6TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
CLASS OVERVIEW  2009-2010
RANDY FOUTCH
502.349.7201 x 173
randy.foutch@nelson.kyschools.us
please email me to be added to the 6th grade social studies data base to receive updated info about my class

ASSIGNMENT WEBSITE 
www.go.to/6ss  or  http://www.bardstown.com/~bloom/bms6ss.htm   

*ALL DUE DATES (TEST, PROJECTS, ETC..) WILL BE POSTED IN THE CLASSROOM AND ON THE ASSIGNMENT WEBSITE*

WEEK 1 - 2

GEOGRAPHY REVIEW   

Continents and Oceans Review

Activity 1 Hemispheres of the World 1

Activity 2 Germany and Its Neighbors 2

Activity 3 Comparing the Size of the United States With Other Regions 3

Activity 4 Understanding Contour Lines 4

Activity 5 Understanding Population Density 5

Activity 6 Creating a Bar Graph 6

Activity 7 Reading and Creating a Circle Graph 7

Activity 8 Reading a Pictograph 8

Activity 9 Reading a Climograph 9

5 THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

GEOGRAPHY TERMS

WEEK 3-8

NORTH AMERICA  

Chapter 4: The United States

Section 1: From Sea to Shining Sea 24

Section 2: An Economic Leader 26

Section 3: The Americans 28

Chapter 5: Canada

Section 1: A Resource-Rich Country 30

Section 2: The Canadians 32

Chapter 6: Mexico                      

Section 1: Mexico’s Land and Economy 34

Section 2: Mexico’s History 36

Section 3: Mexico Today 38

Chapter 7: Central America and the Caribbean Islands

Section 1: Central America 40

Section 2: Cultures of the Caribbean 42

WEEK  9 - 14

SOUTH AMERICA 

Chapter 8: Brazil and Its Neighbors

Section 1: Brazil—Emerging Giant 44

Section 2: Argentina to Venezuela 46

Chapter 9: The Andean Countries

Section 1: Colombia’s Culture and Challenges 48

Section 2: Land and People of Peru and Ecuador 50

Section 3: The Bolivians and Chileans 52

WEEK 15 - 20

 Chapter 11: Europe—Modern History

Section 1: The Modern Era Emerges 60

Section 2: A Divided Continent 62

Section 3: Moving Toward Unity 64

Chapter 12: Western Europe Today

Section 1: The British Isles 66

Section 2: France and the Benelux Countries 68

Section 3: Germany and the Alpine Countries 70

Section 4: The Nordic Nations 71

Section 5: Southern Europe 73

Chapter 13: The New Eastern Europe

Section 1: Poland and the Baltic Republics 75

Section 2: Hungarians, Czechs, and Slovaks 77

Section 3: Rebuilding the Balkan Countries 79

Section 4: Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova 81

Chapter 14: Russia’s Landscape and History    

Section 1: A Vast Land 83

Section 2: A Troubled History 85

Chapter 15: The New Russia and

Independent Republics

Section 1: From Communism to Free Enterprise 87

Section 2: Russia’s People and Culture 89

Section 3: The Republics Emerge 91

WEEK 21 - 25

Chapter 17: North Africa Today

Section 1: Egypt 97

Section 2: Libya and the Maghreb 99

 Chapter 19: West Africa

Section 1: Nigeria—African Giant 109

Section 2: The Sahel and Coastal West Africa 111

Chapter 20: Central and East Africa

Section 1: Central Africa 113

Section 2: People of Kenya and Tanzania 115

Section 3: Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi 117

Section 4: The Horn of Africa 118

Chapter 21: Southern Africa—A Varied Region

Section 1: The New South Africa 120

Section 2: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana 122

Section 3: Coastal and Island Countries 124

WEEK 26 - 30

Chapter 18 Southwest Asia ................500

1 Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan ...................502

2 Israel and the Palestinian Territories.........508

3 The Arabian Peninsula...............................513

4 Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan .........................517

 Chapter 22 South Asia.........................636    

1 India—Past and Present.............................638

2 Pakistan and Bangladesh ...........................644

3 Mountain Kingdoms, Island Republics ......649

 Chapter 23 China and Its Neighbors ..658

1 China’s Land and New Economy...............660

2 Dynasties to Communism .........................666

3 China’s Neighbors .....................................678

 Chapter 24 Japan and the Koreas.....688

1 Japan—Past and Present............................690

2 The Two Koreas ........................................698

 Chapter 25 Southeast Asia .................706

1 Life on the Mainland..................................708

2 Diverse Island Cultures .............................714

WEEK 31 - 33

Chapter 26 Australia and
New Zealand …………………….…..734

1 Australia—Land Down Under ...........................736

2 New Zealand ....................................................741

WEEK 34 -35

Chapter 27 Oceania and Antarctica .756

1 Pacific Island Cultures and Economies ……....758

2 The Frozen Continent ......................................764

WEEK 36

Geography Skills Activities

 WORLD ATLAS ACTIVITIES
(THE WORLD, CONTINENTS, OCEANS, POLITICAL & PHYSICAL FEATURES, RAINFALL, ELEVATION, LAND USE, PEOPLE, LOCATION, GRAPHS, THEMATIC MAPS, GROWING SEASON MAPS, CLIMATE MAPS, RESOURCE MAPS)

 WEEKLY MAP SKILLS LESSONS

1.BASIC MAP SKILLS ACTIVITIES
(DIRECTIONS, HEMISPHERES, CONTINENTS, MAP KEYS, MAP SCALE,  LATITUDE, LONGITUDE)

2. FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES
(LOCATION, PLACE, HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS, MOVEMENT, REGIONS)