Hearne ISD
Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
1. History. The student understands that historical events influence contemporary events.
2. History. The student understands the influences of individuals and groups from various cultures on various historical and contemporary societies.
3. Geography. The student uses geographic tools to answer geographic question.
4. Geography. The student understands the factors that influence the locations and characteristics of locations of various contemporary societies on maps and
globes and uses latitude and longitude to determine absolute locations.
5. Geography. The student understands how geographic factors influence the economic development, political relationships, and policies of societies
8. Economics. The student understands the factors of production in a society's economy
9. Economics. The student understands the various ways in which people organize economic systems
11. Government. The student understands the concepts of limited and unlimited governments
15. Culture. The student understands the similarities and differences within and among cultures in various world societies
17. Culture. The student understands relationships that exist among world cultures.
18. Culture. The student understands the relationship that exists between the arts and the societies in which they are produced.
Guiding Question:
(1A) trace characteristics of
How might
ELPS Recurring
- What cultures are
-apartheid
Recurring Resources:
various contemporary societies
ethnic group
Strategies:
found in Africa and
United Streaming:
in regions that resulted from
differences affect -ethnic groups
-Cornell Notes
how have they
Africa’s Child
historical events or factors such
who controls
-Vocabulary Foldables
influenced the rest of
as invasion, conquests,
resources and
-KWL
NatGeo: Ch. 13, Sec. 2
colonization, immigration, trade the world?
power in a
-Graphic Organizers
NatGeo: Ch. 14
-Anticipation Guides
(1B) analyze the historical
society?
What historical
(used throughout unit)
background of various
-“Slavery, Society, and
events brought about
contemporary societies to
Apartheid”
colonization and the
evaluate relationships between
Triangular Trade?
past conflicts and current
conditions.
(2A) identify and describe the
influence of individual or group
achievements on various
historical or contemporary
societies such as the classical
Greeks on government and the
American Revolution on the
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Specificity:
- Describe Nelson
Mandela’s role in
South Africa’s
history. (first black
president after the
end of Apartheid)
Flocabulary: Mandela is
Free
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Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
French Revolution
(2B) evaluate the social,
political, economic, cultural
contributions of individuals
groups from various societies,
past and present.
(3A) pose and answer
geographic questions,
including: Where is it located?
Why is it there? What is
significant about its location?
How is its location related to
the location of other people,
places, and environments?
(3B) pose and answer
questions about geographic
distributions and patterns for
various world regions and
countries shown on maps,
graphs, charts, models, and
(3C) compare various world
regions and countries using data
from geographic tools,
including maps, graphs, charts,
databases, and models;
databases.
(4D) identify and locate major
physical and human geographic
features such as landforms,
water bodies, and urban centers
of various places and regions.
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Guiding Question:
-How does the
geography differ
across the continent?
Guiding Question:
- What are the major
geographic features
of Africa? Such as…
- Mt. Kilimanjaro
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
•Compare and
contrast world
regions based on
climate, culture,
and location
factors (e.g.
latitude,
longitude, and
equator) or
environmental
factors
Describe the way
rivers change as
they flow across
Earth’s surface?
Vocabulary
- refugee
- subsistence
Farming
-drought
-famine
-indigenous
-nomad
Instructional Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
Discovery StreamingAfrica People & Places
NatGeo: Ch. 13, Sec. 1
-“World Geography:
Africa”
-“Africa Today”
-“Horn of Africa”
-“Africa: People and
Places”
-“Regions of the World:
Africa”
-Africanisms PPT
Nystrom-Lesson 1, 2
Pgs. 41-44
4th Six Weeks
Hearne ISD
Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
(4E) draw sketch maps that
illustrate various places and
regions.
(4F) identify the location of
major world countries such
as… South Africa…Nigeria.
(5A) identify and explain the
geographic factors responsible
for the location of economic
activities in places and regions.
- Lake Victoria
- Horn of Africa
- Sahara Desert
- Sahel
- Savanna
- Kalahari Desert
Guiding Question:
- How have
geographical features
affected the way
people live and make
their living?
(8A) describe ways in which
the factors of production
(natural resources, labor,
capital, and entrepreneurs)
influence the economies of
various.
(8B) identify problems and
issues that may arise when one
or more of the factors of
production is in relatively short
supply;
(8C) explain the impact of
relative scarcity of resources on
international trade and
economic interdependence
among and within societies.
