Sixth Grade Social Studies

About Grade 6 Social Studies

Grade 6 social studies (6th grade, ages 11–12) is 40 lessons in 5 units: Unit 1 — Ancient Civilizations (lessons 1–8), Unit 2 — World Geography & Biomes (lessons 9–16), Unit 3 — Global Economics & Trade (lessons 17–24), Unit 4 — Governments, Rights & Citizenship (lessons 25–32), and finally Unit 5 — Capstone: Historical Inquiry Project (lessons 33–40), project work that brings the year together. Along the way, children learn to explain how tectonic plate collisions and volcanic activity build mountains, define exports, imports, and trade balance using clear examples and explain what universal human rights are and why they apply to every person.

Start here: Lesson 1: What makes a civilization is free to open and print. Every other lesson has a free preview of its mini lesson and vocabulary.

Paper first: each lesson is printed before you call your child. You read it once and talk it through, your child does the exercises on paper, and you correct together with the Parent checklist — about 45 minutes at the table. The next day, a 10-minute screen review of the same lesson.