2016-17 Social Studies with Mr. Carter
Our Curriculum builds understanding of the “emergence, expansion and decline of civilizations and societies from the beginning of human existence to the Age of Exploration…. a systematic look at the history and culture of various world regions”.
Social Studies for this year will focus on the following:
Quarter 1: Geography, Ancient Americas, Egypt and the Fertile Crescent
Quarter 2: Greece, Rome, The Byzantine Empire
Quarter 3: Middle East and Islamic Expansion, Medieval and Renaissance Europe, Pre-Colonial Africa
Quarter 4: Ancient and Pre-Colonial Asia inc. India, Pakistan, China, Korea, and Japan
The Department of Public Instruction makes the full set of standards available.
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/curriculum/socialstudies/scos/6.pdf
This class will emphasize Inquiry (asking questions), making connections between ancient cultures and our modern society, and using history to build understanding of today’s world. This class will also support our school magnet theme of Leadership and University Connections. Some standards will build specific Social Studies and literacy skills, while others will require students to know specific information about the civilizations. Many lessons will integrate content from other core subjects and STEM.
Students will need to bring their Social Studies notebook and their Agenda to class every day.
Homework will not be given every night, but three major projects are assigned each quarter.
Mr. Carter’s website and the student agenda are the best tools for home-school communication.
10% Homework
60% Projects, Unit tests and Vocabulary Assessments
30% Classwork, quizzes, and other daily tasks
School Laptops and BYOD technology will be used weekly but not daily. Clips of films and movie trailers will be shown, but no extended scenes or full movies will be shown.
Social Studies content may, at times, bring controversial topics up for discussion. Issues of Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, Religion, war, and justice are essential to our exploration of the cultures we study. Please let me know of individual concerns if they arise. Please note that our upcoming elections are not part of our curriculum, and will be one of the few topics NOT discussed in 6th grade Social Studies classes.
Mr. Carter sets high expectations for all learners, but is always ready to individualize and customize strategies to meet the needs of individual learners.
Our Curriculum builds understanding of the “emergence, expansion and decline of civilizations and societies from the beginning of human existence to the Age of Exploration…. a systematic look at the history and culture of various world regions”.
Social Studies for this year will focus on the following:
Quarter 1: Geography, Ancient Americas, Egypt and the Fertile Crescent
Quarter 2: Greece, Rome, The Byzantine Empire
Quarter 3: Middle East and Islamic Expansion, Medieval and Renaissance Europe, Pre-Colonial Africa
Quarter 4: Ancient and Pre-Colonial Asia inc. India, Pakistan, China, Korea, and Japan
The Department of Public Instruction makes the full set of standards available.
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/curriculum/socialstudies/scos/6.pdf
This class will emphasize Inquiry (asking questions), making connections between ancient cultures and our modern society, and using history to build understanding of today’s world. This class will also support our school magnet theme of Leadership and University Connections. Some standards will build specific Social Studies and literacy skills, while others will require students to know specific information about the civilizations. Many lessons will integrate content from other core subjects and STEM.
Students will need to bring their Social Studies notebook and their Agenda to class every day.
Homework will not be given every night, but three major projects are assigned each quarter.
Mr. Carter’s website and the student agenda are the best tools for home-school communication.
10% Homework
60% Projects, Unit tests and Vocabulary Assessments
30% Classwork, quizzes, and other daily tasks
School Laptops and BYOD technology will be used weekly but not daily. Clips of films and movie trailers will be shown, but no extended scenes or full movies will be shown.
Social Studies content may, at times, bring controversial topics up for discussion. Issues of Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, Religion, war, and justice are essential to our exploration of the cultures we study. Please let me know of individual concerns if they arise. Please note that our upcoming elections are not part of our curriculum, and will be one of the few topics NOT discussed in 6th grade Social Studies classes.
Mr. Carter sets high expectations for all learners, but is always ready to individualize and customize strategies to meet the needs of individual learners.