Karma
Buddhism
Dalai Lama
Theocracy
Nirvana
Gupta
Nepal
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Early China
Emperors
Inventions
Exploration
Silk Trade Route
Chinese New Year
Chinese historical landmarks:
Great Wall of China, Forbidden
City and Terra Cotta Army
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and decline
of civilizations, societies and
regions.
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1 Understand how the
LCS Pacing Guide
2 Weeks
Research assigned
Chinese Dynasty
“Top 10 List” Chinese
Emperors
Foldable
Thinking Maps
Research and present
invention
Silk Trade Route Lesson
www.sascurriculumpathw
ays.com/portal/launch?id
=176
Scavenger Hunt-Ancient
China and Great Wall of
China
www.sascurriculumpathw
ays.com/portal/Launch?id
=1106
www.sascurriculumpathw
ays.com/portal/Launch?id
=374
1421: The Year China
Discovered America by
Gavin Menzies
Fishbowl or debate: Did
the Chinese discover
America before
Columbus?
Ancient China
Activities(echalk)
http://prezi.com/rqyn4i5smmdq/china/
http://www.timemaps.com/home
http://ancienthistory.pppst.com/china.html
http://suite101.com/article/ancient-chineseinventions-a11550
Brain Pop
NC Wise Owl & SAS
http://suite101.com/article/ancient-chineseinventions-a11550
http://china.mrdonn.org/lessonplans.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/library/dy
nasty/shang.html
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl0
7.la.rv.text.zhengI/
Dynastic Cycle
Dynasty:
Xia 10000 – 15000 BC
Shang 1675 – 1046 BC
Zhoi 1034 – 771 BC
770 – 246 BC
Ming 1368 – 1644 AD
Shi Huangdi
Emperor
Dynasty
Confucianism
Great Wall of China
Legalism
Huang He River
Chang Jiang River
Aristocrats
Pictographs
Ideographs
Bureaucracy
Social class
Silk road
Filial piety
Daoism
http://www.metmuseum.org/en/learn/foreducators/lesson-plans-and-pre-visitguides?pg=1&subcat=Middle+School&cat=
Grade
7th grade textbook (dynasties)
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physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
6.C & G.1 Understand the
development of government in
various civilizations, societies, and
regions.
Ancient Rome
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and decline
of civilizations, societies and
regions.
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1 Understand how the
3 Weeks
Travel brochure
Task Cards
powerpointsjeopardy.html
Foldables
Thinking maps
Workbook ActivityDevelopment of Rome
Workbook Activity-The
Roman Republic and
Empire
Workbook Activity-The
Decline of Rome
Workbook Activity-The
Eastern and Estern
Roman Empires
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientRo
me.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory
/romans/
http://schoolrocks.org/unit_on_rome.htm
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/6th/6ss/Unit_activ
ities_SS/Unit4_SS/act1/6th_SS_Un4_Act1.h
tm
InspirEd “I Think” Books
Journey Across Time-page 15
Journey Across Time-page 16
Journey Across Time-page 17
Journey Across Time-page 18
Republic
Consul
Senate
Assembly
Apennines
Tiber River
Etruscans
Romulus
Remus
Legions
Patricians
Plebeians
Veto
Dictator
Carthage
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Triumvirate
Pax Romana
Barter
Constantine
Constantinople
Plague
Gladiators
Forum
Aqueduct
Rhine River
Danube River
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
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various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
6.C & G.1 Understand the
development of government in
various civilizations, societies, and
regions.
Byzantine Empire
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and decline
of civilizations, societies and
regions.
6.C.1Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1Understand how the
1 week
Discuss similarities and
differences between the
Roman Empire and the
Byzantine Empire
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/heraldry.h
tml
Create a flow map for the
creation of the Orthodox
Church
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/justinians
code.html
Analyze the Justinian
Code and create a new
classroom rule
Compare Justinian Code
to Hammurabi’s Code
Discuss similarities and
difference between
Roman and Byzantine
architecture
http://thebyzantineempire.wikispaces.com/
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/7/unit/act
1.1.html
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/artlasshisto
ry-byzantineartarchitecture56-htm/
Abbasids
Constantinople
Hagia Sophia
Orthodox Church
Justinian Code
Black Sea
Aegean Sea
Mosaics
Saints
Regent
Theodora
Strait
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/kamcnama/Karen's
%20Site/Byzantine%20lesson%203.pdf
http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_h
istory_lessons/ma/byzantine_art.htm
Learn 360 video clip-Fall of the Roman
Empire
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
6.C & G.1Understand the
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development of government in
various civilizations, societies, and
regions.
