6th Grade Social Studies Discovery Education Pacing Guide
1st Nine Weeks
CONTENT/ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS
Geographer’s Tools (2 days)
6.G.2 Tools of a Geographer
TIME
LESSON ACTIVITES
1 week
Map Home to School *
Identify continents and
oceans on foldable
SUPPLEMENTAL AND
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Sixth Grade Textbook pages 2-20
Balloons
Google Earth
Sixth Grade Textbook pages 10-14 and H11
Discovery Ed (search keywords)
KEY
VOCABULARY
Longitude
Latitude
Prime Meridian
Compass Rose
Equator
Continent
Compass Rose
Hemisphere
GRAPES Chart per country
Discovery Ed (search keywords)
Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economy
Social Structure
Geographer’s Bingo *
Intro To G.R.A.P.E.S. (3 days)
(Geography, Religion,
Achievements, Politics,
Economy, Social Structure)
6.G.1 Geographic Factors of
civilizations, societies, and regions
over time
Foldable
Design and name your own
island or country include
GRAPES
GRAPES PPT *
6.E.1 Physical environment
and human interaction
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Rise of Civilization
1 week
6.C .1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
Chart/Foldable/Thinking
Maps
Seventh Grade Textbook page 324
http://www.timemaps.com/home
Compare/Contrast ancient
civilizations to present
6.G.1 Geographic factors
6.E.1 Physical environment
Create Your Own
Civilization *
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/6th/6ss/Unit_activi
ties_SS/Unit4_SS/act1/6th_SS_Un4_Act1.ht
m
and human interaction affect
economy
InspirEd “I Think” Books
Discovery Ed (Unit 1 Chapters 1 & 2)
Stand-Up Foldable:
Identify each civilization,
list 4 facts, inventions and
illustrations
Seventh Grade Textbook Pages 323-326
River Valley Civilizations:
Mesopotamia, Sumer, and
Harappa
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
2 weeks
http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/
http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html
River Valley Civilization
Sort *
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/
history/sumerians.htm
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
InspirEd “I Think” Books
6.G.1 Geographic factors
GRAPES organizer
http://schools.nycenet.edu/region4/gchs/rocco
/Global%20Studies/05%20%20Hammurabi's%20Code.html
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
Create a poster and
campagin for the the “best”
empire
Discovery Ed (Unit 2 Chapter 3)
6.E.1 Physical environment
and human interaction affect
economy
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/hebrews.htm
l
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplan/alphabet-historic-phoenicians-andbeginnings-alphabet
Civilization
Writing/Language
Social Structure
Art/Architecture
Religion
Government
Cities
Societies
City-State
Silt
Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
Cuneiform
Fertile Crescent
Hammurabi’s Code
Empire
Archaeologists
Artifacts
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Irrigation
Artisans
Scribes
Babylon
Hanging Gardens
Hebrews
Hittites
Persian
Assyria
Phoenicians
http://www.smithlifescience.com/SS06Phoeni
ciansandHebrews.htm
Atlas of World History
World Cultures Through Time
LCS Pacing Guide
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Ancient Egypt Bingo Board
Social Structure -7th grade textbook page 214
Facebook pages or trading
cards for selected pharaohs
or gods/goddess
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/gods.html
Egyptian Social Structure
Foldable
http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/
MidEast_EarlyHistory.htm
6.G.1 Geographic factors
Create a flow map for
mummification
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta
.html
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
Create a pyramid and
illustrate using hieroglyphics
6.E.1 Physical environment
Alphaboxes for Ancient
Egypt
http://www.metmuseum.org/en/learn/foreducators/lesson-plans-and-pre-visitguides?pg=1&subcat=Middle+School&cat=G
rade
Ancient Egypt
Upper and Lower Egypt
Old Middle New Kingdom
2 weeks
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
and human interaction affect
economy
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachersparents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-egypt.pdf
6.C & G.1 Government/Politics
Ancient Israelites
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
6.G.1 Geographic factors
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
1 week
Discovery Ed (Unit 2 Chapter 4)
Page 77 Journey Across Time
Page 102 Journey Across Time
Create a summarizing
foldable
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/hebrews.ht
ml
Workbook Activity 5, 6
Compare and Contrast Ten
Commandments to
Hammurabi’s Code
Use historical thinking to
understand the emergence,
expansion and decline of
civilizations, societies and
regions over time.
