Grade+6

Study Skills
 * Teachers** (list)**:Tamara Gass**
 * Textbook** (World Cultures and Geography, McDougal Littel, 2008):
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 * Standards and Multiple Literacies** ||
 * Unit 1, Ch 1, 2, 3,4 || Explain the geography is the study of people, places and environments

Explain that geographers are interested in how human activities have shaped different places of the Earth.

Describe the difference between physical geographers and human geographers.

Explain how internal and external forces shape Earth.

Explain the importance of water to plant and animal life on Earth.

Describe how weather and climate affect vegetation regions on Earth.

Summarize the reasons people live in different places.

Explain why people have moved since the earliest times and continue to move today.

Explain how people manage natural resources and how natural resources contribute to a country's economy.

Identify why people form governments and other organizations.

Point out that all societies develop their own culture---a way of life held in common.

Discuss the reasons that different cultures might meet their needs in different ways.

Predict some ways that ideas spread from one place to another. || The World in Spatial Terms  SS 8.3.1 **Students will analyze where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized on the Earth’s surface**.


 * SS 8.3.1.a Use and interpret different types of maps/charts/diagrams/timelines (primary sources where available) **

 SS 8.3.1.b **Use and interpret the results of mapping technologies, parts of a map and map projections (e.g., cartography/ Geographic Information Systems)**

 SS 8.3.1.c Compare world views using mental maps (e.g., students sketch a map to demonstrate their personal perception of the world and compare it to previous personal maps)

 Application of Geography to Issues and Events

 SS 8.3.6 Students will analyze issues and/or events using geographic knowledge and skills to make informed decisions.

 SS 8.3.6.b Describe and analyze the role of geographic factors in determining the spatial arrangement of humans and their activity **(e.g., geographic concentration of manufacturing, banking, or high tech industries; urbanization; availability of arable land, water and suitable climate for farming; access to resources for development, surveying, mapping, public land survey system, drawing of state and county boundaries**

 Financial Literacy

 SS 8.2.5 Students will identify the basic economic systems in the global economy.

 SS 8.2.5.a **Compare and contrast characteristics of different economic systems. (e.g., traditional, command, market, mixed**

 SS 8.2.5.b Discuss various philosophies regarding **governments' role in an economy (e.g., capitalism, socialism**

 The World in Spatial Terms

 SS 8.3.1 Students will analyze where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized on the Earth’s surface.

 SS 8.3.1.a **Use and interpret different types of maps/charts/diagrams/timelines (primary sources where available)**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.3.1.b **Use and interpret the results of mapping technologies, parts of a map and map projections (e.g., cartography/ Geographic Information Systems)**

SS 8.3.1.c Compare world views using mental maps (e.g., **students sketch a map to demonstrate their personal perception of the world and compare it to previous personal maps**) || 36 days || geography, environment, spatial, location, place, region,cartographer, remote sensing, Landsat, Global Positioning System, Geographic Information System, location analyst, climatologist, urban planner, geomorphology, surveyor, magma, continent, tectonic plate, earthquake, Ring of Fire weathering, erosion, sediment, glacier, volcano, drainage basin, ground water, hydrologic cycle, landform, plateau, relief, continental shelf, atmosphere, solstice, equinox, weather, climate, precipitation, vegetation region, savanna, desert, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas, fossil fuels, desertification, sustainable, population, birth rate, death rate, rate of natural increase, population density, urbanization, demographer, habitable lands, urban, rural, migration, immigrant, push factor, pull factor, culture, diversity discrimination, refugee, persecution, natural resources, economy, economic system, command economy, market economy, GDP, export, import, specialization, government, citizen, representative democracy, monarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship communism, culture, anthropologist, ethnic group, religion, language, language family, missionary, agriculture revolution, innovation, technology, diffusion, cultural hearth, domestication, nomad || Chapter 1,2,3,4 [|Classzone]

Interactive Review, Animated Geography,Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards Video Clip || Make a time line to compare the characteristics of Paleolithic and Neolithic societies || Chapter Tests Interactive Review Vocabulary Review quizzes, reteach activities Rubrics for internet projects and presentations. Write Tools Note taking and Summary Writing Geography Quiz || LA 6.1.5.c Select and apply knowledge of context clues (e.g., word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph clues, re-reading) and text features (e.g., glossary, headings, subheadings, index, tables, maps, charts) to determine meaning of unknown words in a variety of text structures LA 6.1.6 Comprehension: Students will extract and construct meaning using prior knowledge, applying text information, and monitoring comprehension while reading grade level text. LA 6.1.6.e Summarize, analyze, and synthesize informational text using main idea and supporting details LA 6.2 Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate. LA 6.3 Students will learn and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate. LA 6.1.4 Fluency: Students will read a variety of grade level texts fluently with accuracy, appropriate pace, phrasing, and expression. LA 6.3.2 Listening Skills: Students will develop, apply, and refine active listening skills across a variety of situations. LA 6.3.3 Reciprocal Communication: Students will develop, apply, and adapt reciprocal communication skills.

