Key Ideas/Themes Essential Questions Grade 6: Curriculum Map ELA Integration Vocabulary Major Assessments Standards 1 st Sept. Nov. Geography How does geography impact the stability of a region? How do maps communicate information? Geography / Map Skills Timeline, charts, graphs How does technology alter a culture? Is technology positive or negative? How do the people of a region satisfy their needs ad wants? Key Themes: Stone Age Migration Hunting/gathering vs. farming Tools/innovations What are the common characteristics of the great civilizations? Reading Anthology Harcourt Trophies: Theme 3: Unlocking the Past 1. Stone Age News Read Aloud: Extra! Extra! The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Newspapers Tested Skill: Main Idea and Details Page 280 Desertification, Delta, silt, cataract civilization social class Cultural diffusion Migration, Ice Age Tundra, culture artifact, division of labor, hunter gatherers, bands agriculture society, archaeologist abandon, Monotheism Neolithic Period Polytheism, deity domesticate, economy nomad, civilization technology ziggurat government City-state monarchy authority surplus merchant social class scribe innovation Constructive Responses Document Based Questions Geographic skills & map skills Document Based Questions Four Square Writing #2 World History #3 Geography Mesopotamia Civilization (elements of) Government Recorded history (written language) Monotheism/Polytheism Social classes Innovations Economy How geography affects life Law (Hammurabi) Dynasty Pharaoh edict hieroglyphics papyrus pyramid mummy peasant 1
1 st Sept. Nov. Cont What characterizes a civilization? Are all cultures equally valuable? Do religions unite or divide people? What factors can alter a civilization? How does geography facilitate or limit cultural exchange? 2
2 nd Nov. January Teach Ancient India and either Ancient Egypt, China or Greece Projects Ancient Civilizations Social classes Government Polytheism Innovations Ancient Rome How do the political characteristics of a region affect its people? Reading Anthology: Harcourt Trophies: Middle Theme 3: Unlocking the Past 1. Ancient China Read Aloud: The Extraordinary Cat, ( Chinese Tale) Tested Skill: Graphic Aids Pages 302 Middle Ages Pope Manor Serf Tenant Vassal Contract Feudal System Christendom Crusader Bubonic Plague Nation-State Magna Carta Constructive Responses Document Based Questions Geographic skills & map skills Document Based Questions Four Square Writing How do contributions of earlier civilizations influence a civilization? Themes: The rise and fall of Greece and Rome 2. Pyramids Read Aloud: School Days Tested Skill: Graphic Aids Page 324 Ancient Civilizations Fair 3. Look Into the Past: The Greeks and the Romans Read Aloud: The Honest Carpenter Middle Ages Was religion a powerful force during the Middle Ages? Tested Skill: Test Structure: Main Idea and Details Pages 348-349 4. The Skills of Pericles Read Aloud: The Farmer and the Queen(poem) 5. Aesop s Fables Tested Skill: Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots Pages 370-371 3
3 rd Jan. March Why were the Crusades a turning point in history? Themes: Rise of Byzantium and the decline of the West Rise of Islam The role of the Catholic Church in Medieval Europe The role of the Crusades in Medieval Europe What impact can changes in technology and thinking have on a civilization? Why did a religious movement have both political and economic effects? Themes: What were Greek and Roman Influences on Renaissance ideas? Protestant Reformation In what ways are agents of change positive and negative? Reading Anthology Harcourt Trophies: Theme 5: Making a Difference *Suggested Novels: The Door in the Wall Knights of the Kitchen Table Esa Barbara eded media (the measly middle ages) The Apprentice Catherine Called Birdy La hora de los Juegos Olipicos(Magic Tree House) Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest: an English Legend * See the librarian for additional information Renaissance Patron Perspective Printing Press Movable type Telescope Gravity Scientific Method Reconquista Clergy Indulgence Heresy Protestant Reformation Caravel Circumnavigation Armada Colonies Conquistador Mestizo Economienda Written comparison of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance era in art, religion, technology, literature, science. Multiple Choice Document Based Questions Constructive Responses Document Based Questions Four Square Writing How might the phrase, God, Glory and Gold summarize the Europeans motives for exploration? What are the long and short term causes and effects of the Age of Exploration? Themes: Improvement in Technology Travel and discoveries of Columbus, Prince Henry Vespucci, Dias, Magellan, Hudson 4
4 th March June Industrialization Nationalism Imperialism WWI WWII Cold War How did the population growth spur the industrial revolution? Theme: Large population of workers, natural resources included water power, coal, iron ore, rivers, and harbors What inventions transformed industry? What was the Global Impact of Industrialization? How can economic differences cause conflicts between people? Themes: Capitalism, compare economic systems What major weaknesses appeared in the American economy by 1929? What series of events led to World War II? Themes:, Allied Powers vs. Axis Powers, Holocaust Reading Anthology Harcourt Trophies: Theme 2: Friends to the Rescue 1. Number the Stars Read Aloud: The Diary of Anne Frank (Wednesday, May 3, 1944) Tested Skill: Narrative Elements Pages 158-159 Theme 6: Expanding Worlds 1. I Want to be an Astronaut Read Aloud: To Space and Back 2. What It s Like up There Tested Skill: Text Structure: Cause and Effect Pages 664-665 *Suggested Novels: Four Perfect Pebbles The Devils Arithmetic The Upstairs Room Zlata s Diary Individually selected materials from The Long Island Holocaust Museum(available for a 1 month period of time) Natural Resources Factors of Production Crop Rotation Textile Industry Factory Patent Raw Materials Entrepreneur Flying Shuttle Spinning Jenny Power Loom Steam Engine Economic System Traditonal Economy Command Economy Market Economy Supply and Demand Laissez-Faire Free Enterprise Strike Labor Union Socialism Utopian Autocrat Czar Communism Soviet Collective Purge Totalitarian Draw timeline of events that led to the Industrial Revolution Create an argument as to why key inventions were the most important of their time Constructive Response Essay Writing (4 square) #4 Economics *See the librarian for additional information Great Depression 5
March June Cont Why did the United States and the Soviet Union become rivals instead of allies after World War II? Themes: Cold War, Superpowers Inflation Propaganda Nonaggression Pact Holocaust Blitzkrieg Submarines Pearl Harbor D-Day Kamikaze Constructive Response Essay Writing (4 square) #4 Economics Cold War Superpowers Containment Detente 6