How to learn Grade 6: Social studies

Indiana academic standards: Social studies, Grade 6

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1. Economics · Students examine the influence of physical and cultural factors upon the economic systems of countries in Europe and the Americas.

1. Global Trade: Why countries trade with each other; imports and exports; how goods travel around the world; that different countries use different currencies

2. Civics and Government · Students compare and contrast forms of government in different historical periods with contemporary political structures of Europe and the Americas and examine the rights and r

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. Magna Carta and Limiting Royal Power: King John, the barons' revolt, and the sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215; what the Magna Carta said about limiting the king's power; its lasting importance for democracy and rights
3. Roman Republic and Empire: Explain how Rome was first governed as a republic — with elected consuls, a powerful Senate, and a distinction between patricians and plebeians — before becoming an empire ruled by emperors like Augustus (who brought peace, the Pax Romana) and Nero, and compare republican government with Athenian direct democracy
4. Greek and Roman Legacy Today: Evaluate the lasting contributions of Greek and Roman civilisations to modern life — democracy, law, language (Latin roots), architecture (columns, arches, domes), sport (Olympics), philosophy, literature, and theatre — and understand that Greek ideas reached us through Rome, and then through later European civilisations, in a chain of cultural transmission

3. History · Students explore the key historic movements, events, and figures that contributed to the development of modern Europe and America from early civilizations through modern times by examining r

1. Evidence Versus Interpretation: Distinguish between historical evidence and historical interpretation — evidence is what survived, interpretation is the argument a historian builds from it, and the same evidence can support different arguments

4. Economics

1. How the Economy Works: What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work

5. Functions of Government

1. Taxes & Public Services: What taxes are and why people pay them; how taxes fund schools, hospitals, roads, and emergency services; that governments decide how to spend tax money

6. Civics Standards

1. Vocabulary: ethics and citizenship: Know and use the vocabulary of ethics and citizenship — bullying, cyberbullying, bystander, upstander, peer pressure, digital citizenship, rights, responsibility, and ethical — and understand the distinctions between these closely related terms
2. Community Rights and Responsibilities: Understand their rights and responsibilities as a member of a community — that everyone has a right to be treated with respect and to feel safe, and that with rights come responsibilities to treat others the same way