Culture Standards
6.1.1 | 6.1.2 | 6.1.3 | 6.1.5 | 6.1.6 | 6.1.7 | 6.1.8

Components of Culture - Recognize the basic components of culture (i.e., language, common values, traditions, government, art, literature, and lifestyles).
6.1.1
G

Job Characteristics - Identify the job characteristics of archaeologists, anthropologists, geologists, and historians.
6.1.2
WH1, 2

Major Religions - Recognize the world's major religions and their founders (i.e., Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed).
6.1.3
WH1

Cultural Groups - Identify differences between various cultural groups (i.e., European, Eurasian, Indian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern, African, and Native American).
6.1.5
WH1, 2

Settlement - Recognize reasons that cultural groups develop or settle in specific physical environments.
6.1.6
G

Early Writing - Identify how early writing forms in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley influenced life (i.e., legal, religious, and culture).
6.1.7
WH1

Migration and Cultural Diffusion - Recognize how migration and cultural diffusion influenced the character of world societies (i.e., spread of religions, empire building, exploration, and languages).
6.1.8
G

Geography Standards
6.3.1 | 6.3.2 | 6.3.4 | 6.3.5 | 6.3.6 | 6.3.7

World Map - Identify the basic components of a world map (i.e., compass rose, map key, scale, latitude and longitude lines, continents, and oceans).
6.3.1
G

Geographic Forms - Identify basic geographic forms (i.e., rivers, lakes, bays, oceans, mountains, plateaus, deserts, plains, and coastal plains).
6.3.2
G

Reasons for Locating - Identify geographic reasons for the location of population centers prior to 1500 (i.e., coastal plains, deserts, mountains, and river valleys).
6.3.4
G

Understanding Maps - Use a variety of maps to understand geographic and historical information (i.e., political maps, resource maps, product maps, physical maps, climate maps, and vegetation maps).
6.3.5
G

Interpret a Graph - Interpret a graph that illustrates a major trend in world history (i.e., population growth, economic development, governance land areas, and growth of religions).
6.3.6
G

Early Civilizations - Identify the location of early civilizations on a map (i.e., Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Ancient Chinese, and Indian).
6.3.7
G

Types of Government - Recognize types of government (i.e., formal/informal, monarchy, direct/indirect democracy, republics, and theocracy).
6.4.1
GC

Governmental Organizations - Recognize the steps that give rise to complex governmental organizations (i.e., nomadic, farming, village, city, city-states, and states).
6.4.2
GC

Development of Written Laws - Identify the development of written laws (i.e., Hammurabi’s Code, Justinian Code, and Magna Carta).
6.4.3
GC

Individuals in Socities - Recognize the roles assigned to individuals in various societies (i.e., caste systems, feudal systems, city-state systems, and class systems).
6.4.4
GC

Individual Citizen Life - Compare and contrast the lives of individual citizens in various governmental organizations (i.e., monarchial systems, feudal systems, caste systems, and democratic systems-Greek).
6.4.5
GC

Timeline - Read a timeline and order events of the past between prehistory and the Renaissance.
6.5.1
WH1, 2

Types of Communities - Recognize the types of early communities (i.e., nomadic, fishing, and farming).
6.5.2
WH1

Identify Artifacts - Identify types of artifacts by pictorial representation (i.e., Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Chinese, Native American, Medieval, and Renaissance).
6.5.3
WH1, 2

Technological Advances - Identify major technological advances (i.e., tools, wheel, irrigation, river dikes, development of farming, advances in weaponry, written language, and printing press).
6.5.5
WH1, 2

Time Designations - Recognize the designations for time dating (i.e., BCE, AD, centuries, decades, prehistoric, and historic).
6.5.6
WH1, 2

Major Time Periods - Recognize major historical time periods (i.e., Early Civilizations, Classical Period, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and Renaissance).
6.5.7
WH1, 2

Primary Sources - Identify conclusions about early world historical events using primary and secondary sources.
6.5.8
WH1, 2

Language - Identify the development of written and spoken languages (i.e., Roman alphabet, Latin word origins, Romance Languages).
6.5.10
WH1, 2

Characteristics of Society - Identify characteristics including economy, social relations, religion, and political authority of various societies (i.e., Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek City-States, Roman Empire, Indian, and Medieval).
6.5.11
WH1, 2

Cases of Change - Recognize the possible causes of change in civilizations (i.e., environmental change, political collapse, new ideas, warfare, overpopulation, unreliable food sources, and diseases).
6.5.12
WH1, 2

Mythology - Recognize the significant mythologies of the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
6.5.17
WH1

Groups Impacting History - Identify examples of groups impacting world history (i.e., Muslims, Christians, Mongolians, Vikings, slave traders, explorers, merchants/traders, and inventors.)
6.6.1
WH1, 2

Individuals Impacting History - Recognize the impact of individuals on world history (i.e., Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, William the Conqueror, Ramses II, Julius Caesar, Socrates, Aristotle, Marco Polo, Alexander the Great, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Martin Luther, and Johannes Gutenberg).
6.6.2
WH1, 2

Individuals Changing Groups - Describe the ways in which individuals can change groups (i.e., Martin Luther – Christian church, William of Normandy – English Monarchy, Joan of Arc – Hundred Years War, and Buddha – Chinese Culture).
6.6.3
WH1, 2