Tangipahoa Parish School System

Social Studies Implementation Guide

Grade 6

Unit 7: The Rise and Fall of Empires and Expansion of Communication and Trade (1000-1500 A.D.)

Time Frame: 3 Weeks

Suggested
Time / Comprehensive
Curriculum
Activity / Grade Level Expectations / Harcourt
Teacher
Edition Pages / Recommended
Assessments / Textbook
Resources / Other
Resources
Week 27 / Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3 / 4, 6, 10, 14, 16, 20, 45, 46
4. Explain ways in which goals, cultures, interests, inventions, and technological
advances have affected people’s perceptions and uses of places or regions in
world history (G-1B-M4)
6. Explain factors or events that have facilitated cultural diffusion (e.g., the Silk
Road, Crusades) (G-1C-M5)
10. Analyze world or regional distribution of natural resources in terms of the
need to import or the capacity to export (G-1D-M3)
14. Use economic concepts (e.g., supply and demand, interdependence) to
describe the economic motivations for expanding trade and territorial
domination in world history (E-1A-M9)
16. Interpret data presented in a timeline to identify change and continuity in
world civilizations (H-1A-M1)
20. Identify historical issues or problems in world civilizations and discuss how
they were addressed (H-1A-M5)
45. Identify effects of exploration and trade on the economic and cultural
development of Europe, Africa, and Asia prior to 1500 (H-1C-M11)
46. Explain how communication among regions was accomplished between AD 1000 to 1500 (H-1C-M11) / Ch. 11
Ch. 14, L 1
p. 476-477 (map)
Ch. 15, L1 / Unit 7 Test-Prep Practice (pp. 552-553)
CCG BLM, p. 35, “Timeline at Change”
CCG BLM, p. 36, “Cause/Effect Chart on Crusades / Vocabulary Cards
Transparency 5-6, 6-6,
7-2
Harcourt Activity Book, pp. 97, 119, 138, 122, 128 / http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sultan/media/expl_01q.html
http://www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/74855.htm
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/13/68/73.pdf
www.unitedstreaming.com on Crusades
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/hundredyearswar.htm
www.unitedstreaming.com
www.harcourtschool.com
http://www.tangischools.org/Tech/taillon/Resources.htm
http://www.tangischools.org/CC/GLE/Sixth%20Grade.htm
http://www.tangischools.org/eciweb/COMPREHENSIVE_CURRICULUM.html
www.mrdonn.org
Week 28 / Activity 4
Activity 5
Activity 6 / 6, 20, 45, 46
6. Explain factors or events that have facilitated cultural diffusion (e.g., the Silk
Road, Crusades) (G-1C-M5)
20. Identify historical issues or problems in world civilizations and discuss how
they were addressed (H-1A-M5)
45. Identify effects of exploration and trade on the economic and cultural
development of Europe, Africa, and Asia prior to 1500 (H-1C-M11)
46. Explain how communication among regions was accomplished between AD 1000 to 1500 (H-1C-M11) / Ch. 12, L 1-2
Ch. 13, L 3
Ch. 14
Ch. 15, L5, pp. 489, 512-513 / List and discuss facts after reading about Marco Polo
Build a Model Aztec Market in groups
CCG BLM, p. 39-41, grading rubric
Complete Research on Joan of Arc / Vocabulary Cards
Transparency 6-4, 7-2, 7-6
Harcourt Activity Book pp. 122, 133, 136 / World Map
A World Explorer: Marco Polo
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sultan/media/expl_01q.html
http://www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/74855.htm
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/13/68/73.pdf
www.unitedstreaming.com on Marco Polo
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/hundredyearswar.htm
www.harcourtschool.com
http://www.tangischools.org/Tech/taillon/Resources.htm
http://www.tangischools.org/CC/GLE/Sixth%20Grade.htm
http://www.tangischools.org/eciweb/COMPREHENSIVE_CURRICULUM.html
www.mrdonn.org
Week 29 / Activity 7
Activity 8 / 4, 10, 14, 20, 45, 46
4. Explain ways in which goals, cultures, interests, inventions, and technological
advances have affected people’s perceptions and uses of places or regions in
world history (G-1B-M4)
10. Analyze world or regional distribution of natural resources in terms of the
need to import or the capacity to export (G-1D-M3)
14. Use economic concepts (e.g., supply and demand, interdependence) to
describe the economic motivations for expanding trade and territorial
domination in world history (E-1A-M9)
45. Identify effects of exploration and trade on the economic and cultural
development of Europe, Africa, and Asia prior to 1500 (H-1C-M11)
46. Explain how communication among regions was accomplished between AD 1000 to 1500 (H-1C-M11) / P. 458
Ch. 16, L 2
Ch. 17, L 4 / i-Leap Formatted Test
Project/Presentation of Assigned African Country
CCG BLM pgs. 42-44 w/ grading rubric / Vocabulary Cards
Transparency 7-9, 8-5
Harcourt Activity Book, p. 139, 152-153 / Map showing colonization of Africa
www.harcourtschool.com bio on Zheng He
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sultan/media/expl_01q.html
http://www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/74855.htm
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/13/68/73.pdf
www.unitedstreaming.com
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/hundredyearswar.htm
http://www.tangischools.org/Tech/taillon/Resources.htm
http://www.tangischools.org/CC/GLE/Sixth%20Grade.htm
http://www.tangischools.org/eciweb/COMPREHENSIVE_CURRICULUM.html
www.mrdonn.org