California
Grade Six
History-Social Science Content Standards.
World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations
6.1 Students describe what is known through archaeological studies of the
early physical and cultural development of humankind from the Paleolithic
era to the agricultural revolution.
1. Describe the hunter-gatherer societies, including the development of
tools and the use of fire.
2. Identify the locations of human communities that populated the major
regions of the world and describe how humans adapted to a variety of
environments.
3. Discuss the climatic changes and human modifications of the physical
environment that gave rise to the domestication of plants and animals and
new sources of clothing and shelter.
Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills
Chronological and Spatial Thinking
1. Students explain how major events are related to one another in
time.
2. Students construct various time lines of key events, people, and
periods of the historical era they are studying.
3. Students use a variety of maps and documents to identify physical
and cultural features of neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries and to
explain the historical migration of people, expansion and disintegration of
empires, and the growth of economic systems.
California
Grade Six
English-language Arts Content Standards.
Research and Technology
1.4 Use organizational features of electronic text (e.g., bulletin boards,
databases, keyword searches, e-mail addresses) to locate information.
