Iowa

Inquiry Standards

• Inquiry Practice: Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

  • SS.6.1 Develop or refine compelling or supporting questions about a disciplinary issue.

• Inquiry Practice: Gather, Interpret, and Evaluate Sources

  • SS.6.2 Gather relevant information from primary or secondary sources by evaluating the source's origin.

    • Identify primary and secondary sources (6-LL.1)
    • Source analysis: the Boston Massacre (6-LL.3)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (6-LL.4)
    • Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address (6-LL.5)

  • SS.6.3 Evaluate the credibility of primary or secondary sources by determining their relevance and intended purpose.

• Inquiry Practice: Claims and Evidence

  • SS.6.4 Identify evidence from multiple sources and perspectives to support a claim.

• Inquiry Practice: Communicate Conclusions

  • SS.6.5 Construct responses to a compelling or supporting question using reasoning and evidence.

• Inquiry Practice: Civic Engagement and Participation

  • SS.6.6 Explain the opportunities and challenges people face when trying to address issues in a community.

The Foundation and Rise of Civilizations: Mesopotamia

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.6.7 Identify physical features of Mesopotamia.

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.6.8 Identify how geography affected daily life in Mesopotamia.

  • SS.6.9 Compare Iowa's geography, natural resources and climate to other regions of the world.

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.10 Identify the meaning of time labels and abbreviations used by historians.

    • Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE (6-MM.1)

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.6.11 Define the characteristics of a civilization.

  • SS.6.12 Summarize the lasting achievements of Mesopotamia.

    • Early Mesopotamia (6-B.1)
    • Mesopotamian empires (6-B.2)

The Ancient World: Egypt and the Beginnings of Judaism

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.6.13 Identify physical features of present-day Egypt.

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.6.14 Identify how geography affected daily life in Ancient Egypt.

    • Ancient Egypt: the Old Kingdom (6-C.1)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.15 Identify what characterized each major era in Egyptian history.

    • Ancient Egypt: the Old Kingdom (6-C.1)

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.6.16 Describe the characteristics of Ancient Egypt that make it a civilization.

    • Ancient Egypt: the Old Kingdom (6-C.1)
    • Ancient Egyptian religion (6-C.2)

  • SS.6.17 Explain how migration and key figures impacted the origins and expansion of Judaism to the geographic area of modern-day Israel.

    • Origins of Judaism (6-H.1)

  • SS.6.18 Identify the central beliefs of Judaism.

    • Origins of Judaism (6-H.1)

The Ancient World: Greece

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.6.19 Identify physical features of present-day Greece.

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.6.20 Identify how geography affected daily life in Ancient Greece.

    • Classical Athens: geography and society (6-I.1)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.21 Identify characteristics of major periods in Ancient Greek history.

    • Classical Athens: geography and society (6-I.1)
    • Classical Athens: government and culture (6-I.2)
    • Alexander the Great (6-I.5)

• Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

  • SS.6.22 Explain the various forms of government in Ancient Greece.

    • Classical Athens: government and culture (6-I.2)
    • Comparing Athens and Sparta: part I (6-I.3)

• History: Multiple Perspectives

  • SS.6.23 Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta.

    • Comparing Athens and Sparta: part I (6-I.3)
    • Comparing Athens and Sparta: part II (6-I.4)

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.6.24 Summarize the lasting achievements of Ancient Greece.

    • Classical Athens: government and culture (6-I.2)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.25 Analyze the causes and effects of key wars in Ancient Greece.

Ancient Rome

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.6.26 Identify the physical features of present-day Rome and Italy.

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.6.27 Identify how geography affected daily life in Ancient Rome.

    • The beginnings of Rome (6-J.1)

• Civics/Government: Citizenship and Civic Rights and Responsibilities

  • SS.6.28 Analyze how Roman laws and government influenced Roman society.

    • Early Roman society and politics (6-J.2)
    • Roman government: monarchy to republic (6-J.3)
    • The Roman Republic: part I (6-J.4)
    • The Roman Republic: part II (6-J.5)

• History: Historical Interpretation and Argumentation

  • SS.6.29 Analyze the causes and effects of Rome's transition from a republic to an empire.

    • Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic (6-J.6)
    • Augustus and the rise of the Roman Empire (6-J.7)
    • Pax Romana (6-J.8)

• Civics/Government: Constitutional Principles and Civic Virtues

  • SS.6.30 Investigate the beginning and growth of the Christianity and its impact on the Roman Empire.