LCS Pacing Guide
http://egypt.mrdonn.org/index.html
Pharaohs
Nile River
Rosetta Stone
Hieroglyphics
Mummification
Pyramids
Valley of the Kings
Valley of the Queens
Dynasty
Deities
Delta
Kush
Papyrus
Cataracts
Embalming
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/
The-Ancient-HebrewsIsraelites-PowerPoint166142
http://schools.nycenet.edu/region4/gchs/rocco
/Global%20Studies/06%20%20Hebrews.html
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Monotheism
Torah
Covenant
Judaism
Phoenicians
Prophet
Proverb
Exile
Sabbath
Synagogue
Diaspora
Messiah
Rabbi
Philistines
Jerusalem
Judah
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Ancient India
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
2 weeks
Foldable
www.timemaps.com
Thinking Maps
www.indianchild.com/history_of_india.htm
Draw and label Caste
System
www.timewarptrio.com
http://www.koausa.org/Gods/God9.html
6.G.2 Tools of a geographer
Primary Sources-Ancient
Civilizations Teacher
Created Materials (school
libraries)
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
Create a movie poster for
assigned social role
6.G.1 Geographic factors
http://besthistorysites.net/index.php/ancientbiblical-history/india
Discovery Ed (Unit 3 Chapter 6)
The Story of India-PBS
http://www.pbs.org/thestory
ofindia/teachers/lessons/
Compare and Contrast 10
Commandments, Noble
Truths, and Hammurabi’s
Code
InspirEd “I Think” Books
LCS Pacing Guide
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Aryan
Caste System
Chandragupta
Ashoka
Sanskrit
Subcontinent
Hindu Kush
Himalayas
Indus River
Ganges River
Brahma
Monsoon
Harappa
Mohenjo-Daro
Raja
Guru
Hinduism
Reincarnation
Dharma
Karma
Buddhism
Theocracy
Nirvana
Gupta
Nepal
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6th Grade Social Studies
2nd Nine Weeks
CONTENT/ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS
China
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
TIME
4 Weeks
LESSON ACTIVITES
Research assigned Chinese
Dynasty*
SUPPLEMENTAL AND
DIGITAL RESOURCES
http://prezi.com/rqyn4i5smmdq/china/
http://www.timemaps.com/home
“Top 10 List” Chinese
Emperors
http://suite101.com/article/ancient-chineseinventions-a11550
Research and present
invention
http://china.mrdonn.org/lessonplans.html
6.G.1 Geographic factors
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
6.E.1 Physical environment
and human interaction affect
economy
6.G.2 Tools of a geographer
6.C & G.1 Government/Politics
Scavenger Hunt-Ancient
China and Great Wall of
China
www.sascurriculumpathway
s.com/portal/Launch?id=110
6
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/vtl0
7.la.rv.text.zhengI/
http://www.metmuseum.org/en/learn/foreducators/lesson-plans-and-pre-visitguides?pg=1&subcat=Middle+School&cat=G
rade
China Lapbook (Google)
7th grade textbook (dynasties)
InspirEd “I Think” Books
Discovery Ed (Unit 3 Chapter 7) Ancient
Ancient Chinese Dynasties
Discovery Ed (Unit 4 Chapter 13) Middle
Timeline pg. 409
Workbook Activity 24Events in Medieval China
Marco Polo center activities
Ghengis Khan mapmaking
http://www.ducksters.com/history/china/ancie
nt_china.php
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/marcopolo-takes-trip#sect-activities
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lessonplan/genghis-khan
Compare/Contrast dynasties
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KEY
VOCABULARY
Dynastic Cycle
Dynasty:
Xia 10000 – 15000 BC
Shang 1675 – 1046 BC
Zhoi 1034 – 771 BC
770 – 246 BC
Ming 1368 – 1644 AD
Shi Huangdi
Emperor
Dynasty
Confucianism
Great Wall of China
Legalism
Huang He River
Chang Jiang River
Aristocrats
Pictographs
Ideographs
Bureaucracy
Social class
Silk road
Daoism
Terracotta Army
Mandate of Heaven
Sui Dynasty: 581-618 AD
Tang Dynasty: 618-907 AD
Civil War-907-960
Song Dynasty: 960-1279
Steppes
Gobi Desert
Genghis Khan
Marco Polo
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Ancient Greece
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
