6th Grade World History
Course Description *
Students will study World Civilizations to uncover trends from prehistory to present day. Students will learn what
defines civilizations and how geography played a factor in the exchanges, expansion, and formation among and
between them. Students will inquire about the various social hierarchies of world civilizations and the changes
and continuities of social systems. Students will learn about ancient and classical civilizations and explore their
enduring cultural, intellectual, and technological influences. Students will learn about how increased global
interactions led to transformations among and between world civilizations. Students will inquire into the
development of world civilizations past and present and the connections between Africa, the Americas, Asia, and
Europe. Students will continue to explore how these global interactions and exchanges led to cultural,
intellectual, and technological advances that have continued to increase societies’ global interconnectedness
with one another.
*Taken from South Carolina Social Studies College- and Career-Ready Standards
defines civilizations and how geography played a factor in the exchanges, expansion, and formation among and
between them. Students will inquire about the various social hierarchies of world civilizations and the changes
and continuities of social systems. Students will learn about ancient and classical civilizations and explore their
enduring cultural, intellectual, and technological influences. Students will learn about how increased global
interactions led to transformations among and between world civilizations. Students will inquire into the
development of world civilizations past and present and the connections between Africa, the Americas, Asia, and
Europe. Students will continue to explore how these global interactions and exchanges led to cultural,
intellectual, and technological advances that have continued to increase societies’ global interconnectedness
with one another.
*Taken from South Carolina Social Studies College- and Career-Ready Standards