Instructional Guide Sixth Grade Social Studies Textbook References: World Cultures and Geography: Western Hemisphere and Europe McDougall Littell 2003 Objectives from the Standard Course of Study are integrated throughout the year. The first use of the SCOS objective in this guide spells out the objective. Subsequent references are by number only. . UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHY FOUNDATION TIMEFRAME: 5 days ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, ESSENTIAL TASKS, RECOMMENDED SCOS GOALS AND RESOURCES AND BENCHMARKS, AND STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, OBJECTIVES ASSESSMENT SKILLS CONNECTIONS 1.01 Create maps, charts, graphs, How can the 5 themes of 5 Themes of Geography http://www.classzone.com/books/wc_easter databases, and models as tools to n/index.cfm and enter the geography be used as an graphic organizer illustrate information about Teacher Access Code in your organizational tool for “Movement Scavenger different people, places and regions Teacher’s Edition of the studying the regions of Hunt” In pairs, students in South America and Europe. textbook. Europe and South America? check the “Made In…” label 1.02 Generate, interpret, and http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/livin on all of their belongings, How does geography manipulate information from tools ginourworld/lessons.htm for (location and physical record the nations, and then such as maps, globes, charts, free materials and resources characteristic) affect our on map draw arrows from all graphs, databases, and models to from Living in Our World by lives? nations to NC. pose and answer questions about North Carolina State space and place, environment and How do maps illustrate Map skills activities society, and spatial dynamics and University. information about different reviewing basic concepts connections. Textbook – Unit 1, chapters places and regions? such as cardinal and 13.03 Examine the role and 1and 2 intermediate directions, How do we distinguish importance of foreign-owned legends, and NGS videos – between physical and businesses and trade between North latitude/longitude political maps and the The Five Themes of Carolina and the nations of South coordinates. information each provides? Geography and Latitude and America and Europe, and evaluate Longitude the effects on local, state, regional, and national economies and cultures. UNIT 2: Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome TIMEFRAME: 10 days 1 SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Goals 7 and 8 COMPETENCY GOAL 3: The learner will analyze the impact of interactions between humans and their physical environments in South America and Europe. 3.01 Identify ways in which people of selected areas in South America and Europe have used, altered, and adapted to their environments in order to meet their needs, and evaluate the impact of their actions on the development of cultures and regions. 3.04 Describe how physical processes such as erosion, earthquakes, and volcanoes have resulted in physical patterns on the earth's surface and analyze their effects on human activities. 4.01 Describe the patterns of and motives for the migrations of people, and evaluate their impact on the political, economic, and social development of selected societies and regions. 4.03 Examine key ethical ideas and values deriving from religious, artistic, political, economic, and educational traditions, as well as their diffusion over time, and assess their influence on the development of selected societies and regions in South America and Europe. 9.01 Trace the historical development of governments including traditional, colonial, and national in selected societies and ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS How have the achievements of the Ancient Greeks and Romans influenced culture, science, and politics in the world today? Historically, who were the key figures and what were the key events of these ancient civilizations? How did the expansion of the Roman Empire influence modern day Europe? What is the significance of societies changing from a polytheistic culture to a monotheistic one? ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS Map activity on the expansion of the Roman Empire Research Project on innovations of the Ancient Greeks and Romans that still affect us today. (example: aqueducts, roads, ancient “air conditioning,” architectural elements). Art integration project with Greek pottery Language Arts integration with the following: 1) a unit on mythology and 2) activity on Greek and Latin roots in English 3) Fictional story in the Holt literature book, “The Dog of Pompeii.” Science integration of planet names and constellations. Comparison T chart of Greece’s “direct democracy” and Rome’s republic and correlation to US/European democracies. Create a colored map of Europe based on a root words languages chart. Analyze the Roman Empire’s influence on today’s languages by examining the Latin roots. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Current Text book Chapter 10 Former textbook, Living in Our World: Europe and Northern Asia, chapter 3 2 assess the effects on the respective contemporary political systems. 12.03 Identify examples of cultural borrowing, such as language, traditions, and technology, and evaluate their importance in the development of selected societies in South America and Europe. 13.02 Describe the diverse cultural connections that have influenced the development of language, art, music, and belief systems in North Carolina and the United States and assess their role in creating a changing cultural mosaic. UNIT 3: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation TIMEFRAME: 5 days 3 SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1.01, 4.03, 9.01, 13.02 Goals 7 and 8 1.03 Use tools such as maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, models, and artifacts to compare data on different countries of South America and Europe and to identify patterns as well as similarities and differences among them. 9.02 Describe how different types of governments such as democracies, dictatorships, monarchies, and oligarchies in selected areas of South America and Europe carry out legislative, executive, and judicial functions, and evaluate the effectiveness of each. 11.02 Examine the basic needs ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS How did the cultural and governmental developments of the Middle Ages affect life in Europe today? What were the key accomplishments of the Renaissance period that continue to inspire artists, writers, and thinkers of today? What effect did the Reformation have on current religious beliefs in Europe and the United States (and NC)? ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS Feudal Society worksheet Art integration with study of great Renaissance painters and sculptors. Create timeline of key events throughout the Renaissance/ Reformation period Create map similar to language one of last unit, only now illustrating dominant religions of European nations and discuss the correlation. Language arts integration with novels such as Catherine Called Birdie and The Midwife’s Apprentice RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Current text: Chapter 10, Section 4; Chapter 11, Section 1 Former text book: Chapter 4, Lesson 1, 2 and wants of all human beings and assess the influence of factors such as environment, values and beliefs in creating different cultural responses. 11.04 Identify examples of economic, political, and social changes, such as agrarian to industrial economies, monarchical to democratic governments, and the roles of women and minorities, and analyze their impact on culture. UNIT 4: Age of Exploration and The Industrial Revolution TIMEFRAME: 5 days 4 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS 1.01, 3.01 How did European 2.03 Examine factors such as exploration and colonization climate change, location of affect other cultures around resources, and environmental the world? challenges that influence human How did the European migration and assess their revolutions in science and significance in the development technology help create of selected cultures in South modern societies throughout America and Europe. the world? 3.02 Describe the environmental What were the impact of regional activities such environmental and cultural as deforestation, urbanization, lessons learned during the and industrialization and Industrial Revolution? evaluate their significance to the How did new innovations in global community. production and transportation 3.03 Examine the development affect the location of and use of tools and technologies industry? and assess their influence on the How did Europe’s economic human ability to use, modify, or dependence on colonies adapt to their environment. make wars for independence 4.02 Identify the main inevitable? commodities of trade over time in selected areas of South America and Europe, and evaluate their significance for the economic, political and social development of cultures and regions. 13.01 Identify historical movements such as colonization, revolution, emerging democracies, migration, and immigration that link North Carolina and the United States to selected societies of South ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Map activity tracing pathways of exploration and colonization and the economic benefits European countries received from each colony. Research project of famous European explorers. Research of inventions/discoveries of the Industrial Revolution Science integration with “Disappearing Butterflies” activity. Timeline research of colonies fighting for freedom from European Imperialism. Research of labor law improvements since the Industrial Revolution. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Current text: Chapter 11, Section 2 and 3, page 42-43, Section 1 of chapters 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9. South America map on p. 5 Former text: Chapter 4, Les. 3 5 America and Europe and evaluate their influence on local, state, regional, national, and international communities. 5.01 Describe the relationship between the location of natural resources and economic development, and assess the impact on selected cultures, countries, and regions in South America and Europe 5.03 Explain how the allocation of scarce resources requires economic systems to make basic decisions regarding the production and distribution of goods and services, and evaluate the impact on the standard of living in selected societies and regions of South America and Europe. 5.04 Describe the relationship between specialization and interdependence, and analyze its influence on the development of regional and global trade patterns. 