Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q1
Content
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Content
Standards
W1
Getting to Know the Text Book
–Strategies for Taking Tests
(Section S1-S30)
Test Taking Strategies, Map Skill, Identify the tools and skills
geographers, archaeologists, historians, and other scholars use to
explore and learn about the past.
W2
Chapters/ Sections—CH1
Lesson 1-2 and 4—The
Historian’s Tools
Test Taking Strategies, Map Skill, Identify the tools and skills
geographers, archaeologists, historians, and other scholars use to
explore and learn about the past.
Historical
Documents and
Sites
W3
CH 3 Ancient Mesopotamia
surplus, civilization, Mesopotamia, floodplain, silt, drought,
civilization, city-state, polytheism, ziggurat, bronze, pictograph,
stylus, cuneiform, scribe
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
Topics— Describe the
geographic features of
Mesopotamia and the ways in
which they contributed to the
spread of agriculture.
.
CC
Standards
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
W4
Explain how early farmers
managed to control water
supplies in the region.
surplus, civilization, Mesopotamia, floodplain, silt, drought,
civilization, city-state, polytheism, ziggurat, bronze, pictograph,
stylus, cuneiform, scribe
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
W5
Summarize ways in which
ancient people in Mesopotamia
managed in a land with scarce
resources.
surplus, civilization, Mesopotamia, floodplain, silt, drought,
civilization, city-state, polytheism, ziggurat, bronze, pictograph,
stylus, cuneiform, scribe
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
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Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q1
W6
Content
Describe the characteristics that
define a civilization.
W7
Trace the factors that led to the
development of the first
civilization.
W8
Describe the first civilization at
Sumer.
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Content
Standards
CC
Standards
surplus, civilization, Mesopotamia, floodplain, silt, drought,
civilization, city-state, polytheism, ziggurat, bronze, pictograph,
stylus, cuneiform, scribe
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
surplus, civilization, Mesopotamia, floodplain, silt, drought,
civilization, city-state, polytheism, ziggurat, bronze, pictograph,
stylus, cuneiform, scribe
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
surplus, civilization, Mesopotamia, floodplain, silt, drought,
civilization, city-state, polytheism, ziggurat, bronze, pictograph,
stylus, cuneiform, scribe
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
surplus, civilization, Mesopotamia, floodplain, silt, drought,
civilization, city-state, polytheism, ziggurat, bronze, pictograph,
stylus, cuneiform, scribe
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
Describe the key features of
Sumerian society.
Describe the major
technological advance of the
Sumerian people.
W9
Explain the Sumerian role in
the development of written
language
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Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q2
Content
W1
LDC Module
W2
LDC Module
W3
W4
LDC Module
Trace the development of
the first empires in
Mesopotamia.
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Content
Standards
CC Standards
Empire, Fertile Crescent, Hammurabi, code of law, justice, exile,
tribute, province, toleration, tribute, province, toleration
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
Describe the rise and fall
of the Assyrian Empire in
the Fertile Crescent.
W5
Describe the rise of the
Persian Empire in Asia.
Empire, Fertile Crescent, Hammurabi, code of law, justice, exile,
tribute, province, toleration, tribute, province, toleration
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
W6
CH5 Ancient Egypt
cataract, delta, silt, fertile, linen, scribe, hieroglyph, papyrus, afterlife,
embalm, mummy, dynasty, succession, pharaoh, pyramid, obelisk
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
Topics: Explain how the
flooding of the Nile River
benefited the ancient
Egyptians.
Describe how Egyptians
used the fertile land along
the Nile.
Identify other natural
resources that Egyptians
used.
Identify jobs and social
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Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q2
Content
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Content
Standards
CC Standards
roles of ancient
Egyptians.
W7
Describe Egyptian
advances in calendars,
geometry, medicine, and
writing.
cataract, delta, silt, fertile, linen, scribe, hieroglyph, papyrus, afterlife,
embalm, mummy, dynasty, succession, pharaoh, pyramid, obelisk
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
oracle bone, pictograph, dynastic cycle, Mandate of Heaven,
philosophy, Legalism, Confucianism, filial piety, Daoism, Silk Road,
trans-Eurasian, cultural diffusion
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
Explain Egyptian
religious beliefs.
Explain how government
and religion were linked
in ancient Egypt.
Describe how the Great
Pyramid of Giza was built
and what it contained.
