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6th Grade - World History
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
Basic Geography (2 weeks)
● Students will have an
operational understanding
of Location, Place, Region,
Human-Environment
Interaction, and Movement
● Students will be able to
read, comprehend, and
interpret physical, political,
and special usage maps
● Students will be able to
accurately use globes,
maps, and timelines
● Students will understand
the term culture
Ancient World
● Prehistoric to Settled
Society (1.5 Weeks)
o Students will learn
about the tools
used to understand
history
o Students will
understand the
connections
between geography
and history
o Students will
discover how our
stone-age
hunter-gatherers
lived
o Students will
understand the
2​nd​ Quarter
Ancient World – cont.
● Ancient India (1.5 Weeks)
o Students will
understand the
connections
between geography
and history
o Students will
explore the culture
and geography of
the Indus and
Ganges River
valleys.
o Students will learn
about the
beginnings,
teachings, and
practices of
Hinduism
o Students will learn
about the
beginnings,
teachings, and
practices of
Buddhism and how
it spread from
Ancient India.
o Students will
evaluate the
leadership styles of
Chandragupta and
Asoka, two of the
most important
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
3​rd​ Quarter
4​th​ Quarter
Ancient World – cont.
Medieval Times to Today
● Roman Empire (2.5
● New Age in Europe
Weeks)
(3.5Weeks)
o Students will
o Students will learn
understand the
about the
connections
Renaissance and
between geography
why it occurred
and history
when and where it
o Students will
did.
examine the
o Students will view
characteristics of
and compare art by
the Roman
famous
Republic and why it
Renaissance
was founded.
artists.
o Students will
o Students will learn
analyze possible
about the
reasons for the
Protestant
decline of Rome’s
Reformation, who
Republic
started it, and the
o Students will learn
impact it has had
about how Rome
on modern times.
transitioned from a
o Students will
Republic to an
discover why it was
Empire.
the Europeans who
o Students will
first sailed the
examine the rule of
world’s oceans and
the Empire and its
discovered the New
effect on conquered
World.
peoples.
o Students will learn
o Students will learn
about different
of the Greeks
European sailors,
influence of Rome
their voyages, and
●
importance of
farming to the
beginnings of settle
society
o Students will
analyze the
advantages of
humans settling in
one place
o Students will
understand how the
first civilizations
formed and spread
Fertile Crescent (2 Weeks)
o Students will see
the connections
between geography
of the rise of the
first civilizations in
the Fertile Crescent
o Students will learn
about the first cities
in Ancient Sumer,
their culture, and
their religions
o Students will learn
about the
Babylonians,
Assyrians, and
Persians
o Students will
analyze the
achievements and
inventions of the
Fertile Crescent
Empires
o Students will
investigate
Hammurabi’s Code
●
leaders of India’s
Maurya Empire.
Ancient China (2 Weeks)
o Students will
understand the
connections
between geography
and history
o Students will
compare and
contrast the Shang,
Zhou, and Qin
(Chin) Dynasties.
o Students will
explore the life,
teachings, and
influence of
Confucius on
Chinese Society
o Students will learn
about the rise of the
Qin Dynasty, the
rule of Emperor Qin
Shi Huangdi, and
his unification of
ancient China.
o Students will
compare and
contrast the Qin
Dynasty with the
Han Dynasty.
o Students will
understand the
location and
importance of the
Silk Road.
o Students will learn
about the
significant
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Students will
discover the
advances made in
architecture,
technology,
science, and
engineering.
Students will learn
about the social
classes present in
the Roman Empire.
Students will
explore the daily life
of Romans,
including the
practice of slavery.
Students will learn
about the rise of
Christianity during
the reign of
Augustus.
Students will learn
about the spread of
Christianity despite
its persecution by
Roman officials.
Students will
analyze the
possible causes of
the fall of the
Roman Empire.
Students will find
out how Christianity
became the official
religion of the
Empire.
●
where they were
trying to go.
o Students will learn
about the absolute
monarchs of
France, England,
Spain, and Russia.
o Students will
discover the impact
European
exploration had on
native groups in the
New World.
o Students will learn
about the African
slave trade, who
was involved in it,
and why it
occurred.
Changes in the Western
World (3.5 Weeks)
o Students will learn
about the Age of
Reason and how it
grew out of the
Renaissance and
Scientific
Revolution.
o Students will
explore and discuss
the Enlightenment
ideas of natural
rights.
o Students will learn
about the struggle
for power between
Kings and the
people they
governed which led
●
of Laws and
discuss its
importance
o Students will learn
about the develop
of writing that first
occurred in the
Fertile Crescent
o Students will learn
about the
Phoenicians and
the Israelites, and
the impact their
achievements have
had on modern
times
o Students will learn
the basic beliefs of
Judaism and its
effects on other
world religions.
Egypt (3 Weeks)
o Students will learn
about the
geography of the
Nile River and its
importance to
Ancient Egypt
o Students will learn
about the history of
the Pharaohs
o Students will
compare the
accomplishments of
the Old, Middle,
and New
Kingdoms.
o Students will learn
about the Egyptian
●
advancements in
Medieval Times to Today
technology made
● Byzantine Empire/Muslim
during the Han
Civilizations/Orthodoxy (2
Dynasty.