3 weeks
Travel brochure
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/
free-lesson-plans/comparing-athens-andsparta.cfm
Greek gods bingo
Foldables
http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/lessonplans/se
c/ssed314/Grade%206%20and%207/Gr.%207
-Ancient%20Greece-S.%20Bruce.pdf
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
Thinking maps
6.G.1 Geographic factors
InspirEd “I Think” Books
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientGree
ce.html
6.G.2 Tools of a geographer
http://www.neok12.com/Ancient-Greece.htm
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
6.E.1 Physical environment
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/6th/6ss/Unit_activi
ties_SS/Unit4_SS/act1/6th_SS_Un4_Act1.ht
m
and human interaction affect
economy
Discovery Ed (Unit 3 Chapter 9)
LCS Pacing Guide
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Democracy
Oligarchy
Totalitarian
Monarchy
City-state
Polis
Acropolis
Crete
Tyrant
Sparta
Athens
Persia
Pericles
Direct democracy
Representative
democracy
Philosophers
Myth
Mt. Olympus
Macedonia
Alexander the Great
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Ancient Rome
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
3 Weeks
Travel brochure
http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/AncientRo
me.html
Foldables
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory
/romans/
Thinking maps
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
http://schoolrocks.org/unit_on_rome.htm
6.G.1 Geographic factors
Converting Greek Gods
and Goddesses to Roman
names
6.G.2 Tools of a geographer
InspirEd “I Think” Books
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/6th/6ss/Unit_activ
ities_SS/Unit4_SS/act1/6th_SS_Un4_Act1.h
tm
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
Journey Across Time-page 15-18
6.E.1 Physical environment
Discovery Ed (Unit 3 Chapter 10)
and human interaction affect
economy
6.C & G.1 Government/Politics
LCS Pacing Guide
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Republic
Consul
Senate
Assembly
Tiber River
Etruscans
Romulus & Remus
Patricians
Plebeians
Dictator
Carthage
Julius Caesar
Augustus
Pax Romana
Barter
Constantine
Constantinople
Gladiators
Forum
Aqueduct
Rhine River
Danube River
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6th Grade Social Studies
3rd Nine Weeks
Byzantine Empire
1 week
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
Compare & Contrast the
Roman Empire and the
Byzantine Empire
Create a flow map for the
creation of the Orthodox
Church
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
6.G.1 Geographic factors
Analyze the Justinian
Code and create a new
classroom rule
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
Mosaic Art Project
http://thebyzantineempire.wikispaces.com/
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/justinians
code.html
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/artlasshisto
ry-byzantineartarchitecture56-htm/
http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_h
istory_lessons/ma/byzantine_art.htm
Constantinople
Hagia Sophia
Orthodox Church
Justinian Code
Black Sea
Aegean Sea
Mosaics
Saints
Regent
Theodora
Strait
Learn 360 video clip-Fall of the Roman
Empire
6.C & G.1 Government/Politics
http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroCiv/Euro
Civ-Topics/EuroCiv-MiddleAges.htm
The Rise of Christianity
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
1 week
Compare & Contrast
Eastern Orthodox and
Roman Catholic
Churches
Discovery Ed (Unit 3 Chapter 10)
Journey Across Time-page 19-20
Learn 360 video clip-Charlemagne
http://www.nylearns.org/module/content/sear
ch/item/4714/viewdetail.ashx
Discover Ed (Unit 3 Chapter 11)
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
LCS Pacing Guide
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Jerusalem
Judea
Messiah
Jesus
Nazareth
Galilee
Disciples
Parables
Resurrection
