Pacing Calendar
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: Sixth Grade
Understandings:
 The focus of this content is how the past has shaped the Eastern Hemisphere today.
 These standards must be covered prior to the new social studies assessment. (2014-2015)
Suggestions/Ideas:
 ODE Social Studies Model Curriculum : http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Academic-ContentStandards/Social-Studies
 Social Studies Wordpress site: http://wordpress.limacityschools.org/socialstudies/
 Students will create an ongoing “scrapbook” titled “Regions and People of the Eastern
Hemisphere” that will incorporate some type of artifact from each unit. (This could be done
electronically.)
Unit
1
Subject
Meet the East
Duration
1st Quarter
4 Weeks
Priority
Standards
3- Globes and other
geographic tools can
be used to gather,
process, and report
information about
people, places and
environments…
Supporting Resources
Standards
4- Latitude and
longitude can be
used to identify
absolute location.
5- Regions can be
determined,
classified and
compared using
various criteria
(e.g. landform,
climate,
population,…
1. Model
Curriculum
2. Wordpress Site
(look for 6-G-3-5)
3. TCI Mapping Lab
4. Exploring the
World’s
Geography
http://www.discov
eryeducation.com/
teachers/freelessonplans/exploringthe-worldsgeography.cfm
5. The Middle East
http://www.discov
eryeducation.com/
teachers/freelesson-plans/themiddle-east-landof-contrasts.cfm
6. Geography
http://www.mrdo
nn.org/geography.
html
7. Mapmaker
http://education.n
ationalgeographic.
com/education/m
apping/interactivemap/?ar_a=1
11- Economists
compare data sets to
draw conclusions
about relationships
among them.
2
The Who,
What, and How
of Economics
(Basic Intro.)
1st Quarter
5 weeks
12- The choices
people make have
both present and
future
consequences…
13- The fundamental
questions of
economics include
what to produce,
how to produce and
for whom to
produce.
14- When regions
and/or countries
specialize, global
trade occurs.
15- The interaction
of supply and
demand,
influenced by
competition, helps
to determine price
in a market…
1. Model
Curriculum
2. Wordpress Site
(look for 6-E-1115)
3. Frontier
Specialists
http://www.econe
dlink.org/lessons/i
ndex.php?lid=57&t
ype=educator
4. Fad or Fortune
http://www.econe
dlink.org/lessons/i
ndex.php?lid=579
&type=educator
5. Prices are
changing
http://www.econe
dlink.org/lessons/i
ndex.php?lid=747
&type=educator
6. TCI Mapping Lab
7. Multiple
resources
http://www.to
s.ohio.gov/Fin
ancialEDge
8. Three-Gorge
Dam
http://www.econ
edlink.org/lesson
s/index.php?lid=
347&type=educa
tor
1- Events can be
arranged in order of
occurrence using the
conventions of B.C.
and A.D. or B.C.E.
and C.E.
3
Mesopotamia
2nd Quarter
6 Weeks
2- Mesopotamia had
unique
governments,
economic systems,
social structures,
religions…that
helped it to flourish
and these events can
be used to explain
the eastern
hemisphere today.
7- 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.
6- Variations
among physical
environments
within the Eastern
Hemisphere
influence human
activities…
8- Modern culture
practices and
products show the
influence of
tradition and
diffusion.
(Judaism,
Christianity and
Islam)
9- Different
perspectives on a
topic can be
obtained from a
variety of historic
and contemporary
sources. Sources
can be examined
for accuracy.
13- The
fundamental
questions of
economics include
what to produce,
how to produce
and for whom to
produce.
1. Model
Curriculum
2. Wordpress Site
(look for 6-H-1-2
and 6-G-6, 8 and 6E-13)
3.
http://mesopotam
ia.mrdonn.org/geo
graphy.html
4. The Ancient
World
http://www.discov
eryeducation.com/
teachers/freelesson-plans/theancient-world.cfm
5. World Religions
http://ncta.osu.ed
u/lessons/eastasia
/religion/ressa-eareligion.pdf
6. The Middle East
Today
http://www.nytim
es.com/learning/t
eachers/lessons/m
ideast.html
7. Oil and Water in
the Middle East
http://education.n
ationalgeographic.
com/archive/xpedi
tions/lessons/01/g
68/iraqoil.html?ar
_a=1
8. Ancient
Mesopotamia
http://hypermedia
.educ.psu.edu/k12/edpgs/su96/m
eso/mesopotamia.
html
1- Events can be
arranged in order of
occurrence using the
conventions of B.C.
and A.D. or B.C.E.
and C.E.