The Rise of Christianity
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
LCS Pacing Guide
1 week
Workbook ActivitySpread of Christianity
Workbook ActivityEastern Orthodox and
Roman Catholic
Churches
Journey Across Time-page 19
Journey Across Time-page 20
Learn 360 video clip-Charlemagne
http://www.nylearns.org/module/content/sear
ch/item/4714/viewdetail.ashx
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Jerusalem
Judea
Messiah
Jesus
Nazareth
Galilee
Disciples
Parables
Resurrection
Apostles
Salvation
Persecute
Martyrs
Hierarchy
Doctrine
Charlemagne
Monasteries
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6th Grade Social Studies
3rd Nine Weeks
CONTENT/ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS
Islamic Civilization
TIME
2 weeks
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
China in the Middle Ages
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
LCS Pacing Guide
LESSON ACTIVITES
Workbook activity 21Muslim Empires
Workbook activty 22Muslim Life
5 Pillars of Islam graphic
organizer
Compare and contrast
Christianity and Islam
SUPPLEMENTAL AND
DIGITAL RESOURCES
http://www.uri.org/kids/world.htm
http://woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/Homework.religion/Islam.ht
m
MrDonn.org
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=
e377f804-4056-4a34-abd2-2e929f39bdaa
Learn 360-In Faith and Practice
Learn 360-Islamic World
Learn 360-Fact Sheets The 5 Pillars and 7 Basic
Beliefs
Learn 360-Fact Sheet-Trade Routes at the Time
of Muhammed and Expansion 750 CE
Learn 360-Fact Sheet-A Muslim Life
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/C
hristianity-Islam-Comparison-Chart-276273
2 weeks
A-Z Chinese History
Foldable
MrDonn.org
Ducksters.com/biography/marco_polo.php
Ancient Chinese
Dynasties
Timeline pg. 409
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/marcopolo-takes-trip#section-16725
Workbook Activity 24Events in Medieval China
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lessonplan/genghis-khan
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KEY
VOCABULARY
Oases
Sheikh
Caravan
Muhammed
Kaaba
Madinah
Quran
Caliph
Damascus
Shiites
Sunnis
Abbasids
Baghdad
Sultan
Mongols
Delhi
Mosques
Bazaar
Minarets
Mecca
Warlords
Economy
Three Gorges Dam
Sui Dynasty: 581618 AD
Tang Dynasty:
618-907 AD
Civil War-907-960
Song Dynasty:
960-1279
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issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and decline
of civilizations, societies and
regions.
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1 Understand how the
Marco Polo center
activities
http://library.thinkquest.org/3614/
Ghengis Khan
mapmaking
Chinese calligraphy
Reform
Porcelain
Calligraphy
Steppes
Gobi
Genghis Khan
Marco Polo
Treason
Census
Compare/Contrast
dynasties
physical environment and
human interaction affected the
economic activities of various
civilizations, societies, and
regions.
6.C & G.1 Understand the
development of government in
various civilizations, societies, and
regions.
African Kingdoms
Fables and Folktales-Anansi
Beginning of African Slave Trade
African Art
Trans- Sahara Trade Route and
Spread of Islam
Trading Empires-7th grade
textbook pages 237-239
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
LCS Pacing Guide
1 Week
http://worldhistoryforusal
l.sdsu.edu/units/five/close
up/Era05_closeup531.php
-click on links to open
lesson. Teachers will
need to modify for grade
level
Trekking to Timbuktu –
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
lesson-plan/lesson-2trekking-timbuktu-tradeancient-west-africa-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/featur
es/storyofafrica/index.shtml
http://hti.math.uh.edu/curriculum/units/2008/03/
08.03.06.pdf (use for passport and art project)
http://civiced.rutgers.edu/AFRICA/AFRICA/uni
t2.pdf
http://library.thinkquest.org/13406/sh/
http://africa.mrdonn.org/lessonplans.html
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Mali
Ghana
Songhai
Sahara Desert
Timbuktu
Mansa Musa
Niger River
Caravan
Oasis
Sundiata
Plateau
Griots
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civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and decline
of civilizations, societies and
regions.