Identify the differences
between the Middle
Kingdom and the Old
Kingdom.
Identify the main
achievements of Queen
Hatshepsut.
Explain how Akhenaton
tried to change Egyptian
religion and art.
Describe the
achievements of Ramses
II.
W8
CH 8
Ancient China
Topics: Analyze the
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Comments
Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q2
Content
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
physical features,
including the river
systems, mountain ranges,
and deserts, that
characterized ancient
China.
W9
Describe the development
of the earliest Chinese
civilization, the Shang
Dynasty.
oracle bone, pictograph, dynastic cycle, Mandate of Heaven,
philosophy, Legalism, Confucianism, filial piety, Daoism, Silk Road,
trans-Eurasian, cultural diffusion
Describe the Zhou
Dynasty, which followed
the Shang Dynasty.
Q3
W1
Content
Analyze the philosophy of
Legalism-what it was and
why it came about.
Describe key details about
the life of Confucius and
his teachings.
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
oracle bone, pictograph, dynastic cycle, Mandate of Heaven,
philosophy, Legalism, Confucianism, filial piety, Daoism, Silk Road,
trans-Eurasian, cultural diffusion
Describe key details in the
life of Laozi and the
philosophy of Daoism.
W2
Summarize how China
became unified under the
Qin Dynasty.
5
oracle bone, pictograph, dynastic cycle, Mandate of Heaven,
philosophy, Legalism, Confucianism, filial piety, Daoism, Silk Road,
trans-Eurasian, cultural diffusion
Content
Standards
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC Standards
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
Content
Standards
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC Standards
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
Comments
Comments
Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q3
Content
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Explore the political
contributions of the Han
Dynasty.
Describe daily life in Han
China.
Explore the contributions
and impact of the Silk
Roads on Chinese culture
and history.
Trace the influence of
ideas such as
Confucianism and
Daoism in Chinese
history.
W3
Describe the many
contributions of the
ancient Chinese to our
world.
CH 9 Ancient America
Topics: Analyze physical
features of the Americas,
including rivers, mountain
ranges, and climate.
Give details about the
geography of the Andes.
Locate Meso-America
and list details about its
geographical features
Characterize two of the
oldest Andean
civilizations, the Chavín
and the Nazca.
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isthmus, tropical, Mesoamerica, Yucatan Peninsula, slash and burn,
textile, Nazca, aquifer, Moche, Olmec, mother culture, Maya, maize,
stele, glyph, codex,
Content
Standards
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC Standards
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
Comments
Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q3
W4
Content
Describe key features of
another ancient Andean
civilization, the Moche.
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Characterize the Olmec
culture and define its
legacy.
Analyze the reasons why
people study history.
Analyze the rise of Mayan
civilization, including the
location of key Mayan
cities.
Describe daily life among
the Maya, including
distinctions among social
classes and religious
practices.
Summarize the cultural
accomplishments of the
Maya
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CC Standards
isthmus, tropical, Mesoamerica, Yucatan Peninsula, slash and burn,
textile, Nazca, aquifer, Moche, Olmec, mother culture, Maya, maize,
stele, glyph, codex,
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
isthmus, tropical, Mesoamerica, Yucatan Peninsula, slash and burn,
textile, Nazca, aquifer, Moche, Olmec, mother culture, Maya, maize,
stele, glyph, codex,
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
Analyze the earliest
civilization in the
Americas-the Olmec.
W5
Content
Standards
Comments
Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q3
Content
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Content
Standards
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC Standards
W6
CH 11
Ancient Greece
Topics: Describe the
effect of mountains on
Greek life.
Explain how the sea
unified Greece and
brought new ideas.
peninsula, Peloponnesus, Phoenicians, alphabet, myth, Olympics, epic
poem, fable, polis, aristocracy, oligarchy, tyrant, citizen, democracy,
Athens, Sparta, helot, barracks,
W7
Summarize the
beginnings of Greek
culture.
peninsula, Peloponnesus, Phoenicians, alphabet, myth, Olympics, epic
poem, fable, polis, aristocracy, oligarchy, tyrant, citizen, democracy,
Athens, Sparta, helot, barracks,
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A
peninsula, Peloponnesus, Phoenicians, alphabet, myth, Olympics, epic
poem, fable, polis, aristocracy, oligarchy, tyrant, citizen, democracy,
Athens, Sparta, helot, barracks,
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
Describe how Greeks
viewed interactions with
gods.
