| Galena City School District | ||
| Standards and Skills | ||
| SS.06 | Social Studies - Grade 6 | |
| SS.06.01 | identify examples and compare the roles of government agencies. | |
| SS.06.01.01 | - identify the role of police. | |
| SS.06.01.02 | - identify the role of the court system. | |
| SS.06.01.03 | - differentiate elected and appointed officials. | |
| SS.06.01.04 | - identify the role of city councils. | |
| SS.06.01.05 | - identify the role of state and federal legislatures. | |
| SS.06.02 | analyze decision-making as a component of the democratic process. | |
| SS.06.02.01 | - identify examples and explain the purpose of political campaigns. | |
| SS.06.02.02 | - identify examples and explain the purpose of city council actions. | |
| SS.06.02.03 | - identify examples and explain the purpose of referenda and initiatives. | |
| SS.06.02.04 | - identify examples of private citizen decisions and civil action. | |
| SS.06.02.05 | - identify examples of business corporate actions. | |
| SS.06.02.06 | - identify and tell the function of the 3 branches of government. | |
| SS.06.02.07 | - differentiate executive, judicial, and legislative actions. | |
| SS.06.02.08 | - identify different points of view about an issue. | |
| SS.06.02.09 | - differentiate fact from opinion. | |
| SS.06.02.10 | - interpret opinions expressed by officials and citizens about a public issue. | |
| SS.06.02.11 | - interpret the effect of a yes or no vote on a referendum ballot. | |
| SS.06.03 | evaluate the effect of taxes. | |
| SS.06.03.01 | - define taxes. | |
| SS.06.03.02 | - identify different kinds of taxes (sales, income, property). | |
| SS.06.03.03 | - tell how decisions are made in a community to spend taxes. | |
| SS.06.03.04 | - tell how decisions are made at the state level to spend taxes. | |
| SS.06.03.05 | - tell how decisions are made at the federal level to spend taxes. | |
| SS.06.03.06 | - tell how tax dollars affect the citizen at local, state, and federal levels. | |
| SS.06.04 | apply the Bill of Rights. | |
| SS.06.04.01 | - list and define the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. | |
| SS.06.04.02 | - identify examples of the Bill of Rights functioning in everyday life. | |
| SS.06.05 | define and identify examples of hunter-gatherer societies. | |
| SS.06.05.01 | - compare hunter-gatherer societies to modern information age society. | |
| SS.06.05.02 | - explain that hunter-gatherer societies moved in search of food and shelter. | |
| SS.06.06 | apply concepts of global economics. | |
| SS.06.06.01 | - define and identify examples of exports. | |
| SS.06.06.02 | - define and identify examples of imports. | |
| SS.06.06.03 | - define and identify examples of raw materials and manufactured goods. | |
| SS.06.06.04 | - define trade balance. | |
| SS.06.06.05 | - analyze the effect of uniform currency within and between countries. | |
| SS.06.06.06 | - define and identify examples of global economy. | |
| SS.06.06.07 | - tell how events in one country could affect the economy of another. | |
| SS.06.07 | analyze the functioning of a free market economy. | |
| SS.06.07.01 | - identify examples which show the relationship of supply and demand. | |
| SS.06.07.02 | - define monopoly and give an example. | |
| SS.06.07.03 | - define trade secret and give an example. | |
| SS.06.07.04 | - tell how supply and demand can affect wages. | |
| SS.06.07.05 | - explain how changes in supply/demand can affect service wages. | |
| SS.06.07.06 | - explain how changes in supply/demand can affect manufacturing wages. | |
| SS.06.07.07 | - differentiate service and manufacturing jobs. | |
| SS.06.07.08 | - evaluate the effect of competition on production/distribution/consumption. | |
| SS.06.07.09 | - synthesize information about economics from diagrams, process charts, and graphs. | |
| SS.06.08 | evaluate the function of marketing. | |
| SS.06.08.01 | - define marketing. | |
| SS.06.08.02 | - define advertising. | |
| SS.06.08.03 | - identify examples of advertising. | |
