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Douglas County School System
6 SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM MAP 2015-16
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Unit 1
Concepts & Map Skills
Unit 2 (Frameworks Unit 2 & 4)
Influence of Europe & Europe Today
Unit 3
Environmental & Economic Forces in Europe
1 week
8 weeks
4 weeks
Rules & Procedures
Concepts
Conflict & Change
*Culture
Governance
Human-Environmental Interaction
Location
Production, Distribution, & Consumption
Time, Change, & Continuity
Map Skills
7 Continents
Latitude & Longitude
Equator & Prime Meridian
Parts of a Map
Cardinal & Intermediate Directions
Standards:
SS6G8 Political & Physical Features (Students Should Locate on Map)
a. Danube River, Rhine River, English Channel, Mediterranean Sea, European
Plain, Alps, Pyrenees Mountains, Ural Mountains, Iberian Peninsula,
Scandinavian Peninsula
b. Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, United
Kingdom
SS6G10 Location, Climate, & Natural Resources: Population & Trade
a. Compare United Kingdom & Russia
b. Compare Germany & Italy
SS6G11 Diversity of Languages
a. German, English, Russian, French & Italian
SS6G11 Religions
b. Christianity, Judaism, & Islam
SSG11, c Literacy Rate & Standard of Living
SS6CG4 Government
a. Distribution of Power: Unitary, Confederation, & Federal
b. Citizen Participation: Autocratic, Oligarchic, & Democratic
c. Two Forms of Democratic Government: Parliamentary & Presidential
SS6CG5 Modern European Governments
a. Compare parliamentary system of UK & federal system of Germany
b. Purpose of European Union & relationship between member nations
SS6H6 European Exploration
a. Causes of European exploration – religion, nat. resources, market for goods
a. Contributions of Prince Henry
b. Trace empires of Portugal, Spain, England, & France in Asia, Africa, & the
Americas (revisit in Latin America, Canada, and/or Australia Unit)
c. Trace colonization of Australia by the United Kingdom (introduced, but not
assessed until Australia Unit)
d. Causes of World War I – European empire building in Africa & Asia
SS6H7
a. Major developments following WWI – Russian Revolution, Treaty of
Versailles, worldwide depression, Nazism
b. Impact of WWII – Holocaust, origins of Cold War, & rise of Superpowers
c. Collapse of Soviet Union led to end of Cold War and German reunification
SS6G9, Environmental Issues of Europe
a. Air pollution in UK, acid rain in Germany, & the Chernobyl Nuclear
Disaster.
SSE5 Economic Systems
a. Command, Traditional, & Market, 3 questions
b. Most countries have a mixed economy
c. Economic systems of UK, Germany, & Russia
SSE6 Voluntary Trade Benefits & Barriers
a. Tariffs, quotas, & embargos
b. International trade requires a system for exchanging currencies
SS6E7 Economic Growth Factors
a. Relationship between Investment in human capital and GDP
b. Relationship between investment in capital and GDP
c. Role of natural resources
d. Role of entrepreneurship
Common Core
Literacy Standards
for Reading &
Writing
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Unit 4 (Frameworks Unit 5)
Latin America Today
Unit 5 (Frameworks Unit 6)
Environmental & Economic Forces in Latin America
Unit 6 (Frameworks Unit 7)
Cultural Legacy of Latin America
5 weeks
3 weeks
Standards:
SS6G2 Environmental Issues of Latin America
a. Air pollution in Mexico City, Mexico, the destruction of rain
forest in Brazil, & oil-related pollution in Venezuela.
