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Remington Middle School > 6th grade > The Titans

Social Studies
Objectives for Term 1:
 

UNIT 1: Culture & Archaeology

Culture:

  • Discover that all cultures have common traits
  • Discuss how the traits of a culture are influenced by the way the environment helps people meet their three basic needs
  • Analyze how cultures develop from simple social groups to complext civilizations by studying the Pyramid of Cultural Development (based on Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs)
  • Understand key terms such as culture, customs, traditions, legacy, society, and values
  • Discuss the role of religion in Egyptian societyli>
  • Apply new understandings of culture by identifying the cultural traits of the USA

    • Archaeology:

  • Define key terms such as archaeology, prehistory, fossil, artifact, oral tradition, primary source, secondary source, excavation, archaeological record, kitchen midden
  • Understand the differences between primary and secondary soures, and discuss why historians always question their sources
  • Analyze the differences between Classic Archaeology and modern archaeology
  • Identify key people such as Howard Carter, Lord Carnavon, and the Leakeys
  • Discover the processes used when excavating an archaeological dig
  • Understand the differences between the main types of archaeological dating; cultural dating, absolute dating, relative dating, and scientific dating (such as dendrochronology, radio-carbon dating, and stratigraphy)
  • Discover that archaeological knowledge is often revised based on new discoveries or theories


Helpful & Fun Social Studies Websites

Textbook Related Links:

“A Message of Ancient Days”

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/6/index.html

This website is the official website of Houghton Mifflin’s “A Message of Ancient Days,”  our 6th grade social studies textbook.  Use this site as a way to preview and review the main ideas of each unit and chapter, find fun activities related to topics studied in class, and to explore other websites related to each unit.   Click on the “Moment in Time” and “A Closer Look” boxes for the best links!
 

Archeology Links:

Archeology at Boston's Big Dig!

http://www.mos.org/bigdigarch/

Part of the Massachusetts' Turnpike Authority's website, this site helps you explore all of the archaeological sites unearthed by the Big Dig. The site includes several short interactive videos and many vivid photos of excavations and artifacts found in our own backyard
 




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