| SS.06.08.04 | - evaluate the effect of marketing on consumption and price. | |
| SS.06.09 | describe the geography of North America: the US, Canada, and Mexico. | |
| SS.06.09.01 | - identify, list, locate, and describe the countries of North America. | |
| SS.06.09.02 | - describe the cultural, historic, and economic relationships of NA countries. | |
| SS.06.09.03 | - identify the major cities, river, mountain ranges, and geographic features of NA. | |
| SS.06.10 | analyze the impact of environment on human societies. | |
| SS.06.10.01 | - identify examples of the impact on the development of human cultures. | |
| SS.06.10.02 | - compare the impact of humans on the environment in ancient and modern times. | |
| SS.06.10.03 | - extrapolate how personal or government actions may impact the environment. | |
| SS.06.10.04 | - analyze environmental protection issues. | |
| SS.06.10.05 | - identify examples of air, water, and soil pollution. | |
| SS.06.10.06 | - identify examples of the depletion of natural resources. | |
| SS.06.10.07 | - evaluate the impact of urban sprawl. | |
| SS.06.11 | apply information skills to geographical investigation. | |
| SS.06.11.01 | - analyze research topics to locate appropriate sources. | |
| SS.06.11.02 | - use titles to select information sources for a specific topic. | |
| SS.06.12 | describe ancient civilizations. | |
| SS.06.12.01 | - identify the location, rulers, accomplishments, and inventions of ancient civilizations. | |
| SS.06.12.02 | - identify ancient civilizations of Meso-America. | |
| SS.06.12.03 | - identify ancient civilizations of Africa. | |
| SS.06.12.04 | - identify ancient civilizations of the Middle East. | |
| SS.06.12.05 | - identify ancient civilizations of Asia. | |
| SS.06.12.06 | - identify famous leaders of the ancient world. | |
| SS.06.12.07 | - identify the modern country now in the location of ancient civilizations. | |
| SS.06.13 | analyze the structure of society of ancient civilizations. | |
| SS.06.13.01 | - identify terms for rulers such as Caesar, king, pharaoh, and emperor. | |
| SS.06.13.02 | - identify terms for workers such as peasant, surf, and villein. | |
| SS.06.13.03 | - identify the role of priests in ancient civilizations. | |
| SS.06.13.04 | - identify the role of soldiers in ancient civilizations. | |
| SS.06.14 | arrange events of world history in a timeline. | |
| SS.06.14.01 | - explain the significance of major events in world history. | |
| SS.06.14.02 | - identify the time period of important events in world history. | |
| SS.06.14.03 | - interpret A.D. and B.C. time designations and apply to a timeline. | |
| SS.06.15 | apply information skills to the study of history. | |
| SS.06.15.01 | - differentiate the type of information found in various types of reference books. | |
| SS.06.15.02 | - select the appropriate type of reference to research a specific topic. | |
| SS.06.15.03 | - define the type of information found in an encyclopedia. | |
| SS.06.15.04 | - define the type of information found in a novel. | |
| SS.06.15.05 | - define the type of information found in an almanac. | |
| SS.06.15.06 | - define the type of information found in an advertisement. | |
| SS.06.15.07 | - define the type of information found in a dictionary. | |
| SS.06.16 | analyze how invention (technology) impacts human society. | |
| SS.06.16.01 | - match ancient and modern tools which do the same job (abacus & calculator). | |
| SS.06.16.02 | - arrange different stages of a technology/tool on a timeline. | |
| SS.06.16.03 | - evaluate the impact of inventions on human society. | |
| SS.06.16.04 | - match an invention with the culture and continent where it was produced. | |
| SS.06.16.05 | - define major periods in world history. | |
| SS.06.16.06 | - match people, continents, historical periods, and inventions. | |
| SS.06.16.07 | - identify examples of the impact of invention on economic productivity. | |
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