Only Grade 6 social studies is shown here. Current and transition frameworks remain separate. A provisional target is not proof that every clause is taught or assessed.
Social studies · 2018 framework
Grade 6 · 16 / 16 statements targeted
| Standard | Instruction status | Source text |
|---|---|---|
| ss-2018:6:1 | Provisional target; review pending | Multiple tier timelines can be used to show relationships among events and places. |
| ss-2018:6:3 | Provisional target; review pending | Geographic tools can be used to gather, process and report information about people, places and environments. Cartographers decide which information to include and how it is displayed. |
| ss-2018:6:4 | Provisional target; review pending | Latitude and longitude can be used to identify absolute location. |
| ss-2018:6:6 | Provisional target; review pending | The variety of physical environments within the Eastern Hemisphere influences human activities. Likewise, human activities modify the physical environment. |
| ss-2018:6:7 | Provisional target; review pending | Political, environmental, social and economic factors cause people, products and ideas to move from place to place in the Eastern Hemisphere in the past and today. |
| ss-2018:6:8 | Provisional target; review pending | Diffusion of agricultural practices and products, technology, cultural practices and major world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism) impacted the Eastern Hemisphere. |
| ss-2018:6:2 | Provisional target; review pending | Early civilizations (India, Egypt, China and Mesopotamia) had unique governments, economic systems, social structures, religions, technologies and agricultural practices and products. The cultural practices and products of these early civilizations can be used to help understand the Eastern Hemisphere today. |
| ss-2018:6:5 | Provisional target; review pending | Regions can be determined, classified and compared using data related to various criteria including landform, climate, population, and cultural and economic characteristics |
| ss-2018:6:9 | Provisional target; review pending | Different perspectives on a topic can be obtained from a variety of historic and contemporary sources and used to effectively communicate and defend a claim based on evidence. Sources should be examined for accuracy and credibility. |
| ss-2018:6:11 | Provisional target; review pending | Economists compare data sets to draw conclusions about relationships among them. |
| ss-2018:6:12 | Provisional target; review pending | The choices made by individuals and governments have both present and future consequences. The evaluation of choices is relative and may differ across individuals and societies. |
| ss-2018:6:15 | Provisional target; review pending | The interaction of supply and demand, influenced by competition, helps to determine price in a market. This interaction also determines the quantities of outputs produced and the quantities of productive resources (entrepreneurship, human resources, natural resources and capital) used. |
| ss-2018:6:10 | Provisional target; review pending | Governments can be categorized as monarchies, theocracies, dictatorships or democracies, but categories may overlap and labels may not accurately represent how governments function. The extent of citizens' liberties and responsibilities varies according to limits on governmental authority. |
| ss-2018:6:13 | Provisional target; review pending | The fundamental questions of economics include what to produce, how to produce and for whom to produce. |
| ss-2018:6:14 | Provisional target; review pending | When regions and/or countries specialize, global trade occurs. |
| ss-2018:6:16 | Provisional target; review pending | When selecting items to buy, individuals can weigh costs and benefits and compare the price and quality of available goods and services. |
Social studies · 2026 framework
Grade 6 · 16 / 16 statements targeted
| Standard | Instruction status | Source text |
|---|---|---|
| ss-2026:6:1 | Provisional target; review pending | Events can be arranged in order of occurrence using the conventions of B.C. and A.D. or B.C.E. and C.E. |
| ss-2026:6:2 | Provisional target; review pending | Maps, globes, and other geographic models reflect a certain perspective of people, places, and environments. Geographers and cartographers influence this perspective by determining what information to include and how it is presented. |
| ss-2026:6:3 | Provisional target; review pending | Latitude and longitude can be used to identify absolute location. |
| ss-2026:6:4 | Provisional target; review pending | Individuals can understand public issues by collecting and interpreting information from multiple sources. Evaluating bias and credibility in sources ensures that individuals consume and communicate accurate information. |
| ss-2026:6:5 | Provisional target; review pending | Individuals ask questions and make conclusions about patterns, trends, and relationships within different data sets. Data sets can contain or present bias from the information included and how it is displayed or organized. |
| ss-2026:6:6 | Provisional target; review pending | Economic decisions made by individuals and governments depend on different factors and impact individuals and communities in both the present and future. |
| ss-2026:6:7 | Provisional target; review pending | Early civilizations (India, Egypt, China and Mesopotamia) had unique governments, economic systems, social structures, religions, technologies, and agricultural practices and products. The cultural practices and products of these early civilizations can be used to help understand the Eastern Hemisphere today. |
| ss-2026:6:8 | Provisional target; review pending | Regions within the Eastern Hemisphere can be determined using data related to various criteria including landforms, climate, population, economics, and culture. |
| ss-2026:6:9 | Provisional target; review pending | Physical environments within the Eastern Hemisphere influence human activity. Human activities impact the Eastern Hemisphere’s environment positively and negatively. |
| ss-2026:6:10 | Provisional target; review pending | Political, environmental, social, and economic factors cause people, products, and ideas to move from place to place in the Eastern Hemisphere in the past and today. |
| ss-2026:6:11 | Provisional target; review pending | Advances in transportation, communication, and technology by civilizations in the Eastern Hemisphere have influenced global cultures and are still evident today. |
| ss-2026:6:12 | Provisional target; review pending | Trade routes connecting Africa, Europe and Asia helped foster the spread of ideas, technology, goods, and major world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism) that impacted the Eastern Hemisphere. |
| ss-2026:6:13 | Provisional target; review pending | Citizen rights and responsibilities differ based on the limits to governmental authority in democracies, dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies. Government functions may not align to its categorization. |
| ss-2026:6:14 | Provisional target; review pending | Regions and countries become interdependent when they specialize in what they produce best and then trade with other regions to increase the amount and variety of goods and services available. |
| ss-2026:6:15 | Provisional target; review pending | The variability of productive resources in the various regions of the world contributed to specialization, trade and interdependence. |
| ss-2026:6:16 | Provisional target; review pending | When countries and regions specialize, global trade occurs in different markets. Global trade contributed to interdependence among different countries and regions. |