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6th Grade World Civilizations

World Civilizations (2020) Social Studies in grade six develops and enhances the students' understanding of the world through the study of trends from prehistory to the present day. Students will learn what defines civilizations and how geography played a factor in the exchanges, expansion, and formation among and between them. Students will inquire about the various social hierarchies of world civilizations and the changes and continuities of social systems. Students will learn about ancient and classical civilizations and explore their enduring cultural, intellectual, and technological influences. Students will learn about how increased global interactions led to transformations among and between world civilizations. Students will inquire into the development of world civilizations past and present and the connections between Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Students will continue to explore how these global interactions and exchanges led to cultural, intellectual, and technological advances that have continued to increase societies’ global interconnectedness with one another. Instruction should utilize the historical thinking skills and themes developed for grade six.

Students will be asked to think critically to analyze and interpret charts, graphs, tables, maps, and other visual resources. Students will be expected to leverage technology resources and articulate learning using multiple modalities for a variety of purposes. At the end of this course, students will be able to make connections between the contributions of ancient world cultures, 21st-century society, and their daily lives. The South Carolina Social Studies College and Career Ready Standards are the foundation for the teaching and learning that occurs in the Social Studies classroom.

Students will utilize the historical thinking skills and themes developed for grade six. These historical thinking skills are aligned with the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate of world-class knowledge, world-class skills, and life and career characteristics. The indicators represent the skills utilized by students to further explore the content.

Historical Thinking Skills

• Comparison (CO) - Utilize broad characteristics of historical developments to create a comparative analysis
• Causation (CE) - Analyze significant turning points in history to assess multiple long-term and short
• Periodization (P) - Organize a historical narrative into time periods using units of time (e.g., decades, half-centuries, centuries) and significant turning points
• Context (CX) - Identify historical context by analyzing historical developments using specific references to time, place, and broader circumstances
• Continuities and Changes (CC) - Identify and explain significant theme-based patterns of continuities and changes within a period of time
• Evidence (E) - Identify, source, and utilize different forms of evidence, including primary and secondary sources, used in an inquiry-based study of history
  

Overarching Concepts

Overarching Concepts  are the foundation of studying World History and students will learn and reinforce these concepts dring each unit of study throughout the school year.

1. The student will identify the geography, religion, agriculture, politics, economics, and social structure of civilization.
2. The student will explain how geography, religion, agriculture, politics, economics, and social structure affect the development of civilization.
3. The student will identify the major contributions of world civilizations that are still evident in modern-day society.

History...
Never forget the importance of history. To know nothing of what happened before you took your place on Earth, is to remain a child for ever and ever.  
---Author Unknown

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