Social Studies Standards and Essential Concepts and Skills
SS.6–8.G.2
Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions.
SS.6–8.H.3
Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understand the role of culture and cultural diffusion on the development and maintenance of societies.
RH.6–8.1
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RH.6–8.4
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SS.6–8.G.2
Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understand how geographic and human characteristics create culture and define regions.
- Understand human and physical characteristics of place.
- Understand the concept of region.
- Understand the physical environment affects life in different regions.
- Understand communities reflect the cultural backgrounds of their inhabitants.
- Understand patterns of cultural diffusion.
SS.6–8.H.3
Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understand the role of culture and cultural diffusion on the development and maintenance of societies.
- Understand ways groups, societies, and cultures have met human needs and concerns in the past.
- Understand how information and experiences from the past may be interpreted by people from diverse cultural perspectives and frames of reference.
- Understand language, literature, the arts, architecture, other artifacts, traditions, beliefs, values, and behaviors have contributed to the development and transmission of culture.
RH.6–8.1
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RH.6–8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
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