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Skills available for Utah sixth-grade social studies standards
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- Utah Core Standards Elementary (adopted in 2022): Colonization, Imperialism and Independence Movements Utah Core Standards Elementary (adopted in 2022): Colonization, Imperialism and Independence Movements
- Utah Core Standards Elementary (adopted in 2022): Globalization Utah Core Standards Elementary (adopted in 2022): Globalization
- Utah Core Standards Elementary (adopted in 2022): Our Modern World (World Religions, Cold War Era, Current Global Events/Issues) Utah Core Standards Elementary (adopted in 2022): Our Modern World (World Religions, Cold War Era, Current Global Events/Issues)
- Utah Core Standards Elementary (adopted in 2022): World Civilizations Utah Core Standards Elementary (adopted in 2022): World Civilizations
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Our Modern World
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Students will examine varying perspectives and opportunities for civic responsibilities based on the backdrop of two world wars, competing economic systems, and unprecedented technological changes. They will review how human and civil rights have developed over time, and use current events to increase awareness and identify possible solutions.
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6.4.1 Use primary and secondary sources to describe the impact and/or lasting historical significance of at least two major global events of the 20th–21st centuries not previously studied (for example, the Cold War, Vietnam, genocides, trade wars, terrorism, human rights movements).
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6.4.2 Summarize the main differences between economic systems across the world (including communism, free market capitalism, individualism, socialism). Discuss the relationship between these systems and the concepts of freedom, equality, and fairness.
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6.4.3 Determine how human rights and responsibilities around the world have developed over time, and identify ways individuals and organizations work to protect rights considered essential for all humans.
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6.4.4 Cite current national and/or global events that exemplify the concept of global interconnectedness.
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