Apostles
Salvation
Persecute
Martyrs
Hierarchy
Charlemagne
Monasteries
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CONTENT/ESSENTIAL
STANDARDS
Islamic Civilization
TIME
1 week
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
LESSON ACTIVITES
Workbook activity pg 2122 Muslim Empires
5 Pillars of Islam graphic
organizer
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
Compare and contrast
Christianity and Islam
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
Japan
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
6.G.1 Geographic factors
SUPPLEMENTAL AND
DIGITAL RESOURCES
http://www.uri.org/kids/world.htm
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=
e377f804-4056-4a34-abd2-2e929f39bdaa
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/C
hristianity-Islam-Comparison-Chart-276273
http://religions.mrdonn.org/islam.html
1 Week
Job Description or Help
Wanted for Samurai
Discovery Ed (Unit 4 Chapter 12)
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0257heian-era.php
Foldable for Social
Structure
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0257heian-era.php
Create a Haiku
The Japan Projectwww.globaled.org
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0259japanese-feudalism.php
http://www.globaled.org/japanproject/lessons/le
sson03.php
Workbook Activity 27Early and Medieval
Japanese Society
Time Warp Trio Sam Samurai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO1ZC77Y
VNQ
6.G.2 Tools of a geographer
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
6.E.1 Physical environment
and human interaction affect
economy
KEY
VOCABULARY
Caravan
Muhammed
Quran
Damascus
Shiites
Baghdad
Sultan
Mongols
Delhi
Mosques
Mecca
Heian Period
Samurai
Shogun
Daimyo
Shinto
Shrines
Vassals
Feudalism
Sects
Meditation
Guilds
Haiku
Workbook Activity 28The Ashikaga
6.C & G.1 Government/Politics
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The Americas
2 Weeks
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
Grid Foldable with
information for Incas,
Mayas, and Aztecs
(GRAPES)
http://mayas.mrdonn.orghttp://www.mayas.net
http://www.neok12.com/Maya-Civilization.htm
Mayan math problems
http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachersparents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-maya.pdf
Workbook Activity 31-32
Discovery Ed (Unit 4 Chapter 15)
6.C & G.1 Government/Politics
InspirEd Book “I Think”
African Kingdoms
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
6.G.1 Geographic factors
6.G.2 Tools of a geographer
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
6.E.1 Physical environment
and human interaction affect
economy
6.C & G.1 Government/Politics
LCS Pacing Guide
2 Weeks
Students create their own
fable using Anansi
Create a tree map to
classify information
about each kingdom
Workbook Activity 25-26
Society in Medieval
Africa
InspirEd “I Think” Books
Maya
Inca
Aztec
Maize
Glyph
Sacrifice
Cacao
Olmec
Chichen Itza
Glaciers
Meso America
Quipa
Adobe
Conquistadors
Cortes
Montezuma
Pizarro
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/featur
es/storyofafrica/index.shtml
Mali
Ghana
Songhai
http://www.inmotionaame.org/education/detail.c Aksum
fm;jsessionid=f8302787651343085856904?mig Zimbabwe
ration=1&bhcp=1
Savanna
Semi-Arid Strip
http://www.metmuseum.org/en/learn/forNomadic
educators/lesson-plans-and-pre-visitIslam
guides?pg=1&subcat=Middle+School&cat=Gra Bantu
de
Sahara Desert
Timbuktu
African Kingdom Scavenger Hunt
Mansa Musa
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/ Niger River
Launch?id=1110&bhcp=1
Caravan
Oasis
Trekking to Timbuktu –
Plateau
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/lesson-2Griots
trekking-timbuktu-trade-ancient-west-africaClan
teacher-version#sect-introduction
Swahili
Congo River
Discovery Ed (Unit 4 Chapter 16)
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6th Grade Social Studies
4th Nine Weeks
Middle Ages
3 Weeks
