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6
grade SS Concepts
Unit 1
(Starting with the first day of school.)
Day 1
Seating Scramble Activity:
Organize yourselves in groups based
on the categories or topics that come
up on the screen. No desks can be
moved and if all seats are taken at
your 1st choice, then decide if there
are enough people to make another
group OR sit with your second choice.
Make your decisions quickly!
Once in your group, spend 2 min.
discussing these questions:
• Why did you choose that group over another?
• What do you like/ don’t like about that topic?
• What makes the members of your group
alike? Different?
--------------------------------------------------------------• What made this rotation more difficult?
Opening:
Look at this picture and remember what we
talked about yesterday. What do you see in the
picture? What is your world view?
Day 2
Make Your SS Vocab Journal
• Title the very first page:
– “Your Name’s Social Studies Vocab Journal”
– Mrs. Mulligan’s Class
– Period #____
• Cut out the notebook page and glue it to the
back of your title page AFTER you have
finished the title page
Make Your SS Vocab Journal
• The next 6 pages (front and back) will be your
INDEX.
• Draw a colored line about half way (after
about 12 lines)…Continue this for the next 5
pages
• Designate 1 letter for each section (your first
page will have A in the top and B in the
bottom)
• DO NOT USE MARKERS!!!
As we are going through
the parts of this class,
think of some words
that you might come
across this year.
• Overview video of some of the
things we will learn about in SS
this school year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=AqS1mkrUtFg
• Ticket Out:
–What are you most excited
about learning this year in SS?
Group yourselves now based on which
category you feel you are the best at.
(You must choose just 1 and there can only be 2 groups for each
topic. If yours is filled already, do to your second choice.)
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GEOGRAPHY (groups 1 & 5 only)
ECONOMICS (groups 2 & 6 only)
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS (groups 3 & 7 only)
HISTORY (groups 4 & 8 only)
If the world were a village of 100…
• Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrcOdLY
BIw0
• AS you watch, keep a list of the things that
categorize the people. (There are 10 spoken
out loud, and several more that you can see.)
• AFTER watching, respond to these questions:
-What surprised you most?
-Why did it surprise you?
How did the video show differences
between these categories?
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Location (region in the world)
Language
Age
Religion (beliefs)
Education
Wealth ($)
Foods
Health
Cleanliness of environment
Luxuries
Skin colors
Means of transportation
• Think about the different
places people are from
and the different
languages that they speak.
• Meet your partner in
Europe to discuss.
If this is the reality, then why does
our country seem to think and act
this way…
Ticket Out:
• Based on what you have learned today, write
2 sentences explaining what worldview and
cultural diversity are, and how they relate to
us here in school in this year.
Day 3
Opening:
• Based on what we learned yesterday and what
you know already, answer ONE or more of the
following questions in a paragraph with
examples.
1) What are the characteristics of culture?
2) How do we know what kind of culture someone
has?
3) What does location in the world have to do with
culture?
4) Why is understanding cultures important?
What makes each REGION
different from the other?
Examples…
Culture:
Formal Definition:
Characteristics/ examples of Culture:
EQs to Discuss & Provide Examples of:
1) Why does religion effect someone’s culture?
2) Why might societies have cultural conflicts?
3) What conflicts have you witnessed (personal,
local, USA, & world)
4) How can government actions affect the
culture of a group of people?
More Vocabulary Terms
Term to know
STANDARD
OF LIVING
(SOL)
LITERACY
RATE (LR)
Gross
Domestic
Product
(GDP)
Meaning
Examples
STANDARD OF LIVING = The level of material comfort as measured by
the goods, services, and luxuries available to an individual, group,
or nation. (EX: Haiti has a low SOL while the USA has a high SOL.)
LITERACY RATE = This is the amount of available education a group or
nation has; If this is high, then they can read and write fluently and
have education provided. If this is low, then the majority of the
population can’t read and write or has little or no access to
education.
• GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT = the market value (worth) of all
officially recognized final goods and services produced within a
country in a year, or over a given period of time. GDP per capita
calculates the GDP with the population. It is often used as an
indicator of a country's material wealth and measurable standard of
living.
* Usually, if SOL is low, so is the LR… which creates a low GDP too!
(There are a few exceptions (Cuba & Germany.)
Look at the following pictures, and
let’s discuss the cultural
characteristics (including SOL, LR,
& GDP) that we can determine
from each one…
Culture Collage Activity
Due for your first GRADE on Monday, August
11th! (Therefore, it’s HOMEWORK!)
Do not just decorate it, make sure you follow the
guidelines on your handout and include
elements of YOUR CULTURE.
2 covers of your notebook need to be covered
with your collage.
Fill in your parts on your handout before the due
date.
Opening:
Day 4
1) What are some ways that people adapt to
their environment?
2) Why would someone want to change their
environment?
3) What are some good and bad examples of
people changing their environment?
View Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax” and
complete your given handout over it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V06ZOQuo0k
Ticket Out:
• List at least 10 ways that YOU personally have
experienced Human-Environment
Interactions?
Opening:
• Quiz Today!
• Study your vocabulary
– (worldview, culture, standard of living, push & pull
factors, movement & migration, human
environment interaction, literacy rate, geography,
and region)
Scarcity Simulation Game:
http://web.centre.edu/econed/
Subpages/resource_scarcity_ga
me.htm
Closing:
Term
Natural
Resources
Scarcity
Meaning
Examples of this
in our world