Standards and Goals for 6th Grade
Language Arts
From Common Core State Standards for 6th Grade This is not a comprehensive list of the Common Core Standards for 6th grade, but rather a summary of some key ideas and goals. Below the list is a link to the complete Common Core Standards for more information. Reading Students should able to:
Speaking and Listening Students should be able to:
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Social Studies
From Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's published Social Studies Standards: In sixth grade, students are ready to deepen their understanding of the Earth and its peoples through the study of history, geography, politics, culture, and economic systems. The recommended context for social studies learning in sixth grade is world history and geography. Students begin their examination of the world by exploring the location, place, and spatial organization of the world’s major regions. This exploration is then followed by looking at world history from its beginnings. Students are given an opportunity to study a few ancient civilizations deeply. In this way, students develop higher levels of critical thinking by considering why civilizations developed where and when they did and why they declined. Students analyze the interactions among the various cultures, emphasizing their enduring contributions and the link between the contemporary and ancient worlds. Goals Social studies education contributes to developing responsible citizens in a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world. Social studies equips students to understand their own power and their own responsibility as citizens of the world’s most powerful democracy. It equips them to make sound judgments and to actively contribute to sustaining a democratic society, to good stewardship of the natural environment, and to the health and prosperity of their own communities. What Students Should Know and Be Able To Do Here are the capacities we want social studies to build in each student: 1. Knowledge of history, geography, civics and economics is fundamental to students’ ability to understand the world we live in. 2. Inquiry, interpersonal relations, and critical reasoning skills include the ability to gather, interpret and analyze information, to engage in respectful and productive civic discourse, and to draw conclusions consistent with one’s own values and beliefs. 3. Respect for the values of a diverse and democratic society motivates students to safeguard their own rights and the rights of others and to fulfill their responsibilities as citizens in a democracy. 4. A commitment to civic participation is the result of social studies education that includes opportunities for students to understand and experience their own power to make a positive difference through service to their communities and the world Reference: Washington State 6th Grade Social Studies Standards |