2016 – 17 Year-at-a-Glance
Social Studies – Grade 6
First Semester
Second Semester
1st Six Weeks (25 Days) Aug. 24-Sept. 28
4th Six Weeks (31 Days) Jan.3-Feb. 15
Unit 01: Celebrate Freedom (5 days)
Focus: Students will look at the founding documents of the United States, and apply their core beliefs
and principles to broaden their knowledge of changing political systems.
Standards: 6.11A, 6.11B, 6.11C, 6.21D, 6.22D
Unit 02: Thinking Like a Geographer: The World’s Geographic Patterns (10 days)
Focus: Students learn about types of maps, elements of maps, and how to read map including how
geography influences settlement patterns, defining characteristics of culture, cultural celebrations,
and how geographers divide the world into culture regions.
Standards:6.3A, 6.3B, 6.3D, 6.4A, 6.4B, 6.4E, 6.15A, 6.15B, 6.16A, 6.19A, 6.19B, 6.22A, 6.22D,
6.22E
Unit 03: Freedom for All: The United Stated and Canada (15 days)
Focus: Students will learn about the United States and Canada as a culture region.
6.1A, 6.3A, 6.3D, 6.4C, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.9B, 6.9C, 6.10A, 6.10C, 6.11A, 6.11B, 6.11C, 6.12A,
6.12C, 6.13A, 6.14A, 6.14B, 6.15C, 6.15D, 6.20A, 6.20B, 6.20C, 6.21B, 6.21C, 6.22A,6.22B, 6.22D
2nd
Six Weeks (25 Days) Sept. 29-Nov. 3
Unit 03: Freedom for All: The United Stated and Canada (continued) (15 days)
Standards:6.1A, 6.3A, 6.3D, 6.4C, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.9B, 6.9C, 6.10A, 6.10C, 6.11A, 6.11B, 6.11C,
6.12A, 6.12C, 6.13A, 6.14A, 6.14B, 6.15C, 6.15D, 6.20A, 6.20B, 6.20C, 6.21B, 6.21C, 6.22A, 6.22B,
6.22D
Unit 04: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin America (15 days)
Focus: Students will examine Latin America’s physical geographic patterns, the human geographic
characteristics of the region prior to colonization, and the process of cultural diffusion in the region.
Standards:6.1A, 6.2A, 6.2B, 6.3A, 6.3C, 6.4C, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.6B, 6.7B, 6.8B, 6.12A, 6.15E,
6.17A, 6.17B, 6.17D, 6.17E, 6.18A, 6.18B, 6.18C, 6.21B, 6.21D, 6.22B, 6.22D, 6.22E
Unit 06: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and the Eurasian Republics (13 days)
Focus: Students will study Russia and the former republics of the Soviet Union as a culture region
which covers a vast land mass and is home to a variety of ethnic groups.
Standards: 6.1A, 6.1B, 6.3A, 6.3C, 6.4C, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.8A, 6.9A, 6.9B, 6.9D, 6.11A, 6.11B,
6.12A, 6.12B, 6.15F, 6.17D, 6.21C, 6.21D, 6.22A, 6.22B, 6.22D, 6.22E
Unit 07: A Crossroads of Diffusion: Southwest Asia/North Africa (14 days)
Focus: Students will learn about Southwest Asia/North Africa as a culture region including Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam.
Standards:6.1A, 6.1B, 6.3A, 6.3B, 6.3C, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.5A, 6.5B, 6.5C, 6.6B, 6.7A, 6.7B, 6.8A,
6.8B, 6.8C, 6.15F, 6.16B, 6.16C, 6.17B, 6.17C, 6.17D, 6.17E, 6.19A, 6.20B, 6.21B, 6.21C, 6.22B,
6.22D, 6.22E
5th Six Weeks (35 Days) Feb. 16-April 13
Unit 08: Facing Challenges: Sub-Saharan Africa (14 days)
Focus: Students will study how colonization has affected the Sub-Saharan Africa as a cultural region
and the physical geographical challenges on their economic development.
