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Teacher: 6th Grade
Subject: History
Colorado State Standards
Correlating Standards from History, Geography, Economics, and Civics
1.1. Analyze and interpret historical sources to ask and research historical questions
Evidence Outcomes
Students can:
a. Identify ways different cultures record history
b. Interpret documents and data from multiple primary and secondary sources while formulating historical questions. Sources to include
but not limited to art, artifacts, eyewitness accounts, letters and diaries, artifacts, real or simulated historical sites, charts, graphs,
diagrams and written texts
c. Critique information to determine if it is sufficient to answer historical questions
1.2. The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas and themes in regions of the Western Hemisphere and their relationships with one another
Evidence Outcomes
Students can:
a. Explain how people, products, cultures, and ideas interacted and are interconnected over key eras in the Western Hemisphere
b. Determine and explain the historical context of key people, events, and ideas over time including the examination of different
perspectives from people involved. Topics to include but not limited to Aztec, Maya, Inca, Inuit, early Native American cultures of
North America, major explorers, colonizers of countries in the Western Hemisphere, and the Columbian Exchange
c. Identify examples of the social, political, cultural, and economic development in key areas of the Western Hemisphere
2.1. Use geographic tools to solve problems
Evidence Outcomes
Students can:
a. Use longitude, latitude, and scale on maps and globes to solve problems
b. Collect and analyze data to interpret regions in the Western Hemisphere
c. Ask multiple types of questions after examining geographic sources
d. Interpret and communicate geographic data to justify potential solutions to problems
e. Distinguish different types of maps and use them in analyzing an issue
2.2. Human and physical systems vary and interact
Evidence Outcomes
Students can:
a. Classify and analyze the types of connections between places
b. Identify physical features and explain their effects on people in the Western Hemisphere
c. Give examples of how people have adapted to their physical environment
d. Analyze positive and negative interactions of human and physical systems in the Western Hemisphere
3.1. Identify and analyze different economic systems
Evidence Outcomes
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Students can:
a. Describe the characteristic of traditional, command, market, and mixed economic systems
b. Explore how different economic systems affect job and career options and the population’s standards of living
c. Use economic reasoning to explain why certain careers are more common in one region than in another and how
specialization results in more interdependence
3.2. Saving and investing are key contributors to financial well-being (PFL)
Evidence Outcomes
Students can:
a. Differentiate between saving and investing
b. Give examples of how saving and investing can improve financial wellbeing
c. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of saving for short- and medium-term goals
d. Explain the importance of an emergency fund
e. Explain why saving is a prerequisite to investing
f. Explain how saving and investing income can improve financial wellbeing
4.1. Analyze the interconnectedness of the United States and other nations
Evidence Outcomes
Students can:
a. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of living in an interconnected world
b. Examine changes and connections in ideas about citizenship in different times and places
c. Describe how groups and individuals influence the government and other nations
d. Explain how political ideas and significant people have interacted, are interconnected, and have influenced nations
e. Analyze political issues from both a national and global perspective over time
f. Identify historical examples illustrating how Americans from diverse backgrounds perceived and reacted to various global issues
4.2. Compare multiple systems of government
Evidence Outcomes
Students can:
a. Describe different forms of government
b. Identify how different forms of government relate to their citizens. Topics to include but limited to democracy and authoritarian
government
c. Compare the economic components of different forms of government
d. Compare various governments’ and the liberties of their citizens
Unit
Month
Content
Skills/
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Assessments
Standards
World
Geography
Spatial
Sense
AUG
&
SEPT
World
Geography:
Great
Deserts of
the World
Judaism
and
Christianity
SEPT
&
OCT
Objectives
Students will understand that the shared feature of all deserts -regardless of location- is aridity, or lack of
water, and describe the various ways that plants, animals, and humans adapt to and change the desert;
Understand that the Sahara, one of the world's driest deserts, supports plants and animals that have adapted
to extremely hot and arid conditions. Recognize that the Kalahari is known for its rich variety of plants
and wildlife. Explain how the San people learned to find and preserve water; Understand the unique land
features and water resources of the Australian continent. Relate how the Aborigines' traditional way of
life suited the Australian Outback. Describe the unique adaptations of native creatures to the Australian
Outback; Describe the harsh conditions of the Gobi desert. Explain the importance of mineral resources to
the Arabian Peninsula and to the United States; Describe the locations and main characteristics of the
Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts. Understand the ways deserts have affected travelers and other
visitors; Describe the vegetation, wildlife, and topographical features of the Patagonian desert.
