Africa: Learning Targets and Success Criteria
GEO3: Globes and other geographic tools can be used to gather, process and report information about
people, places and environments. Cartographers decide which information to include and how it is
displayed.
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We are learning to use maps, globes and geographic tools to gather, process and report information
about people, places and environments.
We are looking for an understanding of the basic properties of maps, globes and diagrams to gather,
process and report information about people, places and environments.
GEO4: Latitude and longitude can be used to identify absolute location.
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We are learning to use latitude and longitude coordinates to identify absolute location.
We are looking for a line of latitude and a line of longitude that intersect at a specific place.
Unit: Africa
Grade: 6
Last revised: December 9, 2013
GEO5: Regions can be determined, classified and compared using various criteria (e.g. landform, climate,
population, cultural, economic).
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We are learning to identify human characteristics of place.
We are looking for population, language, traditions, income levels, food, music, and leisure activities
that are found in a place.
We are learning to identify physical characteristics of place.
We are looking for landforms, climate, natural resources, plants, animals and agricultural products that
are found in a place.
We are learning to identify common characteristics of places that geographers use to create regions.
We are looking for common landforms, climate, population, culture, and/or economic characteristics
that geographers use to create regions.
GEO6: Variations among physical environments within the Eastern Hemisphere influence human activities.
Human activities also alter the physical environment.
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We are learning to explain how variations among physical environments in the Eastern Hemisphere
influence human activities.
We are looking for ways humans depend on the natural environment to survive. We are looking for
ways that humans adapt to the natural environment.
We are learning to explain how human activities have altered the physical environments of the Eastern
Hemisphere.
We are looking for ways that humans modify the environment to meet their needs (e.g. dams, mines,
farms, roads).
Unit: Africa
Grade: 6
Last revised: December 9, 2013
GEO7: Political, environmental, social and economic factors cause people, products and ideas to move from
place to place in the Eastern Hemisphere in the past and today.
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We are learning to explain political, environmental, social and economic factors that cause the
movement of people, products and ideas in Eastern Hemisphere.
We are looking for the factors that cause people, products and ideas to move within the Eastern
Hemisphere.
We are learning to describe the lasting impact of the movement of people, products and ideas in the
Eastern Hemisphere.
We are looking for examples of the lasting effects of the movement of people, products and ideas in
the Eastern Hemisphere.
GOV9: Different perspectives on a topic can be obtained from a variety of historic and contemporary
sources. Sources can be examined for accuracy.
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We are learning to use a variety of historic and contemporary sources to obtain multiple perspectives
on a topic.
We are looking for multiple perspectives on a topic.
Unit: Africa
Grade: 6
Last revised: December 9, 2013
GOV10: Governments can be categorized as monarchies, theocracies, dictatorships or democracies, but
categories may overlap and labels may not accurately represent how governments function. The extent of
citizens’ liberties and responsibilities varies according to limits on governmental authority.
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We are learning to categorize governments as monarchies, theocracies, dictatorships or democracies.
We are looking for the way that power is established in each type of government.
We are looking for who holds the power in each type of government.
We are looking for ways that governments maintain their power.
We are learning to compare citizens’ liberties and responsibilities in monarchies, theocracies,
dictatorships and democracies.
We are looking for similarities and differences in citizens’ liberties and responsibilities in various types
of governments.
Unit: Africa
Grade: 6
Last revised: December 9, 2013