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Skills available for Virginia sixth-grade social studies standards

IXL's sixth-grade skills will be aligned to the Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023) soon! Until then, you can view a complete list of sixth-grade standards below.

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Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Effects of Reconstruction Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Effects of Reconstruction
Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Industrialization and Growth Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Industrialization and Growth
Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Late 20th–Early 21st Century Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Late 20th–Early 21st Century
Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Science and Technology Since the Turn of the Century Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Science and Technology Since the Turn of the Century
Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Skills Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Skills
Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): The Cold War Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): The Cold War
Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): The Second World War and America's Transformation Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): The Second World War and America's Transformation
Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Westward Expansion and Its Impact on Indigenous Peoples Virginia Standards of Learning (adopted in 2023): Westward Expansion and Its Impact on Indigenous Peoples
Virginia Standards of Learning: United States History 1865 to Present Virginia Standards of Learning: United States History 1865 to Present
Virginia Standards of Learning: United States History to 1865 Virginia Standards of Learning: United States History to 1865

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Westward Expansion and Its Impact on Indigenous Peoples

USII.1 The student will apply history and social science skills to examine westward expansion after the mid-19th century by
- a explaining how technology allowed settlers to adapt to the physical features and climate of the West
  - Industrialization in the Gilded Age (6)
- b identifying the motivations for westward expansion
- c examining the impact of policies, legislation, and treaties associated with the growth of the nation; and
- d explaining the effect that the growth of the United States had on Indigenous peoples.
  - Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears (6)

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Westward Expansion and Its Impact on Indigenous Peoples

USII.1 The student will apply history and social science skills to examine westward expansion after the mid-19th century by

a explaining how technology allowed settlers to adapt to the physical features and climate of the West

b identifying the motivations for westward expansion

c examining the impact of policies, legislation, and treaties associated with the growth of the nation; and

d explaining the effect that the growth of the United States had on Indigenous peoples.