Understand the history and culture of the Tehuelche Indians and the effect of European explorers on
Patagonia and its native inhabitants.
Cumulative
assessments
of ideas and
facts
presented
in class.
Periodic
writing
assignments
Students will identify the Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible and their parts, and recognize their
importance to Jews and Christians. Understand Abraham's covenant with God and his role as patriarch for
Jews, Christians and Muslims; Describe the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt. Explain the Ten
Commandments and how God revealed them to Moses. Understand the content of the Torah, or
Pentateuch; Understand the role of prophets such as Amos and Isaiah in Judaism. Understand what
happened to the Jewish people during the almost 1,000 years between David's kingdom and the coming of
Roman rule; Understand the centrality of Jesus Christ to Christianity. Understand the content of Jesus'
teachings in the Beatitudes, Golden Rule, parables, and Lord's Prayer; Understand the spread of
Christianity through Jesus' followers, such as Paul of Tarsus. Understand the Roman persecution of
Christians, the efforts of church councils to standardize Christianity, and the growth of Christianity as a
major religion; Understand that Judaism and Christianity agree on one God, who is good and who made
everything in the universe and that people should be good. Understand that Judaism and Christianity
disagree on questions of human nature and life after death; Understand the social organization of Greek
city-states that share a common language and religion. Identify tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, and
democracy as early forms of Greek government; Understand aspects of Athenian democracy, such as the
Assembly, ostracism, the boule, public and private law, the jury system, and the strategoi. Describe rights
of citizens, women, slaves, and metics. Recognize the importance of education to Athenians; Understand
the Spartan emphasis on military training, bravery, and warrior culture. Explain the Spartan system of
government. Recognize some of the important differences between Athens and Sparta; Understand the
importance of athletics and physical competition to ancient Greeks as evidenced by the Olympic Games.
Describe the Olympic truce, events, prizes, and legacy; Describe the Persian Wars and the battles of
Sardis, Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis. Understand the achievements of Sparta and Athens during
the wars. Discuss the leadership of Leonidas and Xerxes in these battles.
Cumulative
assessments
of ideas and
facts
presented
in class.
Periodic
writing
assignments
6.2.2.a;
6.1.1.b;
6.1.2.a;
6.2.2.c;
6.2.2.d;
6.4.1.a;
6.4.1.b;
6.4.1.c;
6.4.1.d;
6.4.2.a;
6.4.2.b;
6.4.2.c;
6.4.2.d;
Students will Recognize the successes of Pericles, including the formation of the Delian League and the
rebuilding of the Acropolis. Identify contributions that Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides,
Cumulative
assessments
6.2.2.c;
6.2.2.d;
The Greek Polis,
beginnings of
democracy,
Classical ideas of
human life and
works, Greek
wars, Socrates,
Plato, Aristotle,
Alexander the
Great.
Ancient
Greece
Ancient
Rome
Covered
Continents, Major
Oceans,
Longitude,
Latitude,
Coordinates,
Degrees, Climate
zones, Time
zones, Arctic &
Antarctic Circles.
Characteristics of
Deserts, Deserts
of Africa,
Australia, Asia,
North and South
America.
Basic ideas in
common, central
ideas and moral
teachings of
Judaism and
Christianity,
Geography of the
Middle East.
OCT
&
The Roman
Republic, Punic
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Covered
6.2.1.a;
6.2.1.b;
6.2.1.c;
6.2.1.d;
6.2.1.e
Enlightenm
ent
French
Revolution
NOV
Wars, Julius
Caesar, Augustus
Caesar,
Christianity under
the Roman
Empire, The
decline and fall of
the Roman
Empire.
DEC
&
JAN
Isaac Newton,
Descartes,
Thomas Hobbes,
John Locke,
Thomas Jefferson,
Montesquieu.
American and
French
Revolutions, Old
Regime, Three
Estates, National
Assembly, Louis
XVI, Marie
Antoinette, Reign
of terror,
Revolutionary arts
and the new
classicism,
Napoleon
Bonaparte.