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1 Understand how the
teacher-version#sectintroduction
Students create their own
fable using an Anansi
Create a tree map to
classify information
about each kingdom
Create a foldable
Create a passport for the
three kingdoms
Art project
Religion
Social Structure and Feudalism
Poetry
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
LCS Pacing Guide
Clan
Swahili
http://www.inmotionaame.org/education/detail.c
fm;jsessionid=f8302787651343085856904?mig
ration=1&bhcp=1
http://www.metmuseum.org/en/learn/foreducators/lesson-plans-and-pre-visitguides?pg=1&subcat=Middle+School&cat=Gra
de
African Kingdom
Scavenger Hunt
http://www.sascurriculum
pathways.com/portal/Lau
nch?id=1110&bhcp=1
Workbook Activity 25Society in Medieval
Africa
Workbook Activity 26Early African Societies
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
6.C & G.1 Understand the
development of government in
various civilizations, societies, and
regions.
Japan
http://africa.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html
1 Week
Job Description or Help
Wanted for Samurai
Foldable for Social
Structure
Create a Haiku
The Japan Projectwww.globaled.org
Time Warp Trio Sam
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0257heian-era.php
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0257heian-era.php
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0259japanese-feudalism.php
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Heian Period
Samurai
Shogun
Daimyo
Shinto
Jomon
Yayoi
Shrines
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civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic
factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and decline
of civilizations, societies and
regions.
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1 Understand how the
Samurai
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=VO1ZC77YVN
Q
http://www.globaled.org/japanproject/lessons/le
sson03.php
Vassals
Feudalism
Sects
Meditation
Guilds
http://www.smithlifescience.com/SS18Franks.ht
m
Frankish Kingdom
Charlemagne
Feudalism
William the
Conqueror
Crusades
Chivalry
Black Plague
Workbook Activity 27Early and Medieval
Japanese Society
Workbook Activity 28The Ashikaga
Chopstick Practice
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
6.C & G.1 Understand the
development of government in
various civilizations, societies, and
regions.
Middle Ages
Early Middle Ages (500-1000)
High Middle Ages (1000-1250)
Late Middle Ages (1250-1500)
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
LCS Pacing Guide
3 Weeks
Crusades
Thinking Maps or
foldable for rise of
merchants and trades
Multi-flow map or flow
map for the Black Plague
Middle Ages Project
Compare and Contrast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTaVnZyG
2g&feature=related
http://www.smithlifescience.com/SS26RiseTrad
eTowns.htm
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civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
6.G.1 Understand geographic 3
Weeks factors that influenced the
emergence, expansion and
decline of civilizations, societies
and regions over time (i.e. Africa,
Asia, Europe, and the Americas)
6.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand the
emergence, expansion and decline
of civilizations, societies and
regions.
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.E.1 Understand how the
physical environment
and human interaction affected
the economic activities of
various civilizations, societies,
and regions.
life in a manor to life in a
castle or to contemporary
life
Create foldable or
Thinking Maps
Design Coat of Arms and
discuss symbolism
Multi-flow map for the
Battle of Hastings
Feudalism: Good or BadAdvantages and
disadvantages of life as a
serf (page 532-533)
Workbook Activity 30Feudalism in Medieval
Europe
Manorial System
The Battle of
Hastings 1066
Fjords
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/middleage Vassals
s/index.htm
Fief
Knights
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/timelines.htm Serfs
l
Peasant
Guilds
http://myhomesweethomeonline.net/2008/01/uni Magna Carta
t-study-for-medieval-history-the-middle-ages/
http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroCiv/EuroCiv
-Topics/EuroCiv-MiddleAges.htm
http://besthistorysites.net/index.php/medievalhistory/europe
http://www.egusd.net/eddy/pdf/teacher%20files/
benson/PowerPoints/Europe/Benson%20Feudali
sm%20and%20Culture.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5AJr0wls0
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/heraldry.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDaBNNyM8o
6.C & G.1 Understand the
development of government in
various civilizations, societies, and
regions.
