What does a student learn in StateMissouri,GradeGrade 6,SubjectSocial Studies?

Create and use historical maps and timelines in order to represent continuity and change within and among regions over time

Evaluate historical solutions to problems within and among world regions in order to draw conclusions about current and future decisions.

With assistance, develop a research plan, identify appropriate resources for investigating social studies topics and create a research product that applies an aspect of geography to a contemporary issue.

Using an inquiry lens, develop compelling geographic questions, determine helpful resources and consider multiple points of views represented in the resources.

Analyze the causes and consequences of a current geographic issue as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.

Using a geographic lens, analyze the laws and governmental systems of a place in order to determine their affect individuals and groups in society.

Analyze current human environmental issues using relevant geographic sources to propose solutions.

Create and use maps, graphs, statistics, and geospatial technology in order to explain relationships and reveal spatial patterns or trends.

Analyze how the physical and human characteristics of current world regions connect to changing identity and culture.

Using a geographic lens, evaluate economic decisions to determine costs and benefits on contemporary society

Analyze material culture to explain a people’s perspective and use of place.

Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions connect to human identities and cultures.

Compare and contrast the human characteristics within and among contemporary and historic regions over time.

Create and use tools to analyze a chronological sequence of related events in world history.

Explain connections among historical context and peoples’ perspectives at the time in world history.

With assistance, develop a research plan, identify appropriate resources for investigation social studies topics and create a research product that applies an aspect of world history prior to 1450 to contemporary issue.

Using an inquiry lens, develop compelling questions about world history prior to c. 1450, to determine helpful resources and consider multiple points of views represented in the resources.

Analyze the causes and consequences of a specific problem in world history prior to c. 1450 as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.

Analyze laws, policies and processes to determine how governmental systems affecting individuals and groups in society in world history prior to c.1450

Create and use maps and other graphic representations in order to explain relationships and reveal patterns or trends in world history prior to 1450.

Describe the impact of human settlement activities on the environmental and cultural characteristics of world regions prior to c. 1450.

Locate major cities of the world and key world nations - the world’s continents, and oceans - and major topographical features of the world.

Using a world history lens, examine the opportunity costs and benefits of economic decisions on society as a whole as well as on individuals prior to c. 1450

Using a world history lens, describe how peoples’ perspectives shaped the sources/artifacts they created.

Using a world history lens, examine the origins and impact of social structures and stratification on societies and relationships between peoples.

Create and use tools to analyze a chronological sequence of related events in American history.

Explain connections between historical context and peoples’ perspectives at the time in American history.

With assistance, develop a research plan, identify appropriate resources for investigating social studies’ topics and create a research product that applies an aspect of American history prior to c. 1870 to a contemporary issue.

Using an inquiry lens, develop compelling questions about American history prior to 1870, to determine helpful resources and consider multiple points of views represented in the resources.

Analyze the causes and consequences of a specific problem in American history prior to 1870 as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.

Analyze laws, policies, and processes to determine how governmental systems affect individuals and groups in society in American history prior to c. 1870.

Create and use maps and other graphic representations in order to explain relationships and reveal patterns or trends in American history prior to c. 1870.

Explain how the physical and human characteristics of regions in the Americas prior to c. 1870 connect to changing identity and culture.

Locate major cities of Missouri, the United States, and the world; states of the United States and key world nations; the world’s continents, and oceans; and major topographical features of the United States.

Using an American history lens, examine the opportunity costs and benefits of economic decisions on society as a whole as well as on individuals, prior to c. 1870.

Using an American history lens, describe how peoples’ perspectives shaped the sources/artifacts they created.

Using an American history lens, examine the origins and impact of social structures and stratification on societies and relationships between peoples.