Herodotus, Thucydides, and Hippocrates made to Greek culture; Understand the origins of the
Peloponnesian War, the military strategies employed by t the Athenians, and the consequences of the
conflict for the Greeks. Describe the strategy behind Alcibiades' attack on Sicily to win the war and its
consequences; Recognize mythology and the early Greek philosophy as ways of explaining natural
phenomena. Understand the beliefs of Socrates and his role in Athenian society, his use of dialogue (the
Socratic method), and his trial; Understand Plato's philosophy, and the ways his views differed from those
of Socrates. Understand Aristotle's philosophy, his scientific investigations, and the golden mean;
Understand the accomplishments and victories of Alexander the Great. Recognize the significance of the
Hellenistic Period and the library at Alexandria; Understand the origins of Rome, the republic, the
importance of the army, and social divisions. Recognize Roman methods of conquering and building an
empire; Understand circumstances and attitudes that led to the Punic Wars. Recognize Hannibal as the
defender of Carthage. Describe the roles of Hannibal and Scipio in defending Carthage against Rome;
Understand Julius Caesar's rise to power, his conquests during the Gallic Wars, and his alliance with
Pompey and Crassus. Identify changes in the Roman army. Understand Caesar's dictatorship and the
reasons for his assassination; Understand the sweeping changes made by Caesar Augustus to the army,
buildings, arts, and law. Describe how Augustus restored Roman pride in empire and brought about Pax
Romana; Understand the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire in the first and second centuries.
Understand how the Roman persecution of Christians led to Constantine's signing of the Edict of Milan;
Understand the economic recession, joblessness, and the divide between rich and poor in the empire.
Recognize Germanic tribes, the rise of Islam, and the role of Christians at the end of the empire;
Understand how Greek and Roman contributions have had lasting effects in our culture.
Students will Place the Enlightenment in historical context and contrast the period with the Middle Ages
and the Renaissance. Tell how Isaac Newton explained the workings of the universe. Explain how
Newton's scientific achievements influenced Enlightenment thinkers; Summarize the major ideas of Rene
Descartes, especially "I think, therefore I am." Explain how Descartes’ methods and ideas broke with
tradition. Explain why Descartes is considered the father of modern philosophy; Explain Thomas
Hobbes's conclusions about human nature. Describe the type of government favored by Hobbes. Identify
major historical events that occurred during Hobbes's time and tell how they influenced his life and
philosophy; Summarize John Locke's philosophy about human knowledge and the responsibilities of
government. Contrast Locke's ideas with ideas of Thomas Hobbes. Explain how the English government
after the Glorious Revolution reflected Locke's philosophy; Characterize the ideas of Montesquieu and
Voltaire. Explain how the French ruling class tried to keep the message of the Enlightenment from
reaching most French people. Explain the importance of the Encyclopedia; Explain how ideas of the
Enlightenment helped inspire American leaders to declare independence. Recognize specific
Enlightenment ideas reflected in the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution. Explain how the
American patriots Jefferson, Franklin, and Madison each embodied the spirit of Enlightenment;
Understand the main ideas of the French Enlightenment. Understand the French reaction to the Glorious
Revolution in England. Describe the effects of the American Revolution on France and the French people;
Identify the three estates of French society. Understand the reasons for the growing social unrest in
French society; Describe life at Versailles. Identify Louis XIV and describe his reign. Identify and
describe Louis XV and describe his reign. Identify and describe Louis XVI; Identify Marie Antoinette and
her effect on the French people. Understand the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Identify Le
Petit Trianon; Describe what happened at the 1789 meeting of the Estates-General. Understand Louis
XVI's role in the meeting. Understand how the National Assembly came into existence. Identify the
Tennis Court Oath; Understand Louis XVI's reaction to the National Assembly. Describe the storming of
Bastille. Understand the reaction in the French countryside; Describe the provisions of the declaration of
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of ideas and
facts
presented in
class.
Periodic
writing
assignments
6.4.1.a;
6.4.1.b;
6.4.1.c;
6.4.1.d;
6.4.2.a;
6.4.2.b;
6.4.2.c;
6.4.2.d;
Cumulative
assessments
of ideas and
facts
presented in
class.
Periodic
writing
assignments
6.1.1.a;
6.1.1.b;
6.1.1.c;
6.1.2.b;
6.1.2.c;
6.4.1.e;
Romanticis
m
JAN
&
FEB
Industrialis
m,
Capitalism,
Socialism
Latin
American
Geography
And
History
FEB
Rejection of
classicism,
emphasis on
emotion and
imagination, and
on nature and the
private self. JeanJacques Rousseau.
