6.H.2. Understand the political, economic, and social significance events, issues, individuals and cultural groups.

6.H.2.1 Explain how invasions, conquest, and migrations affected various civilizations, societies, and regions.

Invasions, conquests, and migration may have: political consequences, economic systems, social consequences, and technological consequences.

the events that lead to the rise and fall of specific civilizations .

Students will construct timeline, journals, and historical narratives.

Explain how conquest spread culture.

Barbarian, Hellenistic, Crusades Conflict, migration, continuity and change, innovation, and technology.

History

6.H.2. Understand the political, economic, and social significance events, issues, individuals and cultural groups.

6.H.2.2 Compare historical and contemporary events and issues to understand continuity and change..

Repeated issues and events do not necessarily result in the same outcomes.

Historical issues and events are often mirrored in contemporary issues and events. the events that lead to the rise and fall of specific civilizations .

Students will construct graphic organizers that compare and contrast current events and past events.

predict future outcomes with relative accuracy by analyzing past events.

Mt. Vesuvius, Roman Empire, Tsunami, Julius Caesar, coliseum, circus maximus, forum

Conflict, migration, continuity and change, innovation, and technology.

Important current issues and events

History

6.H.2. Understand the political, economic, and social significance events, issues, individuals and cultural groups.

6.H.2.3 Explain how innovation and/or technology transformed civilizations, societies, and regions over time (e.g. agricultural, technology, weaponry, transportation and communication

Comprehend the impacts that inventions have on human society.

Paper, tools, fire, iron plow

Conflict, migration, continuity and change, innovation, and technology.

Innovation and technology includes more then just inventions.

Innovation and/ or technology can cause

Social and cultural change

Political change

TESTS, JOURNALS,

PROJECTS

History

6.H.2. Understand the political, economic, and social significance events, issues, individuals and cultural groups.

6.H.2.4 Explain the role that the historical figures and cultural groups had in transforming society (e.g. Mansa Musa, Confucius, Charlemagne, and Qin Shi ) Compare contrast Mansa

Musa, Confucius, Charlemagne, Qin Shi

Loess, dike, extended family, philosophy, currency, warlord, silent barter,

Conflict, migration, continuity and change, innovation, and technology.

What motivates the decision making of key historical figures and groups.

• Historical figures, economic influence

•Cultural influence

•Political influence

TESTS, JOURNALS,

PROJECTS, GAMES

History