6.02 Examine the influence of education and technology on productivity and economic development in selected nations and regions of South America and Europe. 8.03 Identify major discoveries, innovations, and inventions, and assess their influence on societies past and present. UNIT 5: World Wars I and II and the Cold War TIMEFRAME: 10 days 6 SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1.02, Goal 7, 9.01, 9.02 8.01 Describe the role of key historical figures and evaluate their impact on past and present societies in South America and Europe. 8.02 Describe the role of key groups and evaluate their impact on historical and contemporary societies of South America and Europe. 9.03 Describe how different types of governments such as democracies, dictatorships, monarchies, and oligarchies in selected areas of South America and Europe carry out legislative, executive, and judicial functions, and evaluate the effectiveness of each. 11.01 Identify the concepts associated with culture such as language, religion, family, and ethnic identity, and analyze how they both link and separate societies. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS How did feelings of nationalism in some European countries lead to conflicts? Who were the famous and infamous European leaders of the 20th century and what was each man’s role in history? What was the Holocaust and what is its effect on European culture today? What are the advantages and disadvantages to military alliances? How did the roles of the US and USSR in WWII lead to the Cold War? Who were the key figures and what were the key events of the Cold War? ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS Map activities 1) Germany’s invasion of different European nations 2) map the spread of Communism in the 20th century. 3) Color map to show nations in NATO and Warsaw Pact, showing the Iron Curtain Timeline of Hitler’s plans for destruction of the Jews, from discrimination, to isolation, to death camps. Research of famous people during WWI or WWII (national or military leaders) Venn diagram comparing socialism and fascism. Timeline of famous WWII battles Political cartoon activity in correlation with discussion on propaganda Censorship activity to better understand government control under Communism. Research the significance of Gorbachev and glasnost to the end of the Cold War Language arts integration with use of novels like Number the Stars or The Devil’s Arithmetic RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Current text: Chapter 12, Chapter 13, section 1 Former text: Chapter 5 Videos on WWI. WWII, Holocaust, Rise of the USSR UNIT 6: Northern Europe and British Isles 7 TIMEFRAME: 4 weeks SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 2.01 Identify key physical characteristics such as landforms, water forms, and climate, and evaluate their influence on the development of cultures in selected South American and European regions. 6.01 Describe different levels of economic development and assess their connections to standard of living indicators such as purchasing power, literacy rate, and life expectancy. 9.04 Describe how different governments in South America and Europe select leaders and establish laws in comparison to the United States and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each. 10.02 Identify various sources of citizens' rights and responsibilities, such as constitutions, traditions, and religious law, and analyze how they are incorporated into different government structures. 13.01 Identify historical movements such as colonization, revolution, emerging democracies, migration, and immigration that link North Carolina and the United States to selected societies of South America and Europe and evaluate their influence on local, state, regional, national, and international communities. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS What nations make up this region and what are the major cities? What is the significance of the North Atlantic Drift to Northern Europe? How have physical features such as peninsulas, mountains, glaciers, and northern latitudes affected the people? Describe the differences in the UK’s democracy and that of the US. How do elections differ? What is the role of a monarch in a constitutional monarch? What is the correlation, if any, between the high literacy rates in Northern Europe and the high standard of living? What major product might we obtain from Northern Europe through trade and what is the status of their GNPs? ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS Map 7 nations, capital cities, bodies of water, and major landforms of this region. 5 themes worksheet Government/economy fact/opinion worksheet Manufacturing WS Economic statistic WS Students could research how many cities and towns in NC are named for other locations in Europe, especially UK. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Current text: Chapter 14, section 1 and 2 Former text: Unit 2, Chapters 6-9 UNIT 7: Western Europe 8 TIMEFRAME: 6 weeks SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 3.01, 3.04 6.01 Describe different levels of economic development and assess their connections to standard of living indicators such as purchasing power, literacy rate, and life expectancy. 