Beginnings in
Great Britain,
textiles, iron and
steel mills, the
early factory
system, Adam
Smith, Law of
supply and
demand, social
classes, forms of
socialism, Karl
Marx.
Haitian
revolution,
Mexican
revolutions,
liberators, new
nations in Central
America,
Brazilian
Independence.
Prominent
geographic
features, countries
and cities of Latin
America.
the Rights of Man. Understand the October 1789 march on Versailles and its results. Understand the king
and queen's reaction to these events; Describe the attempted escape of the royal family and its results.
Understand the makeup of the Legislative Assembly. Understand the conflict between France and
Austria. Understand the actions of the National Convention.
Students will Describe the effect of the French Revolution on the Catholic Church. Understand the new
calendar. Recognize Revolutionary fashions and art; Understand the impact of the French Revolution on
the rest of the world. Describe the Reign of Terror. Identify the Jacobins, the Committee of Safety, and
Maximilien Robespierre, and their roles in the Reign of Terror; Identify Napoleon Bonaparte. Understand
the early achievements of Napoleon's military career. Understand how Napoleon gained power in the
French government; Define the term Romantic. Understand Rousseau's influence on the Romantic
movement. Compare and contrast romanticism with neoclassicism. Identify Wordsworth, Constable, and
Beethoven and their relationship to the Romantic movement; Explain some of the effects, positive and
negative, of the Industrial Revolution. Describe working conditions for nineteenth-century children in
England. Define the term free market and explain its effect on workers and employers; Describe the life
of the typical English peasant in the 1600's. Understand the challenges of operating a farm; Identify the
changes that led to more efficient farming practices in the seventeenth century. Understand the enclosure
movement and explain its effect on farmers. Describe the impact of steam power; Understand how the
modern city developed. Define the term cottage industry. Describe the spinning jenny and cotton gin and
explain their effect on mass production; Explain how capitalism works. Describe the mercantilist system.
Recognize the economic relationship between a colony and its home country. Understand the economic
theories of Adam Smith; Identify Charles Dickens and Benjamin Disraeli and explain their contributions
to society. Compare and contrast the lives and leisure activities of the rich, the middle class, and the poor;
Understand workers' reactions against industrialization. Identify Robert Owen and discuss his life and
ideas; Define the terms depression and inflation. Identify The Communist Manifesto and explain its main
ideas. Identify Karl Marx and explain his most important ideas; Understand the effect of a capitalist
economy on modern society. Identify the socialist ideas that can be found in today's democratic
governments.
Students will Describe the social structure in Latin America prior to the struggles for independence.
Understand the inspiration for and causes of revolutions in Latin America; Identify Toussaint L'Ouverture
and describe his role in Haiti's struggle for independence. Explain the causes of rebellion against the
French in Haiti. Describe significant events and personalities in the antislavery and pro-independence
struggles; Understand the motivation behind the Mexican struggle for independence. Describe the
significant events and personalities of the Mexican independence movement; Compare and contrast three
South American liberators: Francisco de Miranda, Simon Bolivar, and Jose de San Martin. Describe how
Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin liberated South America from Spanish rule. Explain why Simon
Bolivar was not able to unite South America as one country; Explain how the people of Buenos Aires
defeated the British and later forced the Spanish viceroy into exile. Understand the importance of Jose de
San Martin to the southern South American independence movement. Describe how Jose de San Martin
helped Argentina, Chile, and Peru fight for independence; Identify Joao and describe his life and
accomplishments. Describe the path Brazil took to independence and explain how it differed from that of
the other Latin American countries; Understand the events and significance of the Mexican revolution.
Identify Santa Anna, Benito Juarez, Porfirio Diaz, Pancho Villa, and Emiliano Zapata.
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Cumulative
assessments
of ideas and
facts
presented in
class.
Periodic
writing
assignments
6.1.1.b;
6.1.2.a;
6.1.2.b;
6.1.2.c;
6.2.2.a;
6.2.2.c;
6.2.2.d;
6.3.1.a;
6.3.1.b;
6.3.1.c;
Cumulative
assessments
of ideas and
facts
presented in
class.
Periodic
writing
assignments
6.1.2.a;
6.1.2.b;
6.1.2.c;
6.2.1.a;
6.2.1.c;
6.2.2.b;
6.2.2.a;
6.2.2.d;
6.3.1.a;
6.3.1.b;
6.3.1.c;
Immigratio
n
MAR
Waves of
immigration post
1830, Ellis Island,
major cities of
settlement,
melting pot, land
of opportunity,
discrimination.
