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Social Studies — Grade 6

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.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Careers in border security: Working with passports
In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.2
In this lesson for grade six, students will gain an understanding of careers in transportation and border security and will create their own passports.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
By Julie McCann.

Resources on the web

Why civilizations fall
In this lesson, part of a two-lesson series from Science NetLinks, students find out about the social changes that caused the collapse of important ancient civilizations in Central America, Mesopotamia, the southwestern United States, and western Africa. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Science and Social Studies)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Interpreting the evidence
This lesson, the second of a two-part series from Science NetLinks, offers useful information and activities to help students understand how scientists learn about civilizations that have disappeared. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science and Social Studies)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Inca artifacts
This lesson, from Xpeditions, introduces students to the ancient Inca people. Students explore pictures of various artifacts discovered from the Inca civilization. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Fleas and the Black Death
This Xpeditions lesson asks students to investigate the role of fleas, a well-known parasite, in the European Black Death of the 14th century. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic