Sixth grade social studies

IXL offers more than 100 sixth grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

IXL offers more than 100 sixth grade social studies skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalized Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or standardized test.

A. Prehistory

  1. 1
    The Neolithic Period

B. Ancient Mesopotamia

  1. 1
    Early Mesopotamia
  2. 2
    Mesopotamian empires

C. Ancient Egypt and Kush

  1. 1
    Ancient Egypt: the Old Kingdom
  2. 2
    Ancient Egyptian religion
  3. 3
    The kingdoms of Kush

D. Early China

  1. 1
    Ancient China
  2. 2
    Early Chinese thought
  3. 3
    The Qin Empire
  4. 4
    The Han Dynasty
  5. 5
    Science and technology in early China
  6. 6
    The teachings of Confucius

E. Ancient South Asia

  1. 1
    The Indus Civilization
  2. 2
    The Mauryan Empire
  3. 3
    The Gupta Empire

F. Comparing ancient river civilizations

  1. 1
    Compare ancient river civilizations: geography and society
  2. 2
    Compare ancient river civilizations: achievements and legacy

G. The Silk Road

  1. 1
    The ancient Silk Road: geography and transportation
  2. 2
    The ancient Silk Road: goods and ideas
  3. 3
    The medieval Silk Road

H. World religions

  1. 1
    Origins of Judaism
  2. 2
    Origins of Christianity
  3. 3
    Origins of Islam
  4. 4
    Origins of Hinduism
  5. 5
    Origins of Buddhism

K. Islamic empires

  1. 1
    Early Islamic conquests
  2. 2
    Early Islamic caliphates

L. African empires

  1. 1
    The Ghana Empire
  2. 2
    Origins and development of the Mali Empire
  3. 3
    The Songhai Empire

M. Medieval Asia

  1. 1
    The Mongol Empire
  2. 2
    Medieval Japan

N. Medieval Europe

  1. 1
    Feudal Europe
  2. 2
    The Crusades
  3. 3
    The Middle Ages after 1100

P. Native peoples of Mesoamerica and South America

  1. 1
    Foundations of Maya civilization
  2. 2
    Foundations of Inca civilization
  3. 3
    Foundations of Aztec civilization

Q. Native peoples of North America

  1. 1
    Pre-contact Native peoples: introduction
  2. 2
    Native peoples of the Southwest

S. Read maps

  1. 1
    Identify lines of latitude and longitude
  2. 2
    Use lines of latitude and longitude

T. Physical geography

  1. 1
    Oceans and continents
  2. 2
    Identify Earth's land features using photographs
  3. 3
    Identify Earth's land features using satellite images

U. The Americas: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: South America
  2. 2
    Country profile: Brazil

W. Europe: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: Europe

Y. Africa: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: West and Central Africa

AA. The Middle East: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: the Middle East

BB. Asia: society and environment

  1. 1
    Region profile: East Asia
  2. 2
    Country profile: China
  3. 3
    Country profile: Japan

DD. Oceania: geography

  1. 1
    Identify and select countries of Oceania
  2. 2
    Name countries of Oceania

EE. Government

  1. 1
    Purposes of government
  2. 2
    The Legislative Branch
  3. 3
    The Executive Branch
  4. 4
    The Judicial Branch
  5. 5
    Checks and balances
  6. 6
    State and local government
  7. 7
    International organizations

FF. The Constitution

  1. 1
    The Constitution: structure and principles
  2. 2
    The Constitution: amendments
  3. 3
    The Bill of Rights

GG. The legal system

  1. 1
    Laws and courts

HH. Citizenship

  1. 1
    Citizenship and the naturalization process
  2. 2
    Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship

II. Basic economic principles

  1. 1
    What is economics?
  2. 2
    Costs and benefits
  3. 3
    Opportunity cost
  4. 4
    Trade and specialization
  5. 5
    What is a market?

KK. Financial literacy

  1. 1
    Banks
  2. 2
    Methods of payment

MM. Chronology and causation

  1. 1
    Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE