The students will practice using the Five Themes of Geography by reading a text on Dog Sledding.  

 

Next, we will move to basic Map skills, Continents and Oceans, The difference between a Map and a Glode, Latitude and Longitude, and Components on a Map.

Welcome to Social Studies!

 

6th grade Social Studies works with 4 overall Units, Geography, History, Economics, and Civics. 

 

We will start the year with Geography, both Physical and Human Geography. 

The structure of Social Studies class is we work on Vocabulary, taking notes, using Informational text and then apply all the knowledge with a project. 

 

This week we will be focusing on Physical and Human Geography and learning about the 5 Themes of Geography.