Month August 2010 6 th Grade Western Hemisphere 2010-2011 Curriculum Map Pacing Vocabulary Assessment Resources Content Skills Mapmaster 7. Location August 19 Skills students first Handbook 7.6.1 Region day of class (M1-M17) Five Themes of Place Movement 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6. 6 th Pre-test optional Movements of Earth Longitude/ Latitude Hemispheres Human- Environment Interaction Cartography Elevation Prime Meridian Equator Globes Map Projections How to use a map Political Maps Physical Maps Special Purpose Maps (Climate, Language) Human Migration World Land Use
September 2010 Mapmaster Skills Handbook (M1-M17) Chapter 1 The World of The Five Themes of 7. 7.6.1 Longitude Latitude Hemispheres Map Key Legend Sept. 6 Labor Day Sept. 17 - Constitution Day Latitude/ Longitude/ Hemispheres/ October 2010 Geographer s Tools Globe, Maps, Aerial Photographs, Satellite Images, and GIS Map Projections Parts of a Map Chapter 1 The World of 2 nd Quarter Chapter 2 Earth s Physical Earth and Sun Days and Nights 7. 7.6.1 7. 7.6.1 Time Zones Landforms Plate Techtonics Natural Disasters Weathering Erosion Climate Fall Break Oct. 21-22 End of 1 st Quarter Oct. 20 Benchmark # 1 Time Zones Weather
Season and Latitude Forces Shaping Earth (Core, Mantle, Crust, Water and Air, Landforms) Forces Inside the Earth (Magma, plates) Volcanoes and Earthquakes 7. 7. Forces on Earth s Surface (weathering, erosion) Climate and Weather Why Climates Vary Water Cycle Air Circulation and Wind Oceans and Currents Ocean s Cooling and Warming Effects Weather Forecasting/
Climagraphs Climate and Vegetation Vertical Climate Zones November 2010 Chapter 2 Earth s Physical Chapter 3 Earth s Human Population Distribution Population Density Population Growth Birthrates and Death rates Reasons for Growth 7. 7.6.1 7.4.5 Population Density Migration/ Settlement Patterns Urban/ Urbanization Rural Economic/ Economic Systems Developed/ Developing Nations Government/ Government Systems Celebrate Freedom Week Nov. 8-12 Veterans Day Nov. 11 Oklahoma Statehood Day Nov. 16 Thanksgiving Break Nov. 24-26 Challenges of Population Growth Ally/Allies Migration Why People Migrate Voluntary Migration Involuntary Migration
Transatlantic Slave Trade Urbanization Economic Systems 7.4.2 Producers/ Consumers Levels of Economic Development Developed/ Developing Nations 7.4.2 World Trade Patterns Political Systems International Organizations 7. Types of States How States Developed Types of Government December 2010 Chapter 3 Earth s Human 6. 7. 7. 7.4.2 Winter Break Dec.20-Jan. 2
January 2011 Third Quarter Chapter 4 Cultures of the World What is Culture Development of Culture Development of Institutions Social structure/ Classes 7.4.3 7.4.5 6. 7. 7.4.4 7.4.3 7.4.2 Culture Distribution of Resources Land Cover/ Use Jan. 3 Classes Resume Jan. 7 End of 2 nd Quarter Benchmark #2 Jan. 10 Professional Day Jan. 17 Dr. Martin Luther King Day Kinds of families Language Religion How and Why Cultures Change New Technologies How Ideas Spread Understanding Culture Chapter 5 Interacting with our Environment 7.5.2
What are natural resources Renewable Resources Living Resources Nonrenewable Resources Fossil Fuels Energy Land Use and Culture Land Use and Economic Activity Changes in Land Use People s Effect on the Environment United States and Canada Chapter 6 The U.S. and Canada Physical Landforms Special Features of the 6. 6.3.3 7. 7. 7.
U.S. Special Features of Canada Major Bodies of Water Great Lakes/Major Rivers Climate Zones Ocean Effects/ Mountain Effects Natural Vegetation Zones Northern Tundras/ Grasslands/ Desert Scrub/ Forests Resources and Land Use February 2011 Farmland/ Water/ Forests/ Energy and Mineral Resources/ Natural Gas/ Coal/Mining United States and Canada Chapter 7 The U.S. and Canada: 6. 6.3.3 Ancient n Civilizations Feb. 18 Parent Conferences
Shaped by History U.S. The First ns Europeans Arrive The English Colonists French and Indian War The Break with Britain The Louisiana Purchase The Indian Removal Act Manifest Destiny The Industrial Revolution The Civil War and Reconstruction 1865-1914 The World At War The US At Home and Abroad in the World Today 7. 7. 7.
Canada The French and the British Canada Sees Independence Postwar to Present A Parliamentary System The Comonwealth of Nations US/Canada Today Environmental Issues Water/Air Quality/ Renewing Forests Economics Has Made US Partners March 2011 The S. Lawrence Seaway Trade Chapter 10 Canada Provinces of Canada Ontario and 6. 6.3.3 7. 7. Province March 11 End of 3 rd Quarter Benchmarks #3
Quebec Prairie Provinces British Columbia The Atlantic Provinces The Northern Territories 4 th Quarter Latin Chapter 11 Latin : Physical Where is Latin Landforms of Latin Climate and Vegetation Resources and Land Use Chapter 12 Latin Shaped by History Early Civilizations 7. 6. 6.3.3 7. 7. 7. March 14-18 Spring Break
of Middle The Incas European Conquest Independence April 2011 From Past to Present Latin / Caribbean/ South Chapter 12 Latin : Shaped by History Chapter 13 Cultures of Mexico and Central 6. 6.3.3 7. 7. 7. OCCT Testing Window April 11-26 Testing extended until the 29 th for online Cultures of the Caribbean Cultures of South Chapter 14 Mexico and Central Mexico Moving to the City/Life in
Rural Mexico Guatemala May 2011 Panama Caribbean/ South Chapter 15- The Caribbean Cuba Haiti Puerto Rico Chapter 16 South Brazil Peru Chile Venezuela 6. 6.3.3 7. 7. 7. 6 th grade post test optional May 24 Last Day of Classes end of 4 th quarter May 25 Professional Day Snow Days March 25-27 If needed Review of Skills Memorial Day 30