Colorado 6th Grade Social Studies Standards

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SS.6.1 History

• SS.6.1.1 Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources to ask and research historical questions about the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.1.1.a Identify ways different cultures record history in the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.1.1.b Analyze multiple primary and secondary sources while formulating historical questions about the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.1.1.c Gather, organize, synthesize, and critique information to determine if it is sufficient to answer historical questions about the Western Hemisphere.
• SS.6.1.2 The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes within regions of the Western Hemisphere and their relationships with one another.
  • SS.6.1.2.a Explain how people, products, cultures, and ideas interact and are interconnected in the Western Hemisphere and how they have impacted modern times.
  • SS.6.1.2.b Determine and explain the historical context of key people, events, and ideas over time including the examination of different perspectives from people involved.
  • SS.6.1.2.c Identify examples of the social, political, cultural, and economic development in key areas of the Western Hemisphere.

SS.6.2 Geography

• SS.6.2.1 Use geographic tools and resources to research and make geographic inferences and predictions about the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.2.1.a Use geographic tools to identify, locate and describe places and regions in the Western Hemisphere, to solve problems.
  • SS.6.2.1.b Collect, analyze, and synthesize data from geographic tools to compare regions in the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.2.1.c Examine geographic sources to formulate questions and investigate responses.
  • SS.6.2.1.d Interpret, apply, and communicate geographic data to justify potential solutions to problems in the Western Hemisphere at the local, state, national, and global levels.
• SS.6.2.2 Regional differences and perspectives in the Western Hemisphere impact human and environmental interactions.
  • SS.6.2.2.a Classify and analyze the types of human and geographic connections between places.
  • SS.6.2.2.b Identify physical features of the Western Hemisphere and explain their effects on people who reside in the region.
  • SS.6.2.2.c Analyze positive and negative interactions of human and physical systems in the Western Hemisphere and give examples of how people have adapted to their physical environment.

SS.6.3 Economics

• SS.6.3.1 Investigate how societies create different economic systems in the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.3.1.a Describe how economic systems in the Western Hemisphere (such as traditional, command, market, and mixed) allocate resources.
  • SS.6.3.1.b Use economic reasoning to explain how specialization of production can result in more interdependence.
• SS.6.3.2 Investigate the role of consumers within the Western Hemisphere (PFL).
  • SS.6.3.2.a Explain the roles of buyers and sellers in product, labor, and financial markets
  • SS.6.3.2.b Describe the role of competition in the determination of prices and wages in a market economy.
  • SS.6.3.2.c Explore how consumer spending decisions and demand impact market economies.
  • SS.6.3.2.d Analyze how external factors might influence spending decisions for different individuals.

SS.6.4 Civics

• SS.6.4.1 Analyze the relationships of different nations in the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.4.1.a Discuss advantages and disadvantages of living in an interconnected world.
  • SS.6.4.1.b Examine changes and connections in ideas about citizenship in different times and places in the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.4.1.c Describe how groups and individuals influence governments within the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.4.1.d Explain how political ideas and significant people have interacted, are interconnected, and have influenced nations.
  • SS.6.4.1.e Analyze political issues from national and global perspectives over time.
  • SS.6.4.1.f Identify historical examples illustrating how people from diverse backgrounds in the Western Hemisphere perceived and reacted to various global issues.
• SS.6.4.2 Systems of government in the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.4.2.a Describe different systems of government in the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.4.2.b Identify how different systems of government relate to their citizens in the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.4.2.c Compare the economic components of the different systems of government in the Western Hemisphere.
  • SS.6.4.2.d Compare the various governments and citizens’ liberties in the Western Hemisphere.