Grade 6: Access Points
Other Florida Social Studies sets
Grade K
Kindergarten: Access Points
Grade 1
Grade 1: Access Points
Grade 2
Grade 2: Access Points
Grade 3
Grade 3: Access Points
Grade 4
Grade 4: Access Points
Grade 5
Grade 5: Access Points
Grade 6
Grade 6: World History
Grades 6-8: Access Points
Grade 7
Grade 7 (Civics and Government)
Grade 7: Access Points
Grade 7: Civics
Grade 8
Grade 8: Access Points
Grade 8: US History
Grades 9-12: Access Points
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
World Cultural Geography

Civics and Government

Demonstrate an understanding of the origins and purposes of government, law and the American political system.
1. 1
  Identify how democratic concepts developed in ancient Greece served as a foundation for the United States’ constitutional republic. SS.6.CG.1.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify the influence of ancient Rome on the United States constitutional republic. SS.6.CG.1.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify rule of law as a foundational principle of the U.S. government. SS.6.CG.1.AP.3
4. 4
  Identify an example of civic leadership in ancient Greece and ancient Rome. SS.6.CG.1.AP.4

Economics

Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the development of a market economy.
1. 1
  Identify the factors that increase economic growth. SS.6.E.1.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify the characteristics of traditional and command economies as they appear in different civilizations. SS.6.E.1.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify the basic economic concepts found in early civilizations. SS.6.E.1.AP.3
Understand the fundamental concepts relevant to the institutions, structure, and functions of a national economy.
1. 1
  Recognize that leaders or family groups make economic decisions for their civilizations. SS.6.E.2.AP.1
Understand the fundamental concepts and interrelationships of the United States economy in the international marketplace.
1. 1
  Identify and explain why mediums of exchange were needed in trade between early civilizations. SS.6.E.3.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify the products and barriers involved in trade between civilizations. SS.6.E.3.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify the elements of traditional economies that led to the need for a merchant class. SS.6.E.3.AP.3
4. 4
  Identify the benefits and drawbacks of voluntary trade between civilizations. SS.6.E.3.AP.4

Geography

Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools and technology to report information.
1. 1
  Select the correct latitude and longitude coordinates of a designated item on a map grid. SS.6.G.1.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify the purposes of different types of maps, such as political, physical, or special purpose. SS.6.G.1.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify various types of landforms such as the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa, Himalayas, and Gobi Desert. SS.6.G.1.AP.3
4. 4
  Identify and use tools of geography, such as maps, globes, satellite images, and charts. SS.6.G.1.AP.4
5. 5
  Use scale conversions and cardinal directions to identify distance and direction between two identified locations on a map or grid. SS.6.G.1.AP.5
6. 6
  Identify types of major bodies of water in the world, and recognize ways they have impacted agriculture, trade, and exploration. SS.6.G.1.AP.6
7. 7
  Use maps to identify landforms and boundaries of ancient civilizations that still shape the world today. SS.6.G.1.AP.7
Understand physical and cultural characteristics of places.
1. 1
  Identify the impact of physical characteristics, climate, or natural resources upon the settlement and economies of ancient civilizations. SS.6.G.2.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify different ways civilizations defined their territory, such as countries, city-states, provinces, kingdoms, and empires. SS.6.G.2.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify how the development of ancient river valley civilizations was shaped by the geography and proximity of the river. SS.6.G.2.AP.3
4. 4
  Identify ways the geographical location of ancient civilizations contributed to the culture, economy, and politics. SS.6.G.2.AP.4
5. 5
  Explain how geographic boundaries such as rivers, deserts, and mountains invite or limit interactions with other regions and cultures. SS.6.G.2.AP.5
6. 6
  Define cultural diffusion and identify the influences of different ancient cultures on one another. SS.6.G.2.AP.6
7. 7
  Identify distribution of population in the ancient world on a map. SS.6.G.2.AP.7
Understand the relationships between the Earth's ecosystems and the populations that dwell within them.
1. 1
  Identify the impact of physical landscape on the development of agriculture and/or industry in the ancient world. SS.6.G.3.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify the impact of human population on the ancient worlds environment SS.6.G.3.AP.2
Understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations.
1. 1
  Identify how family and ethnic relationships influenced ancient cultures. SS.6.G.4.AP.1
2. 2
  Use a map to identify a prehistoric migration route used by humans. SS.6.G.4.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify a migration pattern in Africa or Asia, where evidence of early human societies has been found. SS.6.G.4.AP.3
4. 4
  Use a map to identify countries or regions where various belief systems spread in the ancient world. SS.6.G.4.AP.4
Understand how human actions can impact the environment.
1. 1
  Identify examples of what ancient people used to compensate for the scarcity of resources. SS.6.G.5.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify why ancient civilizations developed transportation networks of highways and waterways. SS.6.G.5.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify the effects of famine, drought, and other natural disasters on ancient civilizations. SS.6.G.5.AP.3
Understand how to apply geography to interpret the past and present and plan for the future.
1. 1
  Identify ways geographers organize information, such as by spatial terms, places and regions, human systems, and the environment. SS.6.G.6.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify locations on ancient and current maps of the world. SS.6.G.6.AP.2