Multiple Literacies 6.4.1Multiple Literacies: Students will apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.

6.4.2 Multiple Literacies: Students will practice the norm of appropriate and responsible technology use. ||
 * Unit 6 Ch. 17,18 || Identify the stages of the development of human ancestors in Africa.

Explain the structure of society in traditional African cultures.

Explain how the Nile is Egypt's lifeline.

Summarize the history of ancient Egypt.

Describe the culture of ancient Egypt.

Identify the foreign powers in Egypt since ancient times and the steps to Egyptian independence.

Describe life in Egypt today.

Explain how cultural differences cause conflicts.

Describe the cultural influences in North Africa.

Compare the governments and economies in North Africa. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Places and Regions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Historical Comprehension <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history || 12 days || "Egypt"

Mount Kilimanjaro, Nile, savanna,Sahel, desertification, hominid, bipedal, Stone Age, griotanimism, stateless societies, lineage, dynasty, pharaoh, pyramid, fossil, hieroglyphics, domesticate, patrilineal, papyrus, mummy, Rosetta Stone,Islam, Muslim, modernize, dictatorship || Chapter 17-18 [|Classzone] Interactive Review, Animated Geography,Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards Video Clips Play"Return of an Ancient Pharaoh Hatshepsut" "Mummified Apples" King Tut's tomb www.mrdowling.com || Play Make a pyramid "Mummified Apples" Writing Tools Summary and Compare and Contrast paragraphs , Note-taking Summarize Find Main Idea Analyze Cause and Effect Sequence Events || Chapter 17-18 quizzes, reteach activities, play, Rubric writing summary, compare/contrast Rubrics for internet projects and presentations. Write Tools Note taking Play Participation Chapter assessments ||  ||
 * Unit 7 Ch. 21, 22, and 23 || Describe the physical features of Southwest Asia.

Compare ancient and modern techniques of providing water to the people of the region.

Identify reasons why Southwest Asia is prone to earthquakes.

Identify the physical features of India.

Describe the extreme weather and natural disasters that are common in South Asia.

Describe how civilization arose in Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent.

Compare the accomplishments of Sargon and Hammurabi.

Identify features of the Indus River Valley Civilization.

Describe the history, government, culture, and economics of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran.

Summarize the history of Israel and Palestinian territories.

Explain why Jerusalem is considered the birthplace of three religions.

Describe how Israel is building its economy.

Describe the two early societies that contributed to India's culture.

Identify the three main empires that ruled India.

Explain how India achieved independence and what led to partition.

Identify the religions that originated in India.

Compare village life to urban life in India today.

Describe the popular culture in India today. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Places and Regions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Historical Comprehension <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history

= = || 28 days || "Mesopotamia "oasis, plateau,Arabian Peninsula, Anatolian Peninsula, Plateau of Iran, subcontinent, Himalayas, Mount Everest, Indus River, Ganges River, Monsoon, cyclone,tsunami, famine, Mesopotamia, silt civilization, Sumer, city-state, ziggurat, polytheistic, cuneiform,Fertile Crescent, Hammurabi's Code, Harappan Civilization,

India Bedouin, Muhammad, monotheism, Islam, Muslim, OPEC, Kurd, Persia, shah, theocracy, Holocaust, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Palestinian territories, Palestine Liberation Organization, Jerusalem, Judaism Christianity, kibbutz, Sanskrit, caste, Vedas, Hinduism, Buddhism, Buddha, Taj Mahal, Mohandas Gandhi, karma, nirvana, reincarnation, sari, rickshaw || Chapter 21-23 [|Classzone] Interactive Review, Animated Geography,Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards Video Clips www.mrdowling.com || Make a rainfall graph Make a poster showing a Summer Monsoon and Winter Monsoon || Chapter 21,22, 23 quizzes, reteach activities, Rubric writing summary, compare/ contrast Write Tools Note taking Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.

Participation Discussion

Chapter assessments ||  || Compare the geographic features of western and eastern China.
 * Unit 8,Ch. 25 || China

Describe China's climate and resources.

Analyze the effects of China's natural disasters.

Explain the dynastic cycle.

Analyze the influence of scholars and inventors in China.

Identify groups who fought to control China in the early 20th century.

Identify values that were important in traditional Chinese society.

Analyze changes in Chinese life following the Communist takeover.

Compare life in rural and urban China. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Places and Regions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Historical Comprehension <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history || 12 days || China Three Gorges Dam, Hydroelectric Power, Himalayas, Taklimakan Desert, Gobi Desert, Huang He, Chang Jiang, Xi Jiang, seismic,North China Plain, Shi Huangdi, emperor, dynasty, Middle Kingdom, dynastic cycle, Great Wall, Confucianism, scholar-official, communism, Mao Zedong, Daoism, Dao, Silk Roads, Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha, ritual, communal, National People's Congress, Tiananmen square, command economy, free enterprise, reform, Chinese New Year || Chapter 25 [|Classzone] Interactive Review, Animated Geography, Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards Video Clips www.mrdowling.com || China

Connect to Science Make a compass

China Buffet

Mrs. Semin shares "A Visit to China" || Chapter 25

quizzes, reteach activities, Rubric writing summary, compare/contrast Write Tools Note taking Chapter assessments Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.