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
6.G.1 Geographic factors
6.G.2 Tools of a geographer
6.C.1 Behaviors and practices of
individuals and groups
6.E.1 Physical environment
and human interaction affect
economy
6.C & G.1 Government/Politics
Multi-flow map or flow
map for the Black Plague
Middle Ages Project*
Compare and Contrast
life in a manor to life in a
castle or to contemporary
life
Design Coat of Arms and
discuss symbolism
Feudalism: Good or BadAdvantages and
disadvantages of life as a
serf (page 532-533)
Workbook Activity 30Feudalism in Medieval
Europe
http://www.smithlifescience.com/SS18Franks.ht
m
Charlemagne
Feudalism
William the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTaVnZyG
Conqueror
2g&feature=related
Crusades
Chivalry
http://www.smithlifescience.com/SS26RiseTrad Black Plague
eTowns.htm
Manorial System
The Battle of
http://besthistorysites.net/index.php/medievalHastings 1066
history/europe
Fjords
Vassals
http://westernreservepublicmedia.org/middleage Fief
s/index.htm
Knights
Serfs
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/timelines.htm Peasant
l
Guilds
Magna Carta
http://myhomesweethomeonline.net/2008/01/uni
t-study-for-medieval-history-the-middle-ages/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt5AJr0wls0
Compare and Contrast
your life to the life of a
teenager in the Middle
Ages
http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/heraldry.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDaBNNyM8o
Feudalism Candy *
Discovery Ed (Unit 5 Chapter 17)
Readers’ Theater Magna
Carta *
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Vikings/ exploration
1 Week
Create a Viking ship
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/vi
kings
Create a letter about
infectious disease
6. G. 1.2 Movement of people,
goods, and ideas
http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachersparents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-vikings.pdf
Create a job
announcement for an
explorer
Navigation
Explorer
Viking
Thor
Smallpox
British Isles
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/la
unch_gms_viking_quest.shtml
Discovery Ed (Unit 5 Chapter 19)
Australia/ Oceana
6.H.1 Emergence, expansion and
decline
1 Week
Create a boomerang by
listing 5 to 10 facts and
decorate.
http://www.pardeehome.org/Oceania_module.p
df
Create a travel brochure
http://regions.mrdonn.org/oceaniapacificrim.html
6.H.2 Significance of historical
events
7th grade text book
http://gutenberg.net.au/explorers.html
6.C & G.1 Government/Politics
Create a myth
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/002/lp2137.shtml
Read and discuss
Australian folktales and
myths
Compare Australian
folktales to African
folktales
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesso
n/lesson200.shtml
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/002/lp2136.shtml
Australian Folktales and Myths
http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit226/lesson
2.html
Primitive Islands
Foldable
Thinking map
http://www.archaeolink.com/indigenous_studies
_lesson_plans.htm
Labeling Maps
http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/australia.html
Indigenous
Aborigine
Maoris
Admiralty Islands
Australia
Cook Islands
Easter Islands
Fiji
Hawaii
Marquesas
Marshall Islands
Melanesia
Micronesia
New Caledonia
New Guinea
New Hebrides
New Ireland
New Zealand
Oceania
Palau Islands
Polynesia
Samoa
Society Islands
Tonga
Trobriand
Create a boat listing facts
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Review
2-4 weeks
Create a yearbook-a year
in review
Review Jeopardy Games
SMART Notebook Review
Interactive Student
Notebooks
Google Docs Constructed Response
Released NC Final Exam Questions
NC Final Exam Sample Questions *
* Items available on SchoolWire under “Teacher Resources”
Workbook pages can be found on “Journey Across Time” Social Studies Disc as a pdf
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