Grade 6 Social Studies Alaska Standards

Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

Community Awareness

Geography of Alaska

Human Environment Interactions

Geographic Regions of Alaska

Continued Immigration to Alaska

Geohazards of Alaska

Decision‐Making Processes

Impact of Colonialism

Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Citizen

Government Institutions

Historical Use of Natural Resources

The First Alaskans

Physical History of Alaska

The Value of Participation

Movement

Our Location in the World

Local, Tribal, and State Governments

Physical Environment

Physical Features of Alaska

Subsistence and Commercial Economics

State, Local, and Tribal Economies

Alaska’s Role in the National Economy

Alaska Native Groups

Alaska’s Resources

Migration Patterns to and Within Alaska

Peoples of Alaska

Your Financial Decisions

Resources and Economics

Demonstrate an understanding of how humans impact their environment.

Analyze the impact of natural disasters and human‐induced hazards on human populations.

Evaluate the human response to current and historical disasters, both human‐made and natural.

Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns

Examine the causes of historical and continuing conflicts in Alaska.

Analyze how the geography of Alaska’s regions influences the conflicts and alliances that arise during war.

Evaluate the impact of war on Alaska’s ecosystems, resources, and landscapes, recognizing the environmental changes caused by military activities.

Geographic Representations and Reasoning

Geographic Representations and Reasoning

Define absolute and relative location using real‐world examples.

Draft and utilize a variety of maps to communicate information.

Construct and interpret latitudinal and longitudinal representations of absolute locations using X and Y axes.

Demonstrate an understanding of the defining characteristics and placement of the physical regions of Alaska.

Human Populations: Spatial Patterns and Movements

Examine the distribution of human populations over time, including population density, migration trends, and urbanization.

Identify the characteristics of the local physical environment and its impact on inhabitants.

Demonstrate an understanding of the interactions between the earth, sun, moon, tides, and seasons both locally and globally.

The Global Economy

Identify historical and contemporary populations that have migrated to Alaska in the past 200 years.

Examine the narratives, experiences, and impacts of various immigrant groups who have inhabited Alaska.

Engage in discussions of factors that could lead to future immigration to Alaska.

Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

Describe characteristics of historical and current human populations and determine how they vary by location.

Human Populations: Spatial Patterns and Movements

Investigate complex and diverse characteristics of human cultures across time and place, using multiple sources of information.

Describe the characteristics of civilizations using real‐world examples.

Perspectives

Research Alaska Native groups through examination of oral histories, primary sources, and contributions over time.

Explain the connection between culture and geography.

Historical Sources and Evidence

Examine multiple explanations for how people came to Alaska.

Investigate how the climate and physical features of Alaska influenced migration and settlement.

Change, Continuity, and Context

Identify the factors that led to initial Russian and European contact.

Evaluate the immediate and long‐term effects of colonization on Alaska Native groups.

Economic Systems, Models, and Markets

Analyze the impact of subsistence, barter, sharing, and cash economies in the lives of Alaska’s residents.

The National Economy

Analyze how Alaska’s resources impact national supply and demand.

Alaska Economies: State, Local, and Tribal

Explain how local, Tribal, and state government agencies work to sustain resources and promote economic development in Alaska.

Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

Evaluate how historical perspectives, ways of knowing, values, and current practices of Alaska Natives influence land, water, and resource uses.

Explain how Alaska’s geographic location and resources have affected the state and the world.

Analyze and evaluate the impact of past management of Alaska’s resources.

Formulate clear and focused questions about future resource use in Alaska.

Collaborate to create a plan for future preservation or use of Alaska’s resources.

Evaluate how resource extraction in Alaska impacts government, economics, environment, and populations, identifying both positives and negatives.

Evaluate changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources over time due to forces of cooperation and conflict.

Discuss how the resources of Alaska shaped the history of different regions.

Geographic Representations and Reasoning

Create maps of Alaska that show how physical characteristics have influenced where and how humans have settled.

Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Citizens

Describe the roles and responsibilities of people in the United States.

Decision‐Making and Personal Finance

Investigate methods of personal finance.

Devise a plan for making informed financial decisions.

Define cost‐benefit analysis, trade‐offs, and opportunity costs.

Investigate how choices impact personal financial security.

Civic and Political Institutions and Systems

Examine the major components and roles of local, Tribal, and state governments.

Participation and Deliberation

Describe the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations in shaping people’s lives.

Distinguish the powers and responsibilities of residents, citizens, political parties, interest groups, and the media in a variety of governmental and nongovernmental contexts.

Processes, Rules, and Laws

Evaluate and compare procedures for making decisions at the Tribal, local, state, and national levels.

Assess specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) as means of addressing public concerns.

Identify the interconnectivity of local, Tribal, and state processes, rules, and laws.

Alaska’s Governments

Describe essential characteristics of Alaska’s local, Tribal, and state governments and their roles both locally and statewide.

Identify key components of political relationships between the federal government and Alaska Native groups.

Develop Claims

Evaluate Sources and Evidence

Informed Civic Discourse and Engagement

Communicate and Critique Conclusions

Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

Formulate clear and focused questions that require investigation about a variety of topics.

Use curiosity and interests to develop questions that explore disciplinary concepts.

Develop inquiries that address real‐world problems.

Analyze complex issues from multiple perspectives.

Differentiate between reliable and unreliable sources.

Evaluate sources of information by examining origin, author, context, and content.

Determine between primary sources produced during the time period being studied and secondary sources written from multiple perspectives.

Cite primary and secondary sources to support a well‐ constructed argument.

Formulate evidence‐based claims that acknowledge multiple perspectives and counterarguments.

Utilize evidence to construct arguments that address historical events and societal changes.

Evaluate the significance of historical events by considering their impact on the development of societies and cultures.

Synthesize evidence to draw conclusions about cause‐and‐ effect relationships, patterns, and trends.

Reflect on the connection of historical knowledge to contemporary challenges, fostering an understanding of how the past informs the present.

Express ideas clearly and concisely in both written and verbal forms.

Actively engage in discussions, asking clarifying questions and responding thoughtfully.

Articulate and defend viewpoints in respectful discussions.

Collaborate with others to find common ground and propose solutions to civic issues.