World History

Utilize historical inquiry skills and analytical processes.'
1. 1
  Use timelines to identify chronological order of historical events. SS.6.W.1.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify terms used as designations of time periods. SS.6.W.1.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify examples of primary and secondary sources. SS.6.W.1.AP.3
4. 4
  Identify methods of historical inquiry and how history relates to the other social sciences. SS.6.W.1.AP.4
5. 5
  Identify the role of historians and recognize that historians interpretations may differ. SS.6.W.1.AP.5
6. 6
  Identify how history transmits culture and heritage. SS.6.W.1.AP.6
Describe the emergence of early civilizations (Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, and Yellow Rivers, Meso and South American).
1. 1
  Identify the similarities and differences in the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers with settlers of early agricultural communities. SS.6.W.2.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify ways that agriculture and metallurgy changed life in early civilizations. SS.6.W.2.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify the characteristics of civilization. SS.6.W.2.AP.3
4. 4
  Identify the economic, political, social, and religious institutions of ancient river civilizations. SS.6.W.2.AP.4
5. 5
  Identify important achievements of the Egyptian civilization. SS.6.W.2.AP.5
6. 6
  Identify the contributions of key figures from ancient Egypt. SS.6.W.2.AP.6
7. 7
  Identify important achievements of the Mesopotamian civilization. SS.6.W.2.AP.7
8. 8
  Identify the impact of key figures from ancient Mesopotamian civilizations. SS.6.W.2.AP.8
9. 9
  Identify key figures and a basic belief of the ancient Israelites and how they differed from those of others in the geographic area. SS.6.W.2.AP.9
10. 10
  Identify the emergence of the early river civilizations with the advanced civilizations in Meso and South America. SS.6.W.2.AP.10
Recognize significant events, figures, and contributions of classical civilizations (Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, Axum).
1. 1
  Identify the cultural impact the ancient Phoenicians had on the Mediterranean world regarding colonization, exploration, maritime commerce, and written communication. SS.6.W.3.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify the democratic concepts developed in ancient Greece. SS.6.W.3.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify the characteristics of life in Athens and Sparta. SS.6.W.3.AP.3
4. 4
  Identify the causes and effects of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. SS.6.W.3.AP.4
5. 5
  Identify the important achievements and contributions of ancient Greek civilization. SS.6.W.3.AP.5
6. 6.
  Identify the impact of key figures from ancient Greece. SS.6.W.3.AP.6
7. 7
  Identify the key achievements, contributions, and figures associated with the Hellenistic Period. SS.6.W.3.AP.7
8. 8
  Identify the impact of significant figures associated with ancient Rome. SS.6.W.3.AP.8
9. 9
  Identify the impact of the Punic Wars on the development of the Roman Empire. SS.6.W.3.AP.9
10. 10
  Identify the type of government found in the Roman Republic and its contribution to the development of democratic principles. SS.6.W.3.AP.10
11. 11
  Identify changes in the characteristics of life in Rome as it transitioned from republic to Imperial Rome. SS.6.W.3.AP.11
12. 12
  Explain the causes for the growth and longevity of the Roman Empire. SS.6.W.3.AP.12
13. 13
  Identify key figures and the basic beliefs of early Christianity, and how these beliefs impacted the Roman Empire. SS.6.W.3.AP.13
14. 14
  Identify the key achievements and contributions of Roman civilization. SS.6.W.3.AP.14
15. 15
  Identify the reasons for the gradual decline of the Western Roman Empire after the Pax Romana. SS.6.W.3.AP.15
16. 16
  Identify the aspects of society in the Roman Republic for patricians, plebeians, women, children, and the enslaved and indentured. SS.6.W.3.AP.16
17. 17
  Identify how the spread and influence of the Latin language impacted Western Civilization. SS.6.W.3.AP.17
18. 18
  Identify factors in the rise and fall of the ancient east African kingdoms, including Kush, Axum, and Ethiopia. SS.6.W.3.AP.18
Recognize significant events, figures, and contributions of classical Asian civilizations (China, India).
1. 1
  Identify the significance of Aryan and other tribal migrations on Indian civilization. SS.6.W.4.AP.1
2. 2
  Identify the major beliefs and practices associated with Hinduism and the social structure of the caste system in ancient India. SS.6.W.4.AP.2
3. 3
  Identify the political and cultural achievements of the Mauryan and Gupta empires. SS.6.W.4.AP.3
4. 4
  Identify the teachings of Buddha and trace how Buddhism spread in India, Ceylon, and other parts of Asia. SS.6.W.4.AP.4
5. 5
  Identify the important achievements and contributions of ancient Indian civilization, in written language, science, and/or mathematics. SS.6.W.4.AP.5
6. 6
  Identify the concept of the Mandate of Heaven and its connection to the Zhou and later dynasties. SS.6.W.4.AP.6
7. 7
  Identify the basic teachings of Laozi, Confucius, and Han Fei Zi. SS.6.W.4.AP.7
8. 8
  Identify the contributions of classical and post classical China. SS.6.W.4.AP.8
9. 9
  Identify key figures from classical and post classical China. SS.6.W.4.AP.9
10. 10
  Identify the significance of the silk roads and maritime routes across the Indian Ocean to the movement of goods and ideas. SS.6.W.4.AP.10
11. 11
  Identify the rise and expansion of the Mongol empire and its effects on peoples of Asia and Europe including the achievements of Ghengis and Kublai Khan. SS.6.W.4.AP.11
12. 12
  Identify the objectives and outcomes of Chinese isolationism in the 15th century. SS.6.W.4.AP.12

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?: Grade 6
Where can I read the official document?: Grade 6: Access Points

Keep exploring

Sibling grade bands, other subjects in this jurisdiction, and the same subject across other states.

More Florida Social Studies sets

Social Studies

Other Florida subjects

Florida

Social Studies in other jurisdictions

Social Studies