LCS Pacing Guide
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6th Grade Social Studies
4th Nine Weeks
CONTENT/CLARIFYING
OBJECTIVE
Vikings/ exploration
TIME
1 Week
6. G. 1.2
Explain the factors that
influenced the movement of
people, goods, and ideas and the
effects of that movement on
societies and regions over time
(e.g. scarcity of resources,
conquests, desire for wealth,
disease and trade).
The Americas
6.C & G.1 Understand the
development of government in
various civilizations, societies, and
regions.
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
LCS Pacing Guide
2 Weeks
LESSON ACTIVITES
Foldable
Thinking maps
6th grade book
Bingo
Create a Viking ship
Create a letter about
infectious disease
Create a job
announcement for an
explorer
Teacher created materials
Compare and contrast
Mayan civilization to
another civilization
Foldable
Thinking maps
Mayan math problems
Workbook Activity 31History of First
Americans
Workbook Activity 32North American Cultures
InspirEd Book “I Think”
Pre-Columbian
AmericasCounting the Days page
57
The Masters Page 63
Up in the Mountains Page
69
SUPPLEMENTAL AND
DIGITAL RESOURCES
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vi
kings
http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachersparents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-vikings.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/la
unch_gms_viking_quest.shtml
KEY
VOCABULARY
Navigation
Explorer
Viking
Nautical
Odin
Thor
Smallpox
British Isles
http://www.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/vikingsax.html
http://mayas.mrdonn.orghttp://www.mayas.net
http://www.neok12.com/Maya-Civilization.htm
http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachersparents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-maya.pdf
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Maize
Glyph
Sacrifice
Pok-a-tok
Cacao
Codex
Olmec
Chichen Itza
Glaciers
Meso America
Quipa
Adobe
Conquistadors
Cortes
Montezuma
Pizarro
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Australia
2-3 days
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
groups.
Aborigines
Create a boomerang by
listing 5 to 10 facts and
decorate.
Create a travel brochure
7th grade text book
Create a myth
Read and discuss
Australian folktales and
myths
Compare Australian
folktales to African
folktales
http://www.pardeehome.org/Oceania_module.p
df
Indigenous
Aborigine
Maoris
http://regions.mrdonn.org/oceaniapacificrim.html
http://gutenberg.net.au/explorers.html
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/002/lp2137.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesso
n/lesson200.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/002/lp2136.shtml
Australian Folktales and Myths
http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit226/lesson
2.html
Oceania
6.C.1 Explain how the behaviors
and practices of individuals and
groups influenced societies,
civilizations, and regions.
6.H.1 Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and regions
over time.
6.H.2 Understand the political,
economic and/or social
significance of historical events,
issues, individuals and cultural
LCS Pacing Guide
2-3 days
Primitive Islands
Foldable
Thinking map
Labeling Maps
Create a boat listing facts.
http://www.archaeolink.com/indigenous_studies
_lesson_plans.htm
http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/australia.html
http://www.pardeehome.org/Oceania_module.p
df
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/
Launch?id=2000
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/
Launch?id=1379&bhcp=1
Vocabulary Flash Cards:
http://quizlet.com/10507020/australia-oceaniaand-antarctica-flash-cards/
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Admiralty Islands
Australia
Cook Islands
Easter Islands
Fiji
Hawaii
Marquesas
Marshall Islands
Melanesia
Micronesia
New Caledonia
New Guinea
New Hebrides
New Ireland
New Zealand
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groups.
Review
LCS Pacing Guide
Oceania
Palau Islands
Polynesia
Samoa
Society Islands
Tonga
Trobriand
2-4 weeks
Timeline/5 Themes
Create a yearbook-a year
in review
Interactive Student
Notebooks
Review Jeopardy Games
SMART Notebook Review
Google Docs Constructed Response
Schoolnet Database
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