SSE1 Economic Systems
a. Command, Traditional, & Market, 3 questions
b. Most countries have a mixed economy
c. Economic systems of Cuba & Brazil
SSE2 Voluntary Trade Benefits & Barriers
a. specialization encourages trade
b. Tariffs, quotas, & embargos
c. NAFTA
d. International trade requires a system for exchanging
currencies
SS6E3 Economic Growth Factors
a. Relationship between Investment in human capital and GDP
b. Relationship between investment in capital and GDP
c. Role of natural resources
d. Role of entrepreneurship
3 weeks
SS6G1 Political & Physical Features
a. Amazon River, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific
Ocean, Panama Canal, Andes Mountains, Sierra Madre
Mountains, Atacama Desert
b. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Panama,
Venezuela
SS6G3 Location, Climate, & Natural Resources: Population
& Trade
a. Compare Mexico & Venezuela
b. Compare Brazil & Cuba
SS6G4 Ethnic Groups
a. Results of blending of Ethnic groups in LA & Caribbean
SS6G4 Languages of Latin America
b. Portuguese & Spanish
SS6G4, c Literacy Rate & Standard of Living
SS6H3 20TH Century Issues
a. Cuban Revolution
b. Zapatista guerilla movement
SS6CG1 Government
a. Distribution of Power: Unitary, Confederation, & Federal
b. Citizen Participation: Autocratic, Oligarchic, & Democratic
c. Two Forms of Democratic Government: Parliamentary &
Presidential
SS6CG2 National Governments in LA & Caribbean
a. Compare federal republic of Brazil & Mexico to dictatorship
of Cuba
SS6H1 European Contact in Latin America
a. Spanish/Cortes & Aztecs/Montezuma, Spanish/Pizarro &
Incas/Atahualpa
b. Columbian Exchange: decline of indigenous people,
agricultural change, & introduction of horse
SS6H2 Development of LA & Caribbean
a. African slavery
b. Spanish & Portuguese language & religion
c. Independence Movements: L’Ouverture, Bolivar, & Hidalgo
Common Core
Literacy Standards
for Reading &
Writing
Douglas County School System
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Unit 7 (Frameworks Unit 8 & 9)
Canada
Unit 8 (Frameworks Unit 10)
Australia
Unit 9 (Frameworks Unit 11)
Personal Money Management
3 weeks
2 weeks
Standards:
SS6G12 Physical Features of Australia
a. the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, Great Victoria Desert
SS6G13 Location, Climate, & Natural Resources: Population
& Trade
a. Have affected where people live
b .Impact trade
SS6H8 Pre-European Culture
a. Aborigines
SS6H9 European Exploration & Colonization
a. Reasons for British colonization,
b. Impact of colonization; diseases & weapons
SS6G14 Cultural Characteristics
A .Impact of English colonization on language & religion
b. Literacy rate affects the standard of living
SS6CG6 Government
a. Distribution of Power: Unitary, Confederation, & Federal
b. Citizen Participation: Autocratic, Oligarchic, & Democratic
c. Two Forms of Democratic Government: Parliamentary & Presidential
SS6CG7 Australia’s National Government
a. Parliamentary democracy, form of leadership, type of legislature, role of
citizen
SS6E8 Economic Systems
a. Command, Traditional, & Market, 3 questions
b. Most countries are mixed
c. Canada’s economy
SS6E9 Voluntary Trade Benefits & Barriers
a. specialization encourages trade
b. Tariffs, quotas, & embargos
c. International trade requires a system for exchanging currencies
SS6E10 Economic Growth Factors
a. Relationship between Investment in human capital and GDP
b. Relationship between investment in capital and GDP
c. Role of natural resources
d. Role of entrepreneurship
1 week
SS6G5 Physical Features of Canada
a. St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean,
the Great Lakes, Canadian Shield, & Rocky Mountains
SS6G6 Location, Climate, & Natural Resources: Population
& Trade
a. affect where people live
b. impact trade
SS6G7 Environmental Issues of Canada
a. Acid rain & pollution of Great Lakes, extraction & use of natural
resources on the Canadian Shield, & timber resources
SS6H4 European Contact in Canada
a. French & English influence on religion and language
b. Canada’s (peaceful) independence
SS6H5 Contemporary Issues of Canada
a. Quebec’s independence movement
SS6CG1 Government
a. Distribution of Power: Unitary, Confederation, & Federal
b. Citizen Participation: Autocratic, Oligarchic, & Democratic
c. Two Forms of Democratic Government: Parliamentary &
Presidential
SS6CG3 Canada’s National Government
a. Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, & federation.
SS6E1 Economic Systems
a. Command, Traditional, & Market, 3 questions
b. Most countries are mixed
c. Canada’s economy
SS6E2 Voluntary Trade Benefits & Barriers
a. specialization encourages trade
b. Tariffs, quotas, & embargos
c. NAFTA
d. International trade requires a system for exchanging currencies
SS6E3 Economic Growth Factors
a. Relationship between Investment in human capital and GDP
b. Relationship between investment in capital and GDP
c. Role of natural resources
d. Role of entrepreneurship
SS6E4 Personal Money Management
a. Income, spending, credit, saving, &
investing
Common Core
Literacy Standards
for Reading &
Writing
Douglas County School System
6 SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM MAP 2015-16
TH