6th Grade Social Studies
Middle School
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  • Units
    • Map & Geography Skills
    • 8 Features of Civilization
    • Prehistory >
      • Hunter-Gatherers
      • Agricultural Revolution
    • River Valley Civilizations >
      • Pyramids on the Nile
      • Planned Cities on the Indus
      • River Dynasties in China
    • Mesopotamia >
      • Babylon and Assyria
      • Neo-Babylonian
      • Persian Empire
    • Ancient Egypt >
      • Ancient Egypt Webquest
    • Ancient Africa >
      • The Kingdom of Aksum
      • West, Central, and Southern Africa
    • Ancient Israelites
    • Indus River Valley >
      • The Origins of Hinduism
      • Buddhism and India's Golden Age
      • The Legacy of India
    • Ancient China >
      • Shang Dynasty
      • Zhou Dynasty
      • Qin Dynasty
      • Han Dynasty
      • Tang Dynasty
      • Song Dynasty
      • Ming Dynasty
      • The Silk Road
      • The Great Wall of China
    • Ancient Greece >
      • Maps of Ancient Greece
      • Greek Mythology
      • Ancient Olympics
      • Classical Greece >
        • Peloponnesian War
        • Alexander the Great
        • The Legacy of Greece
    • Ancient Rome >
      • The Roman Republic
      • Rome Becomes an Empire
      • The Daily Life of Romans
      • Birth of Christianity >
        • The Early Christians
        • Rome and Christianity
      • Rome's Decline and Legacy >
        • The Fall of the Roman Empire
        • The Byzantine Empire
        • The Legacy of Rome
    • Vikings
    • Middle Ages
    • Explorers >
      • Explorers From Spain
      • Explorers From England
      • Explorers From France
      • Explorers From Portugal
      • Key Concepts
    • Mesoamerica Civilizations >
      • Mesoamerica
      • Olmec
      • Incas
      • Aztec
      • Mayans
      • Columbian Exchange
  • Unit Information
  • Textbook
  • Final Exam
    • Religions
  • Resources
  • About
Ancient World History

Students in sixth grade will continue to expand the knowledge, skills and understandings acquired in the fourth and fifth grade studies of North Carolina and the United States by connecting those studies to their first formal look at a study of the world. Sixth graders will focus heavily on the discipline of geography by using the themes of location, place, movement, human-environment interaction and region to understand the emergence, expansion and decline of civilizations and societies from the beginning of human existence to the Age of Exploration. Students will take a systematic look at the history and culture of various world regions including the development of economic, political and social systems through the lens of change and continuity. As students examine the various factors that shaped the development of civilizations, societies and regions in the ancient world, they will examine both similarities and differences among these areas. A conscious effort should be made to integrate various civilizations, societies and regions from every continent (Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas). During this study, students will learn to recognize and interpret the "lessons of history;" those transferable understandings that are supported throughout time by recurring themes and issues.

The standards are organized around five strands: history, geography and environmental literacy, economics and financial literacy, civics and government and culture. The strands should not be taught in isolation, but woven together in an integrated study that helps understand the ancient world. Additionally, the course includes two types of essential standards – one that identifies the skills that students should master during the course of the year and another that identify the knowledge and understandings. The skills should be taught within the context of applying knowledge and understandings to a study of the ancient world.


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