Sixth
Grade Curriculum
History - Social Science
Ancient Civilizations
| Students in grade six
expand their understanding of history by studying the people
and events that ushered in the dawn of the major western and
non-western ancient civilizations. Students develop higher levels
of critical thinking by considering why civilizations developed,
where, and when they did, why they became dominant and why they
declined. Students analyze the interactions among the various
cultures, the contributions and the link, despite time, between
the contemporary and ancient worlds. Some examples of specific
concepts and skills which students are expected to master are
provided in the topic areas below: |
Historical
Literacy: World History - Ancient Civilization
- analyze the geographic,
political, economic, religious, and social structures of early
civilizations of the Paleolithic Era, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and
Kush
- analyze the geographic,
political, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations
of the Ancient Hebrews, Ancient Greece, India, China, and Rome
Civics and Economics:
Ancient Governments
- describe the transition
from oligarchy to early democratic government and back to Greek
dictatorship
- understand the significance
of participatory citizenship
Cultural Diversity: Cultural
Development
- describe the physical
and cultural development of mankind from the Paleolithic Era to
the Agricultural revolution
Geographical Literacy:
World Geography 
- identify communities
that inhabited major regions of the world during the Paleolithic
Era
- identify the connection
between geography and the development of city-states in the Aegean
Sea region of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece
- identify the location
and describe the river systems of early civilizations
- recognize how China’s
geography and limited movement led to its isolation from the rest
of the world
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