6th Grade Curriculum Map

Eastern World

Topic / Content Statement # / Goal / Text /

Vocab

Geographer’s tools and jobs / 3 / Use appropriate maps, globes, and tools to gather info. / H6-H9, 4-9, 10-14, 16-20 / Cartography, meteorology, demographer, hydrologist
5 Themes of Geography / Use the 5 themes to launch content statements 4,6,7,5, 8.
Location
(latitude and longitude) / 4 / Use latitude and longitude coordinates to identify absolute location / H2, 27 / Absolute location, relative location, latitude, longitude, Prime Meridian, Equator
Human-Environment Interaction / 6 / Explain how environment impacts people / 35-43;
Human-Environment Interaction / 6 / Explain how people impact the environment / 64, 65, 68-72 / Deforestation, desertification, reforestation
Movement (Push/pull) / 7 / Explain political, environmental, social and economic factors that cause the movement of people, products and ideas in the Eastern Hemisphere?
What was the impact? / 89-90 / Migration, push, pull
Diffusion
  • Tradition
  • religion
/ 8 / Influence of tradition and diffusion ‘s influence on modern cultural practices and products.
Religious diffusion in the modern world (Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam) / Diffusion:84-85
Judaism:144-150
Christianity:152-159
Hinduism:478-483
Buddhism:484-489
Islam:170-185 / Cultural diffusion
Judaism: Exodus, monotheism, Torah, rabbis, Christianity: Messiah,
Bible, Resurrection, disciples, Islam: Muslim, Qur’an, mosque, Jihad, Sunnah, Five Pillars of Islam,
Hinduism: caste system, reincarnation, karma, fasting, Buddhism: meditation, nirvana, missionaries
Landforms (Region) / 5 / Use landforms to describe, classify, and compare regions / 35-43
Egypt; 350-352
India; 542-544 / Land forms
Climate (Region) / 5 / Use climate to describe, classify, and compare regions / 50-61
Egypt; 350-353
India; 542-555 / Weather, climate
Culture (Region) / 5 / Use culture to describe, classify, and compare regions / 80-85
Egypt; 354-359
India; 546-550 / Culture, ethnic group, cultural diffusion, pop culture
Population (Region) / 5 / Use population to describe, classify, and compare regions / 86-90
Textbook map and table; 362 / Population, population density, birthrate
Economy (Region) / Use economy to describe, classify, and compare regions / 93-95.
Egypt today: 362-366.
India today; 554-555. / Market economy, command economy
Compare Economic data sets / 11 / Compare economic data sets to identify relationships and draw conclusions / 94, 450
Choice / 12 / Predict present and future consequences of economic decision.
Individuals and societies may evaluate the choices differently. / 536 table
Fundamental questions of economics / 13 / Explain how individuals and societies decide what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce
Specialization=global trade / 14 / Explain how specialization leads to global trade / 97-100 / Globalization, pop culture, interdependence
Supply and demand / 15 / Explain how supply, demand, and competition interact to influence quantities of inputs and outputs / 94
Comparing price and quality / 16 / Explain how individuals compare price and quality when selecting goods and services to buy
Government
(democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, theocracy) / 9 / Describe relationship between those in power and individual citizens.
Categories may overlap and labels may misrepresent / 91-92
Egypt today; 361-366
India today; 554-555 / Democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, theocracy
Timelines / 1 / Apply B.C./A.D. to arrange and analyze events in order / 138 / B.C., A.D., B.C.E., C.E.
Meso, Egypt, India,
(government, culture, economy, technology, agriculture) / 2 / Influence of geography on the development of the civilizations
Describe gov., culture, econ, achievements, agriculture, and their enduring impact. / Meso: 114-137
Egypt: 276-303 and 350-366
India: 472-501 and 540-561 / Meso: Fertile Crescent, silt, irrigation, canals, surplus, division of labor, city-state, empire, polytheism, social hierarchy, cuneiform, pictographs, scribe, epics, ziggurat, Hammurabi’s Code, Chariot, alphabet,
Egypt: cataracts, delta, pharaoh, dynasty, nobles, afterlife, mummies, elite, pyramids, engineering, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, hieroglyphics, papyrus, Rosetta Stone, sphinx, obelisk
India: Sanskrit, mercenaries, edicts, metallurgy, alloys, Hindu-Arabic numerals, inoculation, astronomy
Sources / 10 / Examine a variety of sources for accuracy.
Gaining multiple perspectives from different sources. / 304, 320, 586