How to learn Grade 6: Social studies
New York academic standards: Social studies, Grade 6
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1. The Eastern Hemisphere · Mediterranean World: Feudal Western Europe, The Byzantine Empire, And The Islamic Caliphates (ca. 600 C.E. – ca. 1450): The Mediterranean world was reshaped with the fall of t
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire: Describe how the Western Roman Empire gradually declined due to a combination of factors — military pressure from invading peoples, political instability, economic problems, and an overstretched empire — and finally fell in AD 476, while the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire continued for nearly a thousand more years
2. Civic Participation
- 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
- 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
- Helping Others Resolve Conflicts: Mediate conflicts between others — helping two friends who are arguing by listening to both sides, helping them see each other's perspective, and guiding them toward a fair resolution
3. Economics and Economic Systems
- How the Economy Works: What an economy is; producers and consumers; supply and demand; why prices change; the basics of how markets work
4. Gathering, Interpreting and Using Evidence
- 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