How to learn Grade 6: Social studies

District of Columbia academic standards: Social studies, Grade 6

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1. Driving Concept 8: Thinking and Acting Globally

1. Global Citizenship: Understand what it means to be a citizen in an interconnected world where decisions in one place affect people elsewhere; explore global issues (climate justice, forced migration, global health, poverty) through an empathy lens, distinguishing facts from value judgements; engage with the ethical tension between obligations to those close to us and obligations to distant strangers; introduce evidence-based giving and effective altruism as one framework for thinking about global responsibility; develop a personal, reasoned stance on global citizenship that acknowledges complexity
2. Global Trade: Why countries trade with each other; imports and exports; how goods travel around the world; that different countries use different currencies