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Livingston County Curriculum Document
SUBJECT:
Social Studies - Geography
Grade: 6th
Big Idea:
Geography includes the study of the five fundamental themes of location, place, regions, movement and human/environmental interaction. Students need
geographic knowledge to analyze issues and problems to better understand how humans have interacted with their environment over time, how geography
has impacted settlement and population, and how geographic factors influence climate, culture, the economy and world events. A geographic perspective also
enables students to better understand the past and present and to prepare for the future.
Academic Expectations:
2.19 Students recognize and understand the relationship between people and geography and apply their knowledge in real-life situations.
Duration
(amount of
time)
August –
May
Core Content
4.1 (DOK)
SS-06-4.1.1
Students will use a variety
of geographic tools (maps,
photographs, charts,
graphs, databases, satellite
images) to interpret
patterns and locations on
Earth’s surface in the
Program of Studies (POS)
Skills and Concepts
Essential Questions
SS-6-G-S-1
Students will demonstrate
an understanding of patterns
on the Earth’s surface, using
a variety of geographic tools
(e.g., maps, globes, charts,
graphs, satellite images):
a) locate, in absolute and
How does
geography effect a
region’s economy,
settlement, culture,
and climate?
Critical Vocabulary
Database, irrigation,
migration,
landforms, bodies of
water, environment,
geographic location
(absolute and
relative location),
artifact, fossil,
Introduced
(I)
Reinforced
( R)
Mastered
(M)
Assessments
(Include dates
for GRADE,
GMADE and
Thinklink
testing
Resources
(Include
field trips
and books
required to
be read)
I, R, M
Chapter
Exams
Textbook
Flipbook
United
Streaming
ORQ’s
Brain Pop
present day.
DOK 3 (ongoing)
relative terms, landforms and
bodies of water
b)locate and interpret patterns
on Earth’s surface (e.g., how
different factors, such as
rivers, mountains and plains
affect where human activities
are located)
vegetation, elevation,
interact, natural
resources, climate,
famine, urban
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
I
August May
August May
SS-06-4.1.2
Students will describe how
different factors (e.g., rivers,
mountains, plains) affect
where human activities are
located in the present day.
SS-06-4.3.1
Students will describe
patterns of human
settlement in the present
day and explain how these
patterns are influenced by
human needs.
DOK 2
Chapter
Exams
ORQ’s
Textbook
United
Streaming
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
SS-6-G-S-2
Students will investigate
regions of the Earth’s
surface using information
from print and non-print
sources (e.g., books, films,
magazines, Internet,
geographic tools):
a) explain relationships
between and among
physical characteristics
(e.g., mountains, bodies of
water, valleys) of present
day regions and how they
are made distinctive by
human characteristics (e.g.,
dams, roads, urban centers);
describe advantages and
disadvantages for human
activities (e.g., exploration,
migration, trade, settlement)
that resulted
b) describe patterns of
I, R, M
Chapter
Exams
ORQ’s
Brain Pop
Textbook
United
Streaming
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
Brain Pop
human settlement in the
present day; explain
relationships between these
patterns and human needs;
analyze how factors (e.g.,
war, famine, disease,
economic opportunity,
technology) impact human
migration today
c) evaluate how availability
of technology, resources and
knowledge causes places
and regions in the present
day to change
d) interpret current events
in the world from a
geographic perspective
August –
May
SS-06-4.3.2
Students will explain why
and give examples of how
human populations may
change and/or migrate
because of factors such as
war, famine, disease,
economic opportunity and
technology in the present
day.
DOK 3
SS-6-G-S-2
Students will investigate
regions of the Earth’s
surface using information
from print and non-print
sources (e.g., books, films,
magazines, Internet,
geographic tools):
a) explain relationships
between and among
physical characteristics
(e.g., mountains, bodies of
water, valleys) of present
day regions and how they
are made distinctive by
human characteristics (e.g.,
dams, roads, urban centers);
describe advantages and
disadvantages for human
activities (e.g., exploration,
migration, trade, settlement)
that resulted
I, R, M
Chapter
Exams
ORQ’s
Textbook
United
Streaming
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
Brain Pop
August –
May
August –
May
August –
May
SS-06-4.2.1
Students will describe how
regions in the present day
are made distinctive by
human characteristics (e.g.,
dams, roads, urban
centers) and physical
characteristics (e.g.,
mountains, bodies of water,
valleys) that create
advantages and
disadvantages for human
activities (e.g., exploration,
migration, trade,
settlement,
development).DOK 2
SS-06-4.2.2
Students will describe and
give examples of how
places and regions in the
present day change over
time as technologies,
resources and knowledge
become available.
DOK 2
SS-06-4.1.1
Students will use a variety
of geographic tools (maps,
photographs, charts,
SS-6-G-S-3
Students will investigate
interactions among human
activities and the physical
environment in the present
day:
a)explain how people
modify the physical
environment (e.g., dams,
roads, bridges) to meet their
needs in different regions
b) describe how the physical
environment can promote or
restrict human activities
(e.g., exploration, migration,
trade, settlement,
development) in the present
day
SS-6-G-S-3
Students will investigate
interactions among human
activities and the physical
environment in the present
day:
a)explain how people
modify the physical
environment (e.g., dams,
roads, bridges) to meet their
needs in different regions
b)describe how the physical
environment can promote or
restrict human activities
(e.g., exploration, migration,
trade, settlement,
development) in the present
day
I, R, M
Chapter
Exams
Flipbook
ORQ’s
Textbook
United
Streaming
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
Brain Pop
I, R, M
Chapter
Exams
Flipbook
ORQ’s
Textbook
United
Streaming
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
Brain P,op
I, R, M
Chapter
Exams
Flipbook
Textbook
United
Streaming
August –
May
August –
May
August May
graphs, databases, satellite
images) to interpret
patterns and locations on
Earth’s surface in the
present day.
DOK 3
SS-06-4.4.3
Students will explain how the
natural resources of a place
or region impact its political,
social and economic
development in the present
day.
SS-06-4.4.4
Students will explain how
individual and group
perspectives impact the use
of natural resources (e.g.,
urban development,
recycling) in the present day.
SS-06-4.4.2
Students will describe ways
in which the physical
environment (e.g., natural
resources, physical
geography, natural
disasters) both promote
and limits human activities
(e.g., exploration,
migration, trade,
settlement, development) in
ORQ’s
SS-6-G-S-3
Students will investigate
interactions among human
activities and the physical
environment in the present
day:
c) explain cause and effect
relationships between the
natural resources of a place
or region and its political,
social, and economic
development
SS-6-G-S-3
Students will investigate
interactions among human
activities and the physical
environment in the present
day:
c) explain cause and effect
relationships between the
natural resources of a place
or region and its political,
social, and economic
development
I
Chapter
Exams
Flipbook
ORQ’s
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
Brain Pop
Textbook
United
Streaming
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
Brain Pop
I
Chapter
Exams
Flipbook
ORQ’s
Textbook
United
Streaming
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
Brain Pop
Chapter
Exams
Flipbook
ORQ’s
Textbook
United
Streaming
Junior
Scholastic
Magazine
Brain Pop
the present day.
DOK 2