4
Egypt
2nd/3rd Quarter
5 Weeks
2- Egypt had unique
governments,
economic systems,
social structures,
religions…that
helped it to flourish
and these events can
be used to explain
the eastern
hemisphere today.
10- Governments
can be categorized
as monarchies,
theocracies,
dictatorships or
democracies…
13- The
fundamental
questions of
economics include
what to produce,
how to produce
and for whom to
produce.
14- When regions
and/or countries
specialize, global
trade occurs.
1. Model
Curriculum
2. Wordpress Site
(look for 6-H-1,2 --6-V-10 and 6-E13,14)
3. Tie into Black
History Month
4. Africa: Shaped
by the Past
http://www.discov
eryeducation.com/
teachers/freelessonplans/africashaped-by-thepast.cfm
5. Africa:
Economics and
Change
http://www.discov
eryeducation.com/
teachers/freelessonplans/africaeconomics-andchange.cfm
6.Africa Today
http://www.discov
eryeducation.com/
teachers/freelessonplans/africatoday.cfm
7. TCI Textbook
8. Ancient Egypt
http://www.dia.or
g/education/egypt
teachers/sitemap.
htm
9. TCI Mapping Lab
1- Events can be
arranged in order of
occurrence using the
conventions of B.C.
and A.D. or B.C.E.
and C.E.
5
India
3rd Quarter
5 Weeks
2- India had unique
governments,
economic systems,
social structures,
religions…that
helped it to flourish
and these events can
be used to explain
the eastern
hemisphere today.
10- Governments
can be categorized
as monarchies,
theocracies,
dictatorships or
democracies…
1- Events can be
arranged in order of
occurrence using the
conventions of B.C.
and A.D. or B.C.E.
and C.E.
6
China
3rd/4th
Quarter
5 Weeks
2- China had unique
governments,
economic systems,
social structures,
religions…that
helped it to flourish
and these events can
be used to explain
the eastern
hemisphere today.
16- When selecting
8- Modern culture
practices and
products show the
influence of
tradition and
diffusion.
(Hinduism and
Buddhism)
9- Different
perspectives on a
topic can be
obtained from a
variety of historic
and contemporary
sources. Sources
can be examined
for accuracy.
8- Modern culture
practices and
products show the
influence of
tradition and
diffusion.
(Hinduism and
Buddhism)
9- Different
perspectives on a
topic can be
obtained from a
variety of historic
and contemporary
sources. Sources
can be examined
for accuracy.
1. Model
Curriculum
2. Wordpress Site
(look for 6-H-1,2 -- 6-G-8, 9 and 6-V10
3. TCI Textbook
4. Ancient India
http://india.mrdon
n.org/lessonplans.
html
5. The story of
India
http://www.pbs.or
g/thestoryofindia/
teachers/lessons/
6. Ancient India II
http://worldroom.
tamu.edu/Present
ations/India/Lesso
n%20Plans%20and
%20Resources/Ne
xt%20Stop%20Anc
ient%20India%20Si
xth%20Grade%20L
esson%20Plan.pdf
7. TCI Mapping Lab
8. Ancient India III
https://ethemes.m
issouri.edu/theme
s/1876?locale=en+
++++++Result%3A
+using+proxy+46.1
9.102.104%3A80
1. Model
Curriculum
2. Wordpress Site
(look for 6-H-1,2 -- 6-G-8, 9 and 6-E16
3. Explore China!
http://studentadv
entures.discoverye
ducation.com/teac
hers/educationcenter/lessonplans-videos.cfm
4. World Religions
http://ncta.osu.ed
u/lessons/eastasia
/religion/ressa-eareligion.pdf
5. TCI Textbook
items to buy,
individuals can
compare the price
and quality of
available goods and
services.
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7
Celebrate the East
4th Quarter
Multiple
standards
from the
year
Reminders:
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Sept 11th is Patriots Day
Sept 17th is Constitution Day (this may vary depending on the calendar year)
Sept 15th – Oct 15th Hispanic Heritage Month
February is Black History Month
March is Women’s History Month
April 22nd is Earth Day (this may vary depending on the calendar year)
6. TCI Mapping Lab
7. Ancient China
http://china.mrdo
nn.org/lessonplans
.html
8. Chinese
Inventions
http://ncta.osu.ed
u/lessons/china/ge
neral/Chinese%20I
nventions%20Harri
s.pdf
1.) Students put
together a
performance task
displaying what
they have learned.