Chapter 25 quizzes, reteach activities,Rubric writing summary, compare/contrast Note taking Participation

Chapter assessments ||  ||
 * Unit 4 Chapter 11 || Europe

Identify the geographical features, climates and resources of Europe.

Describe how classical cultures of Greece and Rome continue to influence the world today.

Explain feudalism and the changes brought about by the Renaissance.

Summarize the key ideas and events of modern Europe and history Western Europe.

Identify the geographic characteristics that define the sub-regions of Western Europe.

Identify the cultural characteristics that defines the sub-regions of Western Europe.

Summarize the similarities and differences among the countries of Western Europe. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Places and Regions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Historical Comprehension <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history || Unit 4 12 Days || Europe peninsula, Alps, North European Plain, North Atlantic Drift, fossil fuels, renewable sources, hydroelectric power, seafaring, democracy, Peloponnesus, city-state, t yrant, oligarchy, republic patrician, plebeian, isolate, monarchy, Alexander the Great, Middle Ages, medieval, feudalism, lord, vassal, knight, serf, manor, Renaissance, patron secular, perspective, Reformation, Protestant, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, French Revolution, nationalism, Industrial Revolution, imperialism, Holocaust, European Union(EU)

Greece/Italy Byzantine Empire, fascism, Romance language, Vatican, coalition, compulsory, nationalism || Chapter 11-12 [|Classzone] Interactive Review, Animated Geography, Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards Video Clips www.mrdowling.com || Greek and Roman gods and goddesses Choose one to research and write a paragraph about the god or goddess.

Greek and Roman gods and goddesses coloring activity || Chapter 11-12 quizzes, reteach activities,Rubric paragraph compare/contrast Write Tools Note taking Participation assessments, quizzes, reteach activities, Rubric paragraph compare/contrast Rubrics for internet projects and presentations. Note taking Participation Chapter 11 & 12 assessment ||  ||
 * Unit 3 Chapter 7 || Latin America

Describe and compare the geography of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

Identify the climates and vegetation of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

Describe the Olmec and Mayan civilization and their significant achievements.

Describe the Aztec and Inca civilizations and their significant achievements. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Places and Regions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Historical Comprehension <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history || 12 Days || Latin America Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre Oriental isthmus highlands archipelago Greater Antilles Lesser Antilles

Andes Mountains altiplano llanos pampas Amazon River rain forest

Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and South America Olmec, Maya, Aztec, cultural hearth, glyph empire Chinampas, culture, conquistador, colony, mestizo, Father Hidalgo, Simon Bolivar, annex, cession, Antonio de Santa Anna, Benito Juarez, squatter, mural, Diego Rivera, fiesta, Day of the Dead, urban, rural, push factor, pull factor

Columbian Exchange conquistador colony'mestizo Father Hidalgo Jose San Martin || Chapter 7 [|Classzone] Interactive Review, Animated Geography, Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards Video Clips || Aztec mask paper plate mosaic || Chapter 7 quizzes, reteach activities,Rubric paragraph compare/contrast Write Tools Note taking Participation assessments, quizzes, reteach activities, Rubric paragraph compare/contrast Rubrics for internet projects and presentations. Note taking Participation ||  ||

SS 8.1.1.c Identify the development of written laws and other documents (e.g., Hammurabi’s Code, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Preamble and Bill of Rights) SS 8.1.2 Students will describe the roles, responsibilities, and rights as local, state, national, and international citizens and participate in civic service. 8.2 World History to 1000 A.D.8.2.1 Students will describe human culture in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. 8.2.2 Students will describe the impact of ancient river valley civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China) on the development of world cultures. 8.2.3 Students will describe the impact of history, culture, and geography of Greece and Rome on later civilizations. 8.2.4 Students will describe the development and cultural impact of major religions. 8.2.5 Students will describe the impact of life in Medieval Europe on later civilizations. 8.2.6 Students will describe the impact of selected civilizations in Asia and Africa on the development of later cultures. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||   ||<

|| Time Management Listening Skills Notetaking Test Taking Skills Reading Maps, Graphs, Charts || Students will develop good study skills || 15 days || Listening/Hearing Multiple Choice Essay Short Answer SQ3R Half Notes Primary and Secondary Sources Political Cartoon Kube abd /bar Graphs Pie Graphs Political Maps Thematic Maps Time Lines Constructed Response Extended Response Document-Based Questions || Test Taking Strategies and Practice You Can Take Charge Level A Study Skills Curriculum Study Skills A and B McDonald Reproducible
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