10.01 Trace the development of relationships between individuals and their governments in selected cultures of South America and Europe, and evaluate the changes that have evolved over time. 11.01 Identify the concepts associated with culture such as language, religion, family, and ethnic identity, and analyze how they both link and separate societies. 12.03 Identify examples of cultural borrowing, such as language, traditions, and technology, and evaluate their importance in the development of selected societies in South America and Europe. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS What are the nations that make up this region and what are the major cities? What role do organizations such as the European Union, United Nations, and NATO play in Western Europe? Who were the key leaders of the Western European nations and what were their roles in history? How does population density affect some areas of Western Europe? Describe the important role of industry and technology in Western Europe and the importance of trade. What are the different cultures and languages of this region? Describe the reclamation process of the Netherlands. What have been the effects of successful polder use and the impact of dike breaks? Explain how the location of Iceland has allowed its people to maintain a more distinct culture most similar to their ancestors. What are some of the signs that American culture has influenced Europeans – Northern or Western? Explain the importance of the Northern European Plain to this region. ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS Map Quiz Capital city quiz History matrix Germany/NC data gathering activity RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Current text: Chapter 14, Section 3, 4; Chapter 13, Section 3 Former text: Unit 3, Chapters 10-13 2 worksheets involving GNP and trade and 1 map activity on ports of France 2 Cultures worksheet: languages of Switzerland, festival in Germany. 9 UNIT 8: Mediterranean Europe TIMEFRAME: 4 weeks ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 4.01, 6.01, 11.04, 12.02 2.01 Identify key physical characteristics such as landforms, water forms, and climate, and evaluate their influence on the development of cultures in selected South American and European regions. 2.02 Describe factors that influence changes in distribution patterns of population, resources, and climate in selected regions of South America and Europe and evaluate their impact on the environment. 12.01 Examine the major belief systems in selected regions of South America and Europe, and analyze their impact on cultural values, practices, and institutions. What are the nations that make up this region and what are the major cities? How have climate and geographical terrain affected the way of life here? What impact has the Roman Catholic church had on the culture of this region (lifestyles, celebrations, architecture, etc)? What industries do the economies of these nations depend upon? Explain the migration of many young people from rural to urban areas. What is the literacy rate and standard of living of the average European from the Mediterranean region? ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS Map and capital quiz 7 map worksheets Precipitation graph Economy comparison worksheet GNP graphing Facts matrix Religion bar graph RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Current Text: Chapter 13, sect 3 Former Text: Unit 4, Chap. 14-17 10 UNIT 9: Eastern Europe TIMEFRAME: 4 weeks ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS 3.02, 6.01, 9.01 What are the nations of this 5.02 Examine the different region and the major cities? economic systems, (traditional, How has history under command, and market), Soviet control shaped the developed in selected societies in modern day Eastern Europe? South America and Europe, and How does standard of living analyze their effectiveness in in Eastern Europe compare meeting basic needs. to that in other regions of 6.03 Describe the effects of Europe? over-specialization and assess What physical barriers have their impact on the standard of hindered economic living. development in some areas 10.03 Describe rights and of this region? responsibilities of citizens in Describe the environmental selected contemporary societies effects of Soviet control in South America and Europe, industries. comparing them to each other How have the political and to the United States. boundary changes of the past contributed to a struggle for cultural identity in this region? Explain how Eastern European industries have had to overcome the backwards, over-specialization practices under Soviet control to catch up with 21st century technology. Compare the individual rights in Eastern Europe under Soviet control and today. SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS Map and capital quiz 2 map activities on the changing of national borders and government control. Poland timeline RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Current text: Chapter 13, Sec. 1,2 Chapter 14, Sec. 5 Former text: Unit 5, Chap 18-21 Bohemia worksheet Matrix of Eastern European ethnic groups Venn diagram of freedoms exercised today that were not available under Soviet rule. 11 UNIT 10: Russia and the former Soviet Republics TIMEFRAME: 6 Weeks ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, SCOS GOALS AND BENCHMARKS, AND OBJECTIVES SKILLS 1.03, 3.02, 5.02, 9.01, 10.03, Which nations once belonged 12.01 to the USSR? 8.01 Describe the role of key Describe the impact of lax historical figures and evaluate environmental