W8
Explain how the Greeks
honored their gods.
Discuss what constitutes
Greek epic poems and
fables.
Describe Greek political
organization.
Trace the evolution of
Greek government from
kingdom to democracy.
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CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
Comments
Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q3
W9
Content
Compare limited and
unlimited democracy.
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Content
Standards
CC Standards
peninsula, Peloponnesus, Phoenicians, alphabet, myth, Olympics, epic
poem, fable, polis, aristocracy, oligarchy, tyrant, citizen, democracy,
Athens, Sparta, helot, barracks,
Contributions
of Individuals
and Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
Describe Spartan
government and its
militaristic society.
Outline Athenian society
and its politically active
citizens.
Explain how the Persian
Wars led to Greek
unification
Q4
W1
W2
W3
W4
Content
LDC Module
LDC Module
LDC Module
CH 12
Classical Greece
Topics: Describe how
democracy grew under
Pericles.
Explain how Pericles
expanded the wealth and
power of Athens.
Summarize Pericles'
beautification program in
Athens.
Explain the reasons for
war between Athens and
Sparta.
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Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Content
Standards
CC
Standards
.
Pericles, direct democracy, Delian League, Acropolis, Parthenon,
plague, truce, catapult, drama, tragedy, comedy, ideal,
Contributions of
Individuals and
Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
Comments
Comments
Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q4
Content
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Content
Standards
CC
Standards
Contributions of
Individuals and
Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
Outline the events and
describe the results of the
Peloponnesian War.
Describe Philip of
Macedonia's conquest of
Greece.
Trace the expansion of
Alexander's empire across
parts of Europe and Asia.
Explain the influence of
Greek culture in
Alexander's empire.
Describe how the
concepts and styles of
Greek architecture and art
are still influential today.
W5
Describe Philip of
Macedonia's conquest of
Greece.
Trace the expansion of
Alexander's empire across
parts of Europe and Asia.
Explain the influence of
Greek culture in
Alexander's empire.
Describe how the
concepts and styles of
Greek architecture and art
are still influential today.
Explain the basis of
Western knowledge from
Greek study of logic and
reason.
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Pericles, direct democracy, Delian League, Acropolis, Parthenon,
plague, truce, catapult, drama, tragedy, comedy, ideal,
Comments
Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q4
W6
W7
W8
Content
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
Content
Standards
CC
Standards
legend, republic, Romulus, Remus, patrician, plebeian, Senate, consul,
civil war, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Augustus, Pax Romana, aqueduct,
Coliseum, gladiator
Contributions of
Individuals and
Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
CC.8.5.6-8.A.
Examine the effects of
self-rule on Roman
society.
Describe how Rome's
republican government
was organized.
legend, republic, Romulus, Remus, patrician, plebeian, Senate, consul,
civil war, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Augustus, Pax Romana, aqueduct,
Coliseum, gladiator
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
CC.8.5.6-8.A
Analyze the causes and
effects of Roman
expansion.
Trace the events that led
to the overthrow of the
Roman Republic.
Contributions of
Individuals and
Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
legend, republic, Romulus, Remus, patrician, plebeian, Senate, consul,
civil war, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Augustus, Pax Romana, aqueduct,
Coliseum, gladiator
Contributions of
Individuals and
Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
CC.8.5.6-8.A
Trace the development of
the scientific standards
from Hellenistic science
Chapters/Sections – CH
13
The World of Ancient
Rome
Topics: Understand
geographic factors that
helped ancient Romans
build a civilization.
Analyze what life was
like in early Roman
society.
Describe the influence of
Julius Caesar and
Augustus on the transition
from republic to empire.
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Sixth Grade Social Studies Curriculum Scope and Sequence
Q4
W9
Content
Describe what life was
like in Roman cities.
Understand how Roman
families and society were
organized.
Trace the influences of
other cultures on Roman
religious beliefs.
12
Essential Questions, Vocabulary, People & Places
legend, republic, Romulus, Remus, patrician, plebeian, Senate, consul,
civil war, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Augustus, Pax Romana, aqueduct,
Coliseum, gladiator
Content
Standards
Contributions of
Individuals and
Groups
Historical
Documents and
Sites
Impact of
Continuity of
Change
Conflict and
Cooperation
CC
Standards
CC.8.5.6-8.E
CC.8.5.6-8 G
CC.8.5.6-8.D.
CC.8.5.6-8.A
Comments