How to learn Grade 6: Social studies

Washington academic standards: Social studies, Grade 6

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1. History · Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.

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

2. History · Understands and analyzes causal factors that have shaped major events in history.

1. Culture and Experience Shape Emotions: Understand that emotional responses are shaped by personal experiences, culture, and context — the same situation triggers different emotions in different people because of their backgrounds and past experiences

3. History · Understands historical chronology.

1. Vocabulary: historical thinking: Know and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE, AD/CE, century, decade, era, period, timeline, excavation, archaeologist, interpretation, corroborate, bias, perspective — and apply these terms when discussing how we know about the past and how reliable our knowledge is

4. Geography · Understands the geographic context of global issues and events.

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

5. Economics · Understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face.

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

6. Civics · Understands the purposes and organization of tribal and international relationships and U.S. foreign policy.

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

7. Civics · Understands the purposes, organization, and function of governments, laws, and political systems.

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