Pittsford Central Schools
GRADE: 6
The 6th grade curriculum includes a study of world history from 10,000 B. C. to the
present. Subject include early man, the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt,
Greece and Rome; the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the French Revolution, Industrial
Revolution and the modern Middle East.
ECONOMICS:
- Economic systems (what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce)
- Impact of climate / geographic affect on economy
- Scarcity
- Surplus
- Distribution of goods
- Resources
- Costs / benefits
- Trade (imports / exports)
- Specialization and self-sufficiency
- Tribute money
- Barter
- Industrial Revolution (middle class, working class, wages)
- Technology (factory)
CIVICS:
- Stone Age society
- Written law
- Hammurabis code
- The Ten Commandments
- Pharaohs
- Justice
- Oligarchy
- Tyranny
- Democratic ideals
- Greek democracy (assembly, jury system)
- Roman republic (senate, tribunes)
- Government
- Bill of Rights
- Magna Carta
- Parliament
- Revolutions
- Absolute monarchy
- Constitutional monarchy
- Dictatorship
- Islamic law
- Feudalism
- Voting
- Interdependence
- Customs, traditions, values
- Political systems as reflected through current events
GEOGRAPHY
- Geological features (landforms, bodies of water, and vegetation)
- Continents and oceans
- Weather / climate
- Renewable / non-renewable resources
- Physical maps
- Political maps
- Distribution maps
- Special purpose maps
- Civilizations and bodies of water
- Egypt
- Mesopotamia
- Greece
- Rome
- Medieval Europe / Renaissance
- The Modern Middle East
WORLD HISTORY STRAND
Geography and Map Skills
- Land forms
- Bodies of Water
- Climate and Weather
- Location Skills
- Resources
Early People
- Basic needs
- Specialization
- Development of technology
- Culture
Ancient Civilizations: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Fertile Crescent, Greece and Rome
- Geography
- Economics
- Government
- History
- Culture
Middle Ages and Feudalism
Renaissance
Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Age of Exploration
Revolutions
- Industrial Revolution
- French Revolution
Modern Middle East
- Geography
- Economics
- Government
- History
- Culture
SKILLS:
- Locate places given latitude and longitude
- Read and interpret thematic maps
- Read and interpret timelines
- Interpreting the affects of geography / climate on the development of civilization
- Interpreting graphs and charts
- Communicate in oral and written form
- Using the writing process to compose an expository essay
- Using multiple resources to gather information relevant to a research topic
- Identify pertinent information from reading i.e. notetaking
- Awareness of historical cause and effect relationship
- Participating in groups
- Interpret document-based questions (DBQ)
Library Component:
- Use map skills to locate and identify everything in the library.
- Use Boolean logic and organized search strategies to find world history information in
the library.
- Use indexes in non-fiction books in the library to locate specific information on a
world history topic.
- Evaluate the information from various library sources using specific criteria.
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