Students will Define the word immigrant. Explain why many western and northern Europeans left their
native lands to begin new lives in the United States; Describe the transatlantic voyage Europe to America.
Understand the immigrant experience in the United States at this time; Explain why many more
immigrants came to the United States after the Civil War. Define the term New Immigration and identify
the New Immigrants' countries of origin. Compare and contrast the experiences of the post-Civil War
immigrants with those of earlier immigrants; Identify the Statue of Liberty and discuss its symbolic
importance. Identify Ellis Island and explain its function. Define the term nativism and describe its effect
on immigration. Understand the Chinese Exclusion Act; Explain the significance of the term melting pot
to the history of immigration in the United States. Compare and contrast first-, second-, and thirdgeneration Americans. Understand the assimilation process of immigrant groups into American society.
Industrializ
ation,
Urbanizatio
n, and
Reform
APRIL
&
MAY
The post-Civil
War industrial
boom, condition
of labor, influence
of big business,
industrialists,
capitalists, free
enterprise and
government
regulation.
Populism, the
Progressive Era,
Reform for
AfricanAmericans,
Women’s
suffrage, Eugene
Debs.
Students will describe the life and the accomplishments of Andrew Carnegie. Understand how
industrialization affected the lives of workers. Explain how industrialization began and grew in the United
States; explain why and how America's national railroad system grew after the Civil War. Explain how
railroads contributed to growth and change in industry; Identify and describe the factors that led to
America's growth as an industrial society. Define capital and corporation and explain their importance to
the growth of the industry; recognize how inventions such as the telephone and phonograph created new
industries. Describe the importance of the inventions of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison;
explain the importance of the developing steel and oil industries. Describe the business methods of
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller; explain how monopolies, trusts, rebates, and pools function.
Understand why monopolies, trusts, rebates, and pools are unfair business practices. Describe the
measures the government took to limit unfair business practices; explain how industrialization affected
working people, including skilled craftsmen, women, and children. Describe the working conditions in
factories and mines. Identify positive changes brought about by industrialization; Explain why workers
organized labor unions. Identify Samuel Gompers and describe his rise to union leadership. Describe the
successes and failures of the labor movement during the late 1800's; identify and describe the factors that
contributed to the growth of America's cities. Explain some of the reasons why people moved to cities.
Understand how changes in architecture and transportation altered cities; describe the problems of the
rapidly growing cities. Explain how the political machines of the late 1800's functioned; understand that
the Populist Party grew out of farmers' desires for social reform in the face of growing divides between
industry and agriculture. Describe the main goals of the Populist Party and the role of William Jennings
Bryan; understand the aims of muckrakers and the social improvements they helped bring about. Identify
Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair as muckrakers who exposed the abuses of Standard Oil and the meatpacking industry, respectively; understand the reforms instituted by Jane Addams in founding Hull House.
Recognize the impact reformer Jacob Riis had on cleaning up New York tenements. Recognize that some
Americans displayed hostility toward new immigrants; Describe Theodore Roosevelt's views on land
conservation, saving natural resources, and protecting native wildlife. Identify Theodore Roosevelt's
achievements in conservation. Explain Roosevelt's "square deal" policy and identify the antitrust laws he
instituted; understand the hardships and dangers African Americans faced after the Civil War, including
Jim Crow Laws, lynching, and discrimination. Describe the beliefs and accomplishments of civil rights
leaders Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. Du Bois; understand the laws and customs of the
nineteenth century that restricted the rights of women. Describe the roles of Susan B. Anthony and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the woman suffrage movement and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment;
Describe Eugene Debs's association with the socialist movement, his union efforts, and his attempts to
help the oppressed.
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Cumulative
assessments
of ideas and
facts
presented in
class.
Periodic
writing
assignments
Cumulative
assessments
of ideas and
facts
presented in
class.
Periodic
writing
assignments
6.4.1.f;
6.4.1.b;
6.4.1.d;
6.4.1.e;
6.2.2.b;
6.2.2.c;
6.2.2.d;
6.3.1.a;
6.3.1.b;
6.3.1.c;
6.3.2.a;
6.3.2.b;
6.3.2.c;
6.3.2.d;
6.3.2.e;
6.3.2.f