6th+Grade+Social+STudies

=Jarrod Weiss (McCool), Deb Kobza (Shickley), Julie Polak (Exeter-Milligan)= = Essential Questions for 6th Grade Social Studies =

What big ideas should students understand?
What do people need to survive? Where did people settle and why? How did different cultures use their resources to solve their problem of survival?
 * Humans needs food, water, shelter, and space to survive.
 * People settled in areas that provided them with the necessities of life.

What is culture? What is civilization?
 * Culture is the way in which individuals and groups react with their environment, including their technology, customs, beliefs, and art.
 * Cultures around the world are not the same
 * Why did cultures develop differently in different places?
 * What are come commonalities among these ancient cultures?
 * What are some differences among these ancient cultures?
 * a group of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture.
 * Civilizations around the world are not the same

Projects: How did the different cultures set up their power structure, and how does it work? Triangle diagrams
 * Group investigations of culture development in various areas of the world
 * Project questions and options, rubric, and objectives have been Uploaded in the Wiki list! 1. Go to "Manage Wiki" 2. Go to folders
 * Post on Wiki or Glogster
 * Give and receive feedback from other cohort groups
 * Create Rubrics for projects
 * Information
 * Appearance
 * Presentation
 * Group Dynamics

What characteristics do ancient leaders have in common?

What caused conflict and why is there conflict?

Why did empires develop?

[|History Channel]

[|5 Themes of Geography]

What are the objectives/learning goals?
What assessments will be used to measure learning?