Weeks)
Ancient Greece (3.5
o Students will learn
Weeks)
that the Byzantine
o Students will
Empire was the
understand the
remaining eastern
connections
half of the Old
between geography
Roman Empire.
and history
o Students will
o Students will learn
analyze why
of the rise of
Constantinople
civilization in
become the
Ancient Greece and
powerful center of
the beginnings of
the Christian world.
their governments.
o Students will learn
o Students will
about the
analyze the Greek
achievements of
(Athenian) Golden
the Age of
Age.
Justinian.
o Students will learn
o Students will
about the Greek
compare the Age of
gods and
Justinian with
goddesses and the
Constantinople’s
aspects of life each
second Golden
controlled.
Age.
o Students will find
o Students will
out about great
understand the
achievements by
religious
Greeks in science,
differences
philosophy, and art.
between Roman
o Students will learn
Catholicism and
about how public
Orthodoxy, the
and private lives of
Christian religion of
Ancient Greeks.
the Byzantines.
o Students will
o Students will
explore the Greek
explore the
geography of the
●
to the creation of
constitutional
monarchies in
many European
countries and led to
the formation of the
U.S.A.
o Students will
explore the impact
of the Industrial
Revolution on the
world.
o Students will
identify both
benefits and
problems that arose
with the Industrial
Age.
o Students will learn
about Napoleon,
nationalism in
Europe, and
European
imperialism which
led to Europe
colonizing much of
the world.
Modern Times (2 Weeks)
o Students will
examine the
causes and effects
of WWI and the
Russian
Revolution.
o Students will
discover the when,
where, and why of
the Great
Depression.
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gods and
goddesses and
what aspect of life
each controlled.
Students will
compare Egyptian
belief in an afterlife
with their own.
Students will learn
about the great
pyramids at
Giza--their size,
purpose, and
possible
construction
methods.
Students will learn
about Egyptians
everyday life,
written language,
and discoveries in
science and
medicine
o
o
o
practice of Slavery
and its effects.
Students will learn
about the city-state
of Sparta, and
compare it to
Athens.
Students will
discuss the impact
of the Greeks war
with Persians, and
the subsequent
Peloponnesian
wars and its effect
on both Athens and
Sparta.
Students will learn
about the early life
of Alexander the
Great, his
expansion of Greek
culture, and the
Hellenistic Period
after his death.
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Arabian Peninsula,
and learn about its
centers of trade.
o Students will learn
about the founding
of Islam, the
Prophet
Muhammad, his
teachings, and the
cities of Mecca and
Medina.
o Students will learn
about the basic
beliefs of Islam.
o Students will
discover how Islam
spread so quickly
and its effects.
o Students will learn
about the Golden
Age of Islam, and
the major
achievements
made in math,
science, and
literature during this
period.
Civilizations of Asia (2
Weeks)
o Students will learn
about the Golden
Age of the Tang
Dynasty in China.
o Students will
discover the
achievements
made in China
during the Song
Dynasty.
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Students will
explore how people
lived during the
Great Depression.
Students will
discover the causes
and effects of
WWII.
Students will learn
about the Cold War
between the U.S.
and the Soviet
Union, including the
space race and the
nuclear arms race.
Students will learn
about the fall of the
Soviet Union and
discover how
dozens of former
Soviet colonies
gained their
independence.
Students will gain
an understanding of
how modern
technology has
transformed our
world.
Students will
understand how
migration, trade,
technology and
closer economic
ties have linked
different parts of
the world.
Students will
consider the new
o
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Students will learn
about the Mongols
and their brief rule
of China known as
the Yuan Dynasty.
o Students will learn
about the
geography of
Japan.
o Students will
discover the
changes made
during the Heian
period.
o Students will
explore the age of
feudalism in Japan,
the rule of the
shoguns, and ways
or the Samurai.
o Students will review
the geography of
the Indian
subcontinent.
o Students will learn
about the Mughal
Empire, and
compare the reigns
of Akbar the Great,
Shah Jahan, and
Aurangzeb.
o Students will learn
the story behind the
construction of the
Taj Mahal.
Europe in the Middle Ages
(2.5 Weeks)
o Students will learn
when the Middle
challenges that the
world will face
during your lifetime.
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on Terror
Unit
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Ages were and
what they were like.
Students will
discover how
people used
Feudalism and
manorialism to
govern themselves.
Students will
explore and
compare the lives
and peasants and
serfs.
Students will
understand the
different kinds of
power held by the
Roman Catholic
Church
Students will make
the connection
between increased
trade and growth of
towns and cities
during this period.
Students will learn
about life in a
medieval town.
Students will
compare the four
main Christian
Crusades.
Students will draw
conclusions about
the effects of the
Crusades on both
Europe and the
Middle East.
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Students will learn
about how nations
in Europe first
began to form.
Students will
explore the events
of the Hundreds
Years’ War and
how it affected both
England and
France.