standards their impact on past and present within the Soviet Union. societies in South America and Compare the command Europe. economy of the Soviet Union 8.02 Describe the role of key to the move toward freegroups and evaluate their impact market, capitalism today in on historical and contemporary Russia. societies of South America and What is the link, if any, Europe. between low life expectancy 10.04 Examine the rights, roles, rates in the former Soviet and status of individuals in republics and low economic selected cultures of South development? America and Europe, and assess Compare the varied cultures their importance in relation to and ethnic groups that once the general welfare. existed under the Soviet 11.01 Identify the concepts Government. Describe the associated with culture such as Communist party’s attempt language, religion, family, and to “Russify” all of these ethnic identity, and analyze how peoples. they both link and separate Describe the historical role societies. of key leaders during the 11.03 Compare characteristics of time of the Russian Empire. political, economic, religious, and social institutions of selected cultures, and evaluate their similarities and differences. ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS Map activities Lenin worksheet History Timeline Totalitarianism WS Cause/ Effect WS of Russian History RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Current text: Chap. 11, Sec. 4; Chap. 12, Sec. 3; Chap. 13, Sec. 2 Former text: Unit 6, Chap 22-27 PCS video library Research/ graphing of Life Expectancy in former Soviet Republics Research the different cultures that once existed under the USSR. (Estonia, Georgia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan are 4 very different ones to start with) 12 UNIT: 11 South America TIMEFRAME: 6 weeks ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, BENCHMARKS, AND SKILLS 2.01, 6.01, 8.01, 9.01 What are the nations in 6.02 Examine the influence of South America? education and technology on From what products did productivity and economic European nations profit? development in selected nations Explain the influence and regions of South America Spanish and Portuguese and Europe. exploration had on the past 7.01 Identify historical and current culture in South events such as invasions, America. conquests, and migrations Describe the system of using and evaluate their Native American labor in relationship to current South America during the issues. 18th century. 7.02 Examine the causes of key Describe the historical role historical events in selected areas of key South American of South America and Europe leaders in their struggles for and analyze the short- and longindependence. range effects on political, Describe the geographic economic, and social features that hinder and aid institutions. in transportation of goods. Compare human statistics (literacy rate, standard of living, life expectancy) between South Americans, Americans, and Europeans. What could be the reasons for the differences? Compare the Incan and European Cultures. SCOS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ESSENTIAL TASKS, STRATEGIES, PROJECTS, CONNECTIONS Assign students to round table discussion teams. Teach team will be assigned a South American country. They will research their country and will conduct a round table discussion to answer the “Essential Questions” with the rest of the class serving as the audience. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES AND ASSESSMENT Text book: Chap. 9 13 PACING GUIDE SIXTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES SCOS TEXTBOOK REFERENCES: World Cultures and Geography: Western Hemisphere and Europe (WHE) (McDougall Littell) 2003 Living in Our World: Europe and Northern Asia (ENA) (NCSU) 1998 GRADING TIME TOPICS/CONCEPTS CURRICULUM RESOURCES PERIOD OBJECTIVES Unit 1: Geography Foundations 1st Unit 2: Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome 1 week 2 weeks 1st Unit 3: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Reformation Unit 4: Age of Exploration and the Industrial Revolution Unit 5: World War I, World War II, and The Cold War Unit 6: Northern Europe and the British Isles 1 week 1st 1st 1 week 2 weeks 1st 4 weeks 1st, 2nd Unit 7: Western Europe Unit 8: Mediterranean Europe Unit 9: Eastern Europe Unit 10: Russia and the Former Soviet Republics 2nd 6 weeks 2nd, 3rd 4 weeks 3rd 4 weeks 3rd, 4th 6 weeks Unit 11: South America 6 weeks 4th 1.01, 1.02, 13.03 Chapters 1 & 2 (WHE) 3.01, 3.04, 4.01, 4.03, 9.01, 12.03, 13.02 1.01, 4.03, 9.01, 13.02, 1.03, 9.02, 11.02, 11/04 1.01, 3.01, 2.03, 3.02, 3.03, 4.02, 13.01, 5.01, 5.03, 5.04, 6.02, 8.03 1.02, Goal 7, 9.01, 9.02, 8.01, 8.02, 9.03, 11.01 2.01, 6.01, 9.04, 10.02, 13.01 Chapter 10 (WHE) Chapter 3 (ENA) Chapters 10, 11 (WHE) Chapter 4 (ENA) Chapter 11, Section 1 of Chapters 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 (WHE) Chapter 4 (ENA) Chapters 12, 13 (WHE) Chapter 5 (ENA) Chapters 14 (WHE) Chapters 6-9 (ENA) 3.01, 3.04, 6.01, 10.01, 11.01, 12.03 4.01, 6.01, 11.04, 12.02, 2.01, 2.02, 12.01 3.02, 6.01, 9.01, 5.02, 6.03, 10.03 1.03, 3.02, 5.02, 9.01, 10.03, 12.01, 8.01, 8.02, 10.04, 11.01, 11.03 2.01, 6.01, 8.01, 9.01, 6.02, 7.01, 7.02 Chapters 13, 14 (WHE) Chapters 10-13 (ENA) Chapter 13 (WHE) Chapters 14-17 (ENA) Chapters 13, 14 (WHE) Chapters 18-21 (ENA) Chapters 11-13 (WHE) Chapters 22-27 (ENA) Chapter 9 14