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Skills available for Alaska sixth-grade social studies standards

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Theme 1 Physical Environment

  • 16 Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

    • SS.6.1.16.1 Demonstrate an understanding of how humans impact their environment.

    • SS.6.1.16.2 Analyze the impact of natural disasters and human-induced hazards on human populations.

    • SS.6.1.16.3 Evaluate the human response to current and historical disasters, both human-made and natural.

  • 17 Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns

    • SS.6.1.17.1 Examine the causes of historical and continuing conflicts in Alaska.

    • SS.6.1.17.2 Analyze how the geography of Alaska's regions influences the conflicts and alliances that arise during war.

    • SS.6.1.17.3 Evaluate the impact of war on Alaska's ecosystems, resources, and landscapes, recognizing the environmental changes caused by military activities.

  • 18 Geographic Representations and Reasoning

    • SS.6.1.18.1 Define absolute and relative location using real‐world examples.

    • SS.6.1.18.2 Draft and utilize a variety of maps to communicate information.

    • SS.6.1.18.3 Construct and interpret latitudinal and longitudinal representations of absolute locations using X and Y axes.

    • SS.6.1.18.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the defining characteristics and placement of the physical regions of Alaska.

  • 19 Human Populations: Spatial Patterns and Movements

  • 20 Geography of Alaska

    • SS.6.1.20.1 Identify the characteristics of the local physical environment and its impact on inhabitants.

    • SS.6.1.20.2 Demonstrate an understanding of the interactions between the earth, sun, moon, tides, and seasons both locally and globally.

Theme 2 Peoples of Alaska

  • 14 The Global Economy

    • SS.6.2.14.1 Identify historical and contemporary populations that have migrated to Alaska in the past 200 years.

    • SS.6.2.14.2 Examine the narratives, experiences, and impacts of various immigrant groups who have inhabited Alaska.

    • SS.6.2.14.3 Engage in discussions of factors that could lead to future immigration to Alaska.

  • 16 Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

    • SS.6.2.16.1 Describe characteristics of historical and current human populations and determine how they vary by location.

  • 19 Human Populations: Spatial Patterns and Movements

    • SS.6.2.19.1 Investigate complex and diverse characteristics of human cultures across time and place, using multiple sources of information.

    • SS.6.2.19.2 Describe the characteristics of civilizations using real-world examples.

  • 21 Perspectives

    • SS.6.2.21.1 Research Alaska Native groups through examination of oral histories, primary sources, and contributions over time.

    • SS.6.2.21.2 Explain the connection between culture and geography.

  • 22 Historical Sources and Evidence

  • 23 Change, Continuity, and Context

    • SS.6.2.23.1 Identify the factors that led to initial Russian and European contact.

    • SS.6.2.23.2 Evaluate the immediate and long-term effects of colonization on Alaska Native groups.

Theme 3 Resources and Economics

  • 11 Economic Systems, Models, and Markets

  • 13 The National Economy

    • SS.6.3.13.1 Analyze how Alaska's resources impact national supply and demand.

  • 15 Alaska Economies: State, Local, and Tribal

    • SS.6.3.15.1 Explain how local, Tribal, and state government agencies work to sustain resources and promote economic development in Alaska.

  • 16 Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

    • SS.6.3.16.1 Evaluate how historical perspectives, ways of knowing, values, and current practices of Alaska Natives influence land, water, and resource uses.

    • SS.6.3.16.2 Explain how Alaska's geographic location and resources have affected the state and the world.

    • SS.6.3.16.3 Analyze and evaluate the impact of past management of Alaska's resources.

    • SS.6.3.16.4 Formulate clear and focused questions about future resource use in Alaska.

    • SS.6.3.16.5 Collaborate to create a plan for future preservation or use of Alaska's resources.

    • SS.6.3.16.6 Evaluate how resource extraction in Alaska impacts government, economics, environment, and populations, identifying both positives and negatives.

    • SS.6.3.16.7 Evaluate changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources over time due to forces of cooperation and conflict.

    • SS.6.3.16.8 Discuss how the resources of Alaska shaped the history of different regions.

  • 18 Geographic Representations and Reasoning

    • SS.6.3.18.1 Create maps of Alaska that show how physical characteristics have influenced where and how humans have settled.

Theme 4 Community Awareness

  • 6 Civic and Political Institutions and Systems

  • 7 Participation and Deliberation

  • 8 Processes, Rules, and Laws

    • SS.6.4.8.1 Evaluate and compare procedures for making decisions at the Tribal, local, state, and national levels.

    • SS.6.4.8.2 Assess specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) as means of addressing public concerns.

    • SS.6.4.8.3 Identify the interconnectivity of local, Tribal, and state processes, rule, and laws.

  • 9 Alaska's Governments

    • SS.6.4.9.1 Describe essential characteristics of Alaska's local, Tribal, and state governments and their roles both locally and statewide.

    • SS.6.4.9.2 Identify key components of political relationships between the federal government and Alaska Native groups.

  • 10 Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Citizens

  • 12 Decision-Making and Personal Finance