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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Middle School Social Studies


6th Grade -
Contemporary World Cultures

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CONCEPT: Location and Place

UNIT TOPIC 1:
Understanding Maps and Globes

ARC 1: Maps - Elements and use

ARC 2: Mapping Our World

 

UNIT TOPIC 2:
Physical Geography

ARC 1: Physical Processes that Shape the Earth

ARC 2: Physical Features

 

UNIT TOPIC 3:


Civic Engagement

ARC 1: Celebrate Freedom Week

 

UNIT TOPIC 4:
Civic Responsibility

ARC 1: Philanthropy

 

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CONCEPT: Human Geography

UNIT TOPIC 1:
Geographic Focus on the Americas

ARC 1: Mapping the Americas

 

UNIT TOPIC 2:
Human Geography

ARC 1: Human Geography

 

UNIT TOPIC 3:
Culture

ARC 1: Keys of Culture

ARC 2: Multiculturalism

ARC 3: Common Cultural Traits

 

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  • TeachMidEast.org - this outstanding website provided by the Middle East Policy Council is designed for K-12 educators and features a plethora of innovative new resources on the Middle East and Islam. The site includes classroom activities, downloadable multimedia content and interactive Google Earth tours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CONCEPT: Ancient Civilizations

UNIT TOPIC 1:
Geographic Focus on Southwest Asia and North Africa

ARC 1: Mapping Southwest Asia and North Africa

 

UNIT TOPIC 2:
Beginnings of Civilization

ARC 1: Organization of Time

ARC 2: Nomads to Civilization

ARC 3: Earliest Civilizations in Southwest Asia
and North Africa

ARC 4: Early Civilizations in Asia

ARC 5: Early Civilizations in Europe

ARC 5: Early Civilizations in the Americans

 

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CONCEPT: Economic Systems

UNIT TOPIC 1: Geographic Focus on Europe

ARC 1: Mapping Europe

 

UNIT TOPIC 2: Economics

ARC 1: Types of Economies

ARC 2: Globalization and Industry

 

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CONCEPT: Government Systems

UNIT TOPIC 1: Types of Government

ARC 1: Absolute Power

ARC 2: Roots of Democracy

ARC 3: Connecting Modern Governments and Economies

 

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CONCEPT: Patterns and Issues of Population

UNIT TOPIC 1: Geographic Focus on Asia

ARC 1: Mapping Asia

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UNIT TOPIC 2: Demographics

ARC 1: What is Population?

ARC 2: Analyzing Population Data

 

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CONCEPT: Movement of the World’s Population

UNIT TOPIC 1: Movement of Population

ARC 1: Understanding Push and Pull Factors

 

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CONCEPT: Global Human Rights

UNIT TOPIC 1: Human Rights in the Global Population

ARC 1: Human Rights in the Global Population

 

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CONCEPT: Conflict and Change

UNIT TOPIC 1: Geographic Focus on Africa

ARC 1: Mapping Africa

 

UNIT TOPIC 2: Conflict

ARC 1: Ways to Describe Conflict

 

ARC 2: Conquest

 

ARC 3: Rise to Revolution

 

ARC 4: War

ARC 5: Peace and Conflict Resolution

 

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