Dover-Sherborn Middle School

Curriculum Road Maps

  

Course Title:           Social Studies                                       Grade: 6

 

Unit:                               India                              


Month Presented:  Late March- Early April            Unit Length (in weeks): 3       

 

 

Essential Question (s):

  •  What makes a civilization and what makes people civilized?

 

Learning Objectives:

Focus on content of development of India’s first civilizations.

Students will learn about the religions that developed in India.

Students will learn about the importance of geography in the development of India

Indicator Skills that we assess in 6th Grade Social Studies:

  1. Demonstrate values of respect, responsibility, honesty and effort.
  2. Maintain an organized approach to learning: taking notes, completing homework and classwork, and being prepared.
  3. Identify and utilize a variety of strategies to determine the meaning and usefulness of a source.
  4. Effectively identify and express the important contributions of the societies we study, both verbally and in writing.
  5. Apply facts learned to answer unit questions.
  6. Reflect on learning and community progress.

Skills focus for this unit:

ALL

 

Instructional Strategies & Activities:       

Complete maps of the region

Make connections between PERSIA GEM’s

Venn Diagram comparison of Hinduism and Buddhism                  

            

Materials Utilized:

 

Ancient Civilizations 

Assessment Strategies:

Nightly Homework

Unit Test

 Reflection journals.