6th+SS+standard+1

** 6.1.01 Understand the nature and complexity of culture. ** ** 6.1.spi.1 recognize the basic components of culture (i.e., language, common values, traditions, government, art, literature, lifestyles). ** || ** What key elements make up the culture of a people group? ** ** How can one distinguish differences between culture A and culture B ? ** ||
 * **Subject/Course: Grade Level:6th/Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 1.0 Culture** ||
 * **SPI (#): or Checks for Understanding (#):**
 * **Assessment Topic: Culture** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):**
 * **//If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no//** **//Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).//** ||

 6.1.01 Understand the nature and complexity of culture.  6.1.spi.2. identify the job characteristics of archaeologists, anthropologists, geologists, and historians ||  Define the job characteristics of archaeologist, anthropologist, geologist and historians. Draw conclusions of how each job collaborates together and what similarities they share || //Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).// ||
 * **Subject/Course: Grade Level:6th/Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 1.0 Culture** ||
 * **SPI (#): or Checks for Understanding (#):**
 * **Assessment Topic: Job Characteristics** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):**
 * //If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no//

 6.1.02 Recognize the role of major religions.  6.1.spi.3. recognize the world's major religions and their founders (i.e., Judaism,    Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed   ||  What are the world’s major religions and who are their founders?  Recognize the differences and similarities and each.  ||
 * **Subject/Course: Grade Level:6th/Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 1.0 Culture** ||
 * **SPI (#): or Checks for Understanding (#):**
 * **Assessment Topic: Religion** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):**
 * **//If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no//**
 * //Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).//** ||

 6.1.02 Recognize the role of major religions.  6.1.spi.4. recognize significant epics as historical sources (i.e., Iliad, the Odyssey,    Mahabharata, Ramayana). || What historical information can we derive from an epic? What do a culture epic tales tell us about the people who wrote them? ||
 * **Subject/Course: Grade Level:6th/Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 1.0 Culture** ||
 * **SPI (#): or Checks for Understanding (#):**
 * **Assessment Topic: Sources** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):**
 * **//If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no//**
 * //Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).//** ||

 6.1.03 Appreciate the relationship between physical environments and culture.  6 .1.spi.5. identify differences between various cultural groups (i.e., European,    Eurasian, Indian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern, African, Native American). ||  Identify where different cultural groups are located on a world map. Critique religious differences of various cultural groups. ||
 * **Subject/Course: Grade Level:6th/Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 1.0 Culture** ||
 * **SPI (#): or Checks for Understanding (#):**
 * **Assessment Topic: Cultural Groups** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):**
 * **//If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no//**
 * //Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).//** ||

 6.1.03 Appreciate the relationship between physical environments and culture  6.1.spi.6. recognize reasons that cultural groups develop or settle in specific physical environments ||  List reason why first settlements started near river valleys. Analyze why/how the land and its resources are used for the benefit of the culture. ||
 * **Subject/Course: Grade Level:6th/Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 1.0 Culture** ||
 * **SPI (#): or Checks for Understanding (#):**
 * **Assessment Topic: Physical Environments** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):**
 * **//If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no//**
 * //Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).//** ||

 6.1.05 Understand the role that diverse cultures and historical experiences had on the development of the world  6.1.spi.7. identify how early writing forms in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley influenced life (i.e., legal, religious, and culture). ||  Identify various forms of writing and which cultural group it is from. Think critically and design your own system of writing with decoder key. ||
 * **Subject/Course: Grade Level:6th/Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 1.0 Culture** ||
 * **SPI (#): or Checks for Understanding (#):**
 * **Assessment Topic: Writing** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):**
 * **//If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no//**
 * //Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).//** ||

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 * **Subject/Course: Grade Level:6th/Social Studies** ||
 * **Standard: 1.0 Culture** ||
 * **SPI (#): or Checks for Understanding (#):**
 * **Assessment Topic: Cultural Diffusion** ||
 * **Essential Question (s):**
 * **//If there are Checks for Understanding under the SPI, give each one a topic and list essential question(s). If there are no//** **//Checks for Understanding listed under the SPI, then give the SPI a topic and essential question(s).//** ||