Standards:6.1A, 6.1B, 6.2B, 6.3B, 6.3C, 6.3D, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.6A, 6.8B, 6.10B, 6.11D, 6.15F,
6.18A, 6.21A, 6.21B, 6.21C, 6.22B, 6.22D, 6.22E
Unit 09: Unity and Division: South Asia (15 days)
Focus: Students will examine the physical geographic processes that affect South Asia and unify the
subcontinent.
Standards:6.1A, 6.3A, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.6A, 6.6C, 6.7A, 6.8A, 6.12B, 6.18B, 6.19A, 6.21A, 6.21B,
6.21D, 6.22B, 6.22D, 6.22E
Benchmark II: Units 6 – 9
6th Six Weeks (34 Days) April 17-June 2
3rd Six Weeks (26 days) Nov. 4-Dec. 16
Unit 04: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin America (continued) (15 days)
6.1A, 6.2A, 6.2B, 6.3A, 6.3C, 6.4C, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.6B, 6.7B, 6.8B, 6.12A, 6.15E, 6.17A, 6.17B,
6.17D, 6.17E, 6.18A, 6.18B, 6.18C, 6.21B, 6.21D, 6.22B, 6.22D, 6.22E
Unit 05: We Are Family: Europe (15 days)
Focus: Students will study Europe as a cultural region that is divided into many political regions, yet
unified by many common cultural characteristics.
6.1A, 6.1B, 6.2B, 6.3A, 6.3C, 6.4C, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.5A, 6.5B, 6.8A, 6.9A, 6.10A, 6.10B, 6.12B,
6.15C, 6.15D, 6.15F, 6.17D, 6.18A, 6.18D, 6.21A, 6.21B, 6.21D, 6.22B, 6.22D, 6.22E
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing World: East and Southeast Asia (15 days)
Focus: Students will study about the culture region of East and Southeast Asia including their
traditional practices and modern societies.
6.1A, 6.3A, 6.3B, 6.3C, 6.3D, 6.4B, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.7C, 6.9A, 6.9D, 6.10B, 6.11A, 6.11D, 6.12B,
6.13B, 6.13C, 6.17A, 6.17E, 6.18A, 6.19A, 6.20B, 6.21A, 6.22A, 6.22B, 6.22D
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific Realm (15 days)
Focus: Students will study the cultural region of the Pacific Realm, including Australia, New Zealand,
and Oceania
6.1A, 6.3A, 6.4B, 6.4C, 6.4D, 6.4E, 6.4F, 6.6A, 6.6C, 6.7A, 6.7B, 6.9A, 6.15D, 6.21B, 6.21C, 6.22B,
6.22D, 6.22E
Benchmark I: Units 1 – 5
Readiness Standards (*District Priority Standards)
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2016 – 17 Pacing Calendar
Social Studies – Grade 6
1st Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
8/24
Thursday
Friday
8/25
8/26
Unit 1: Celebrate Freedom
Unit 1: Celebrate Freedom
8/29
8/30
8/31
9/1
9/2
Unit 1: Celebrate Freedom
Unit 1: Celebrate Freedom
Unit 1: Celebrate Freedom
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
9/6
9/7
9/8
9/9
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
9/12
9/13
9/14
9/15
9/16
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
9/19
9/20
9/21
9/22
9/23
Unit 2: Thinking Like a Geographer
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
9/26
9/27
9/28
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
Labor Day
The number of days allotted for each unit is a suggestion based on the district Year-at-a-Glance. Teachers may choose to adjust these suggestions based on the needs of their students as long as the student expectations
within the unit are adequately addressed. Teachers may use Enrichment Activities and Review Days to their discretion (i.e. re-teach, review, intervention, etc.) but they must be used for social studies instruction.
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Social Studies – Grade 6
2nd Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
9/29
9/30
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
10/3
10/4
10/5
10/6
10/7
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
10/11
10/12
10/13
10/14
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and Canada
Unit 3: Freedom for All: U.S and
Canada
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
10/17
10/18
10/19
10/20
10/21
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
10/24
10/25
10/26
10/27
10/28
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
10/31
11/1
11/2
11/3
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Professional Development
Day
The number of days allotted for each unit is a suggestion based on the district Year-at-a-Glance. Teachers may choose to adjust these suggestions based on the needs of their students as long as the student expectations
within the unit are adequately addressed. Teachers may use Enrichment Activities and Review Days to their discretion (i.e. re-teach, review, intervention, etc.) but they must be used for social studies instruction.
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2016 – 17 Pacing Calendar
Social Studies – Grade 6
3rd Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
11/4
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
11/7
11/8
11/9
11/10
11/11
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Unit 4: A Legacy of Colonialism: Latin
America
Flex day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex day-Process Skills/Enrichment
11/14
11/15
11/16
11/17
11/18
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
11/28
11/29
11/30
12/1
12/2
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
12/5
12/6
12/7
12/8
12/9
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
Unit 5: We Are Family: Europe
12/12
12/13
12/14
12/15
12/16
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Thanksgiving Break
Beginning of
Benchmark 1 Window
End of
Benchmark 1 Window
Christmas Break
The number of days allotted for each unit is a suggestion based on the district Year-at-a-Glance. Teachers may choose to adjust these suggestions based on the needs of their students as long as the student expectations
within the unit are adequately addressed. Teachers may use Enrichment Activities and Review Days to their discretion (i.e. re-teach, review, intervention, etc.) but they must be used for social studies instruction.
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Social Studies – Grade 6
4th Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1/3
1/4
1/5
1/6
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
1/9
1/10
1/11
1/12
1/13
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
11/17
11/18
11/19
11/20
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
Unit 6: Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and
the Eurasian Republics
1/23
1/24
1/25
1/26
1/27
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
1/30
1/31
2/1
2/2
2/3
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
2/6
2/7
2/8
2/9
2/10
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
2/13
2/14
2/15
Unit 7: A Crossroads of Diffusion:
Southwest Asia / North Africa
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Teacher Work Day
MLK Day
The number of days allotted for each unit is a suggestion based on the district Year-at-a-Glance. Teachers may choose to adjust these suggestions based on the needs of their students as long as the student expectations
within the unit are adequately addressed. Teachers may use Enrichment Activities and Review Days to their discretion (i.e. re-teach, review, intervention, etc.) but they must be used for social studies instruction.
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Social Studies – Grade 6
5th Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
2/16
2/17
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: SubSaharan Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: Sub-Saharan
Africa
2/21
2/22
2/23
2/24
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: SubSaharan Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: Sub-Saharan
Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: SubSaharan Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: Sub-Saharan
Africa
2/27
2/28
3/1
3/2
3/3
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: SubSaharan Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: SubSaharan Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: Sub-Saharan
Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: SubSaharan Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: Sub-Saharan
Africa
3/6
3/7
3/8
3/9
3/10
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: SubSaharan Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: SubSaharan Africa
Unit 8: Facing Challenges: Sub-Saharan
Africa
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
3/20
3/21
3/22
3/23
3/24
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
3/27
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Beginning of
Benchmark II Window
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
4/3
4/4
4/5
4/6
4/7
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
Unit 9: Unity and Division: South Asia
End of
Benchmark II Window
4/10
4/11
4/12
4/13
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Professional Development
Day
Spring Break
Good Friday
The number of days allotted for each unit is a suggestion based on the district Year-at-a-Glance. Teachers may choose to adjust these suggestions based on the needs of their students as long as the student expectations
within the unit are adequately addressed. Teachers may use Enrichment Activities and Review Days to their discretion (i.e. re-teach, review, intervention, etc.) but they must be used for social studies instruction.
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Social Studies – Grade 6
6th Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
4/17
4/18
4/19
4/20
4/21
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing World:
East and Southeast Asia
4/24
4/25
4/26
4/27
4/28
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing World:
East and Southeast Asia
5/1
5/2
5/3
5/4
5/5
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing
World: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Tradition in a Modernizing World:
East and Southeast Asia
5/8
5/9
5/10
5/11
5/12
STAAR Math
STAAR Reading
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
5/15
5/16
5/17
5/18
5/19
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
5/22
5/23
5/24
5/25
5/26
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
5/30
5/31
6/1
6/2
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Unit 11: Adapting Down Under: Pacific
Realm
Flex Day-Process Skills/Enrichment
Memorial Day
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within the unit are adequately addressed. Teachers may use Enrichment Activities and Review Days to their discretion (i.e. re-teach, review, intervention, etc.) but they must be used for social studies instruction.
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