Specificity:
- Give examples of
major industries and
explain how
geography and the
factor of production
help determine their
location.
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What are problems
and issues that arise
when one or more of
the factors of
production are in
short supply?
How do war and
political unrest
continue to keep
African countries
from having enough
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
Explain ways in
which people
adapt to living in
a desert region?
Discovery EducationAfrica’s Child Series
How are women
microentrepreneurs
in developing
countries
changing their
communities?
www.Africam.com
NatGeo: Ch. 14, Sec. 2
Nystrom-Lesson 3
Select three
women microentrepreneurs to
study and learn
how they are
changing the
human
characteristics of
their African
communities.
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Hearne ISD
Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
capital,
entrepreneurs, etc.?
What is the impact of
relative scarcity of
resources on
international trade
and economic
interdependence
among and within
societies?
(9B) compare and contrast free
enterprise, socialist, and
communist economies in
various contemporary societies,
including the benefits of the
U.S. free enterprise system.
(11A) identify and describe
examples of limited and
unlimited governments such as
constitutional (limited) and
totalitarian (unlimited).
(11B) compare the
characteristics of limited and
unlimited governments.
(15C) define a multicultural
society and consider both the
positive and negative qualities
of multiculturalism.
(15D) analyze the experiences
and evaluate the contributions
of diverse groups to
multicultural societies.
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www.culturegrams.com
www.cia.gov
Specificity:
- Give examples of
movement toward
democracy in South
Africa.
www.CountryReports.o
rg
Guiding Question:
- How has African
culture influenced
American culture?
-“South Africa: A Land
Apart”
-Africa PPT
www.CountryWatch.co
m
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Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
(17C) evaluate the impact of
improved communication
technology among cultures.
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
What is the impact of
cultural diffusion on
individuals and world
societies?
(17D) identify and define the
impact of cultural diffusion on
individuals and world societies;
(18B) relate ways in which
contemporary expressions of
culture have been influenced by
the past;
How have
www.playingforchange.
contemporary
com
expressions of culture
been influenced by
the past?
•Music—call and
response, drums
•Storytelling—griot
African mask project
tradition
•Literature—Chinua
Achebe (Nigeria),
Bessie Head
(Botswana)
•Masks in Traditional
/Modern African Art
•Textiles—Kente
cloth (Ghana)
1. History. The student understands that historical events influence contemporary events
2. History. The student understands the influences of individuals and groups from various cultures on various historical and contemporary societies
3. Geography. The student uses geographic tools to answer geographic questions
4. Geography. The student understands the factors that influence the locations and characteristics of locations of various contemporary societies on maps and
globes and uses latitude and longitude to determine absolute locations
5. Geography. The student understands how geographic factors influence the economic development, political relationships, and policies of societies
6. Geography. The student understands that geographical patterns result from physical environmental processes
7. Geography. The student understands the impact of interactions between people and the physical environment on the development and conditions of places and
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4th Six Weeks
Hearne ISD
Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
regions.
8. Economics. The student understands the factors of production in a society's economy.
10. Economics. The student understands categories of economic activities and the data used to measure a society's economic level
11. Government. The student understands the concepts of limited and unlimited governments
12. Government. The student understands various ways in which people organize governments
15. Culture. The student understands the similarities and differences within and among cultures in various world societies
17. Culture. The student understands relationships that exist among world cultures.
19. Culture. The student understands the relationships among religion, philosophy, and culture.
20. Science, technology, and society. The student understands the influences of science and technology on contemporary societies
3D) create thematic maps,
Where is it located?
Mapping Activity
graphs, charts, models, and
Why is it there? What
Countries
databases depicting aspects
is significant about its
Saudi Arabia
such as population, disease, and location? How is its
Egypt
economic activities of various
location related to the
Israel/Palestine
world regions and countries.
location of other
Iraq
people, places, and
Iran
environments?
Morocco
4D) identify and locate major
Turkey
physical and human geographic
Tunisia
features such as landforms,
Afghanistan
water bodies, and urban centers
Libya
of various places and regions;
Algeria
4E) draw sketch maps that
illustrate various places and
regions
4F) identify the location of
major world countries such as
Canada, Mexico, France,
Germany, the United Kingdom,
Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden,
Russia, South Africa, Nigeria,
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Landforms
Sahara
Arabian Peninsula
Resources/
Weblinks
Safari Montage- Fossil
Fuels
-“Middle East: Land of
Contrast”
-“Egypt”
-“Iran: Behind the Veil”
Nystrom-Middle East
activities
Bodies of Water
Red Sea
Nile River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Mediterranean Sea
4th Six Weeks
Hearne ISD
Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Iran,
India, Pakistan, the People's
Republic of China, the Republic
of China (Taiwan), Japan, North
and South Korea, Indonesia,
and Australia
Resources/
Weblinks
Suez Canal
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Caspian Sea
4B) identify and explain the
geographic factors responsible
for patterns of population in
places and regions
What geographic
factors are
responsible for
patterns of population
in places and regions?
