What is Asia?

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Social Studies (2003)

Grade 6

• Goal 1: The learner will use the five themes of geography and geographic tools to answer geographic questions and analyze geographic concepts.
  • Objective 1.01: Create maps, charts, graphs, databases, and models as tools to illustrate information about different people, places and regions in South America and Europe.
  • Objective 1.03: Use tools such as maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, models, and artifacts to compare data on different countries of South America and Europe and to identify patterns as well as similarities and differences among them.
• Goal 2: The learner will assess the relationship between physical environment and cultural characteristics of selected societies and regions of South America and Europe.
  • Objective 2.01: Identify key physical characteristics such as land forms, water forms, and climate,and evaluate their influence on the development of cultures in selected South American and European regions.
  • Objective 2.02: Describe factors that influence changes in distribution patterns of population, resources, and climate in selected regions of South America and Europe and evaluate their impact on the environment.
  • Objective 2.03: Examine factors such as climate change, location of resources, and environmental challenges that influence human migration and assess their significance in the development of selected cultures in South America and Europe.
• Goal 4: The learner will identify significant patterns in the movement of people, goods and ideas over time and place in South America and Europe.
  • Objective 4.01: Describe the patterns of and motives for the migrations of people, and evaluate their impact on the political, economic, and social development of selected societies and regions.
  • Objective 4.02: Identify the main commodities of trade over time in selected areas of South America and Europe, and evaluate their significance for the economic, political and social development of cultures and regions.
  • Objective 4.03: Examine key ethical ideas and values deriving from religious, artistic, political, economic, and educational traditions, as well as their diffusion over time, and assess their influence on the development of selected societies and regions in South America and Europe.
• Goal 8: The learner will assess the influence and contributions of individuals and cultural groups in South America and Europe.
  • Objective 8.02: Describe the role of key groups and evaluate their impact on historical and contemporary societies of South America and Europe.
• Goal 9: The learner will analyze the different forms of government developed in South America and Europe.
  • Objective 9.01: Trace the historical development of governments including traditional, colonial, and national in selected societies and assess the effects on the respective contemporary political systems.
  • Objective 9.02: Describe how different types of governments such as democracies, dictatorships, monarchies, and oligarchies in selected areas of South America and Europe carry out legislative, executive, and judicial functions, and evaluate the effectiveness of each.
  • Objective 9.03: Identify the ways in which governments in selected areas of South America and Europe deal with issues of justice and injustice, and assess the influence of cultural values on their practices and expectations.
• Goal 11: The learner will recognize the common characteristics of different cultures in South America and Europe.
  • Objective 11.03: Compare characteristics of political, economic, religious, and social institutions of selected cultures, and evaluate their similarities and differences.
  • Objective 11.04: Identify examples of economic, political, and social changes, such as agrarian to industrial economies, monarchical to democratic governments, and the roles of women and minorities, and analyze their impact on culture.
• Goal 12: The learner will assess the influence of major religions, ethical beliefs, and values on cultures in South America and Europe.
  • Objective 12.01: Examine the major belief systems in selected regions of South America and Europe, and analyze their impact on cultural values, practices, and institutions.
  • Objective 12.02: Describe the relationship between cultural values of selected societies of South America and Europe and their art, architecture, music and literature, and assess their significance in contemporary culture.