    • Origins of Christianity (6-H.2)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.31 Determine the political, economic, and social factors that led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

    • The fall of the Western Roman Empire (6-J.9)

The Ancient World: China

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.6.32 Identify the physical features of present-day China.

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.6.33 Identify how geography affected life in Ancient China.

    • Ancient China (6-D.1)

  • SS.6.34 Compare Iowa's geography, natural resources and climate to other regions of the world.

• Geography: Global Connections

  • SS.6.35 Explain how the Silk Road connected people through trade, ideas, or beliefs.

    • The ancient Silk Road: geography and transportation (6-G.1)
    • The ancient Silk Road: goods and ideas (6-G.2)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.36 Explain what a dynasty is and how rule by a succession of families demonstrated how power was passed down.

    • Ancient China (6-D.1)
    • The Qin Empire (6-D.3)
    • The Han Dynasty (6-D.4)

• History: Multiple Perspectives

  • SS.6.37 Describe the relationship among social classes in China.

• Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

  • SS.6.38 Identify the main tenets of major Chinese philosophies regarding political and social organization.

    • Early Chinese thought (6-D.2)
    • The teachings of Confucius (6-D.6)

The Early Civilizations of Central and South America

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.6.39 Identify the physical features of present-day Central and South America.

• Geography: Human-Environment Interaction

  • SS.6.40 Describe how geography affected life in the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations.

    • Foundations of Maya civilization (6-P.1)
    • Foundations of Inca civilization (6-P.2)
    • Foundations of Aztec civilization (6-P.3)

• History: Multiple Perspectives

  • SS.6.41 Examine the relationships among social classes in the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations.

    • Foundations of Aztec civilization (6-P.3)

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.6.42 Describe the role of religion in the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations.

    • Foundations of Maya civilization (6-P.1)

• History: Comparison and Corroboration

  • SS.6.43 Analyze the reasons behind the decline of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations.

Medieval Europe

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.6.44 Identify the physical features of present-day Europe.

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.45 Describe the importance of the Roman Catholic Church as a political, intellectual, and spiritual institution.

    • Feudal Europe (6-N.1)

• Civics/Government: Constitutional Principles and Civic Virtues

  • SS.6.46 Describe how new laws and government changes in medieval England helped shape the rules and freedoms we have today.

    • The Middle Ages after 1100 (6-N.3)

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.6.47 Outline the causes and course of the religious Crusades and their impact on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe and the Middle East.

    • The Crusades (6-N.2)

  • SS.6.48 Describe the significance of the 100 Years War.

Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Exploration

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.49 Describe cultural and economic developments in Italy and Northern Europe that allowed for the start of the Renaissance.

    • Renaissance origins (6-O.1)

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.6.50 Summarize major technological innovations of the Renaissance and their impacts on society.

    • The Scientific Revolution (6-O.4)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.51 Analyze the historical development of the Protestant Reformation.

    • The Reformation (6-O.3)

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.6.52 Discuss the response to the Protestant Reformation among political and religious institutions.

    • The Reformation (6-O.3)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.53 Analyze why European countries were motivated to explore the world.

    • The Age of Exploration: origins (6-R.1)
    • Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part I (6-R.2)
    • Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part II (6-R.3)
    • French and English expeditions: part I (6-R.4)
    • French and English expeditions: part II (6-R.5)

  • SS.6.54 Analyze the role of individual leaders and explorers in influencing the events and consequences of European exploration.

    • Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part I (6-R.2)
    • Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part II (6-R.3)

• Geography: Human Movement and Patterns

  • SS.6.55 Explain how European exploration impacted indigenous populations.

    • Portuguese and Spanish expeditions: part II (6-R.3)
    • The Columbian Exchange (6-R.6)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.6.56 Describe how major events like the Renaissance, Reformation, and Age of Exploration happened around the same time and how they influenced each other and changed the world.

Financial Literacy

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Saving, Spending, and Investing

  • SS.6.57 Identify influences to a personal budget.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Financial and Career Goals

  • SS.6.58 Identify personal strengths and interests related to career and financial planning.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Economic Systems

  • SS.6.59 Identify the type of economic system in the United States.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Financial and Career Goals

  • SS.6.60 Describe how jobs contribute to the community and economy.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Credit and Risk Management

  • SS.6.61 Explain how debit cards differ from credit cards, gift cards, and savings accounts.

    • Methods of payment (6-KK.2)