1A) trace characteristics of
various contemporary societies
in regions that resulted from
historical events or factors such
as invasion, conquests,
Specificity:
-Describe the events
and factors leading
up to:
- Arab trade and
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Instructional Strategies
-Describe the
rules and laws of
Saudi Arabia.
- monotheism
- terrorism
- prophet
- pilgrimage
- belief systems
Characteristics
Religion (Official
religions of countries,
Shia and Sunni
Natural resources: oil and
water
Population density (focus
on coasts, deserts and
Nile)
Identify the effects on
population patterns from:
Resources
- natural (water)
- infrastructure
Climate
Landforms
-barriers (mountains,
desert, etc.)
- accessibility (water and
other transportation
corridors)—good place to
identify chokepoints for
oil transport
ELPS Recurring
Strategies:
-Cornell Notes
-Vocabulary
Foldables
NatGeo : Ch. 15, Sec. 1, 3
Contemporary World
Cultures, Jews and
Palestinians: Two Claims to
Palestine
4th Six Weeks
Hearne ISD
Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
colonization, immigration, and
trade
1B) analyze the historical
background of various
contemporary societies to
evaluate relationships between
past conflicts and current
conditions
2A) identify and describe the
influence of individual or group
achievements on various
historical or contemporary
societies such as the classical
Greeks on government and the
American Revolution on the
French Revolution
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
conquests
- the Arab-Israeli
conflict.
Instructional Strategies
-KWL
-Graphic
Organizer s
-Anticipation Guides
Specificity:
- Identify and
describe the
contributions of
Ancient
Mesopotamia ;
Jews, Christians, and
Muslims
Resources/
Weblinks
NatGeo: Ch. 15, Sec. 2; Ch.
16, Sec. 1, 2
Discovery EducationMesopotamia: From
Nomads to Farmers
Flocabulary: The Fertile
Crescent
TCI: World Cultures Alive:
Understanding Major
Religions in Southwest Asia
-“Religions of the World:
Christianity”
-“Religions of the World:
Islam”
-“Religions of the World:
Judaism”
-“Living History: Life in
Ancient Egypt”
Horrible Histories
(Animated)
-“Awesome Egyptians”
-“Trading Timbuktu”
3A) pose and answer
geographic questions,
including: Where is it located?
Why is it there? What is
significant about its location?
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Where is it located?
Why is it there? What
is significant about its
location? How is its
location related to the
-landlocked
-fertile
-scarcity
Create an outline map of
the Middle East and
identify the countries of
the region, as well as their
capitals.
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Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
How is its location related to
the location of other people,
places, and environments?
6B) identify the location of
renewable and nonrenewable
natural resources such as fresh
water, fossil fuels, fertile soils,
and timber
3B) pose and answer questions
about geographic distributions
and patterns for various world
regions and countries shown on
maps, graphs, charts, models,
and databases;
5C) explain the impact of
geographic factors on economic
development and the domestic
and foreign policies of
societies.
7B) identify and analyze ways
people have modified the
physical environment such as
mining, irrigation, and
transportation infrastructure;
8A) describe ways in which the
factors of production (natural
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Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
location of other
people, places, and
environments?
Instructional Strategies
Create a chart or graph
comparing the distribution
of fossil fuels in the
Middle East.
Resources/
Weblinks
NatGeo: Ch. 16, Sec. 2
People locate
themselves in relation
to natural resources
as well as cultural
preferences.
NatGeo: The Nile River
Valley Pgs. 430, 431
What are the ways
people have modified
the environment?
Why have they
modified the
environment?
- Suez Canal and
Nile’s role in
irrigation
Specificity:
- Explain the impact
-What is Israel’s
economy
- scarcity
- agriculture
Create a chart comparing
the economic
Safari Montage- The
4th Six Weeks
Hearne ISD
Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
resources, labor, capital, and
entrepreneurs) influence the
economies of various
contemporary societies
8B) identify problems and
issues that may arise when one
or more of the factors of
production is in relatively short
supply
8C) explain the impact of
relative scarcity of resources on
international trade and
economic interdependence
among and within societies
10B) describe levels of
economic development of
various societies using
indicators such as life
expectancy, gross domestic
product (GDP), GDP per capita,
and literacy;
11A) identify and describe
examples of limited and
unlimited governments such as
constitutional (limited) and
totalitarian (unlimited)
11B) compare the
characteristics of limited and
unlimited governments
12A) identify and give
examples of governments with
rule by one, few, or many
12B) compare ways in which
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of oil production on
the Middle East.
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
dependent upon?
In your own
words explain
and give an
example of
relative scarcity?
Specificity:
- Compare and
contrast the varying
forms of government
in the Middle East.
-Using a Venn
diagram,
compare and
contrast limited
and unlimited
forms of
government in
the Middle East.
Vocabulary
- petroleum
- GDP
- life expectancy
- literacy rate
- per capita
- economic
interdependence
- factors of
production
Instructional Strategies
development of Middle
Eastern societies using
life expectancy, per capita
GDP, and literacy.
Resources/
Weblinks
Middle East
TCI: World Cultures Alive:
How Oil has Shaped Life in
Southwest Asia
www.CountryReports.org
www.CountryWatch.com
Countries of the World
ELPS Recurring
Strategies:
- Cornell Notes
- Vocabulary Foldables
- KWL chart
- Graphic Organizers
- Anticipations Guides
www.CountryReports.org
NatGeo: Ch. 16 Sec. 2
4th Six Weeks
Hearne ISD
Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
various societies such as China,
Germany, India, and Russia
organize government and how
they function
15A) define culture and the
common traits that unify a
culture region
15B) identify and describe
common traits that define
cultures
15F) identify and explain
examples of conflict and
cooperation between and
among cultures.
17A) identify and describe how
culture traits such as trade,
travel, and war spread
17B) identify and describe
factors that influence cultural
change such as improved
communication, transportation,
and economic development
17C) evaluate the impact of
improved communication
technology among cultures
19A) explain the relationship
among religious ideas,
philosophical ideas, and
cultures
19B) explain the significance
of religious holidays and
observances such as Christmas,
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Specificity:
- Identify, compare,
and contrast cultural
traits in the US with
those in Middle East
society.
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
List and describe
the three major
religions that
were established
in the Middle
East.
What are
examples of
conflict and
cooperation
between and
among cultures?
- Israel/Palestine
Vocabulary
- trade
- monotheism
- prophet
- pilgrimage
Instructional Strategies
ELPS Recurring
Strategies:
- Cornell Notes
- Vocabulary Foldables
- KWL chart
- Graphic Organizers
- Anticipations Guides
Resources/
Weblinks
TCI: World Cultures Alive:
Understanding Major
Religions in SW Asia
- How does trade
and
transportation
affect the
country’s
economy?
- Describe ways
in which
religious ideas
and values shape
cultures.
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Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Easter, Ramadan, the annual
hajj, Yom Kippur, Rosh
Hashanah, Diwali, and Vaisakhi
in various contemporary
societies
20B) explain how resources,
belief systems, economic
factors, and political decisions
have affected the use of
technology;
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How have resources,
belief systems,
economic factors, and
political decisions
affected the use of
technology?
- Afghanistan
- Taliban
- Al Qaeda
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Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
- Belief systems
include the beliefs
and values shared by
members of a racial,
ethnic, or social
group as well as
those held by
individuals.
Instructional Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
Discussions items:
- Belief systems develop
over time and reflect the
ideology, religion,
politics, social structure,
and economic activities of
a particular group.
- Economic factors
include the cost of design
and development,
construction, and
operation, the access to
essential resources of
materials and knowledge,
capital accumulation,
investment needs, and
proximity of supply lines
and transportation routes
to raw materials and
potential consumers. Political decisions include
decisions made by the
government that are made
to support the ideology of
the government and/or the
good of the citizens as a
group. How does the
government spend its
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Social Studies
Course: 6th Grade Social Studies – World Cultures
Unit 8: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 9: South West Asia and North Africa
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: 4th Six Weeks
Days to teach: 15 days each
Assessment
Vocabulary
Instructional Strategies
Resources/
Weblinks
money? Military rather
than on the people,
infrastructure and
education?
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