Download 6th grade~Geography: Western Hemisphere

6th grade World Geography ~ Western Hemisphere
Students should enter 6th grade knowing:
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Foundational map skills.
7 continents, 4/5 oceans, 50 U.S. states.
Basic foundational U.S. history.
Basic foundational Native American history.
Special Dates:
Content Skill 1:6. Commemorate Celebrate Freedom Week by recognizing the sacrifices and contributions
to American freedom by veterans and by reciting the social contract selection from the Declaration of
Independence.
 Celebrate Freedom Week (this is the week surrounding Veterans Day, November 11th). (CS 1.6)
Research:
Content Standard 1.5: Conduct short research projects by investigating contemporary events and issues
from political, economic, social, and geographic perspectives.
 Students will produce research projects by exploring current events and/or issues from physical
or cultural geographic perspectives (at least one research project per semester. *History Day
spans both semesters). (CS 1.5)
Throughout the year:
Literacy Skills Standards 1: The student will develop and demonstrate Social Studies reading literacy
skills.
Literacy Skills Standards 2: The student will develop and demonstrate Social Studies writing literacy skills.
Content Standard 1: The student will analyze data from a geographic perspective using the skills and
tools of geography.
 Students will have reading and writing literacy skill standards embedded into their lessons. (LS 1
and 2)
 Students will be able to identify specific ideas into the correct geographic theme. (CS 1)
 Students will analyze geographic information from primary and secondary sources. (CS 1.1)
 Students will be able to draw conclusions and make predictions from visual information such as
globes, graphs, charts, diagrams, population pyramid, climographs, GIS systems,
thematic/contour/relief/political/physical maps, and cartograms. (CS 1.2, 1.4)
 Students will have an ongoing knowledge of the strain on international relations caused by
immigration. (CS 2.5.C)
 Students will be able to give specific examples of global economic interdependence including
the concepts of balance of trade, supply and demand, and measures of economic growth
including Gross Domestic Product (GDP). (CS 4.4)
 Students will compare and contrast the characteristics of developed and developing countries.
(CS 5.1)
 Students will gain a better understanding of the human-environment relationship. (CS 5.5)
Check list:
1st quarter:
Content Standard 3: The student will examine the interactions of physical systems that shape the
patterns of Earth’s surface.
 Review and skill development:
o Mapping Skills (CS 1.3)
 Cardinal Directions
 Latitude and Longitude
 Absolute and Relative Location
 Scale and Key
 Map projections
o Continents and Oceans (CS 1.2)
 5 themes of Geography
o Location (CS 1.2, 1.3)
o Place (CS 3.1.A, 3.1.B, 3.2, 3.3)
o Human/Environment Interaction (CS 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5)
o Movement (CS 4.1, 4.5)
o Region (CS 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)
 General physical geography
o Geographic terms
 Bodies of Water (3.1.A)
 Landforms (3.1.B)
o Resources (CS 5.2)
 Natural
 Renewable and nonrenewable
o Basic Earth science (CS 3.2)
2nd quarter:
Content Standard 4: The student will analyze the human systems of the Western Hemisphere in the
context of the world’s peoples and cultures.
 Climate and Weather (CS 3.2, 3.3)
o Regions and biomes
o UN relief efforts following natural disasters (CS 2.5.D)
 General cultural geography (CS 4)
o Types of governments (CS 4.3)
o Forms of economies (CS 4.2)
o Major religions (CS 4.1)
 Developed and Developing Countries (CS 5.1)
 Population
o Population pyramids (CS 1.2)
3rd quarter:
Content Standard 2: The student will examine the cultural and physical characteristics of the major
regions of the Western Hemisphere.
Content Standard 5: The student will analyze the interactions of humans and their environment in
the Western Hemisphere.
 Physical and Cultural geography of North America
o Canada (CS 2.3.C, 2.3.E, 2.4.A, 5.2.A, 5.3.C)
o United States (CS 2.3.D, 2.5.A, 4.5, 5.2.A, 5.2.B, 5.2.D, 5.2.D, 5.4.A)
o Mexico (CS 2.3.A, 2.4.B, 2.4.C, 5.2.C, 5.4.C, 5.4.D)
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4 quarter:
Content Standard 2: The student will examine the cultural and physical characteristics of the major
regions of the Western Hemisphere.
Content Standard 5: The student will analyze the interactions of humans and their environment in
the Western Hemisphere.
 Physical and Cultural geography of Central and South America
o Caribbean (CS 2.2.A)
o South America (CS 2.1.B, 2.1.C, 2.2.A, 2.2.B, 2.3.B, 2.3.D, 2.5.B, 3.1.A, 3.1.B , 5.2.C, 5.3.A,
5.3.B, 5.4.B)
Students should leave 6th grade with a mastery of:
 Map skills
 5 themes of geography
 Concept of regions
 Key vocabulary
 Government, religion, economy, and culture
 North and South America
o Basic history, modern relationships between countries
o Political and physical features
*Literacy Standards (LS) and Content Standards (CS) come from the Oklahoma Academic
Standards for the Social Studies.
**Lesson plans aligned to these standards and checklist are available on the district Google
Drive. Contact Heather Goodenough for access. [email protected]