On this page you will find a breakdown of our curriculum for 6th grade Social Studies. 

 Understanding the 6^th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Curriculum Units

1.      Geography Skills + Canada

2.      United States of America

3.      Central America + Mexico

4.      South America

Unit Breakdown

·         4 Units = Each Unit last entire quarter

·         Each Unit Includes

o   STUDY OF FOUR SUBTOPICS

§  Geography

§  Culture

§  Historical Period 1 or Brief History of

§  Historical Period 2

o   POST ASSESSMENTS (Quizzes)

§  Quizzes will be based on

·         Content (from subtopics of study)

·         Map Skills (identifying countries, states, capitals, etc)

·         Vocabulary (from subtopics of study)

o   DAW (Direct Assessment of Writing)

§  These writing prompts will occur in the end of each unit, and in the beginning of some as well.

§  The prompts will be both expository writing pieces and argumentative writing.  

§  The prompts will be based on content we are studying.  

§  Students will peer edit their writing with classmates, as well as meet with me in writers conferences to evaluate their writing.

o   RFI (Reading For Information)

§   These reading prompts will assess the students on reading for information.

o   CURRENT EVENTS

§  Student will have to complete ONE current event report each Unit.

§  Articles must pertain to the current unit we are studying

§  Students will be assigned a specific due date (they will be different for each student)

o   PROJECT

§  Although there will be group work, and smaller projects throughout the unit there will be one major research project per quarter.

§  These projects will be completed individually and sometimes with partners.

§  All information for projects will be send home approximately a week before we begin work on project.

§  Most work on project will be completed in school.

o   SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (Unit Exam)

§  1 per quarter

§  Exam will be based on content, map skills, vocab, and writing/reading strategies learned from the entire unit.

§  All content will be online (in form of PowerPoints)

§  Students will receive a study guide for ALL UNIT EXAMS

§  I will hold a after or before school review before Unit Exams