Civics

Grade 6

Overarching Question: What are the responsibilities and roles of citizens in a nation?

 

Essential Questions:

 

¨       How do international organizations affect the way nations govern themselves?

¨       How do nations achieve independence?

 

Enduring Understandings

 

MA History/ Social  Studies

Framework (2003)

Assessments

Nations are regulated by governments.

 

International organizations affect the way nations govern.

 

A law is a rule or regulation created by a governing body.

 

Nations must have a form of government.

 

There are many different types of governments that nations have.

 

International organizations (European Alliance of Nations, the United Nations, etc) affect governments in a variety of ways.

 

There are many different ways that nations become established and develop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning Standards

 

Define what a nation is and give examples of the different ways nations are formed.

 

Give examples of several well-known international organizations (e.g., the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the ‘world Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the British Commonwealth, and the United Nations) and explain their purposes and functions.

 

 

Identify when modern African countries became independent nations and explain

how independence was achieved.

 

Identify when countries in Southeast Asia and Oceania became independent countries and describe how independence was achieved

 

Identify when South American countries became independent nations and explain how independence was achieved.

 

 

Sample Assessments

 

Sample Learning Experiences