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Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheets

Free printable and interactive Grade 6 social studies worksheets aligned to C3 Framework. 46 worksheets so far. Every worksheet has an answer key and can be completed online with instant feedback.

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Grade 6 Social Studies topics & skills

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Civics & Government

Economics

Geography

History

Civics & Government

CIV.6.1

Compare forms of government in the ancient world: monarchy, oligarchy, direct democracy in Athens and the Roman Republic.

CIV.6.2

Explain how early written laws, such as Hammurabi's Code and Rome's Twelve Tables, set rules and punishments and shaped later ideas of the rule of law.

CIV.6.3

Compare who counted as a citizen in Athens and Rome, and their rights and duties, with citizenship in the United States today.

Economics

ECO.6.1

Explain how food surpluses in early farming societies led to specialized jobs, social classes and trade.

ECO.6.2

Explain barter, the invention of coins and money, and how ancient trade routes moved goods and ideas.

ECO.6.3

Use scarcity and opportunity cost to explain choices ancient peoples and people today make about limited resources.

Geography

GEO.6.1

Use maps, latitude and longitude, and climate information to explain why the first civilizations grew in river valleys.

GEO.6.2

Explain how mountains, seas and deserts shaped contact, trade and conflict among ancient peoples, such as in Greece and along the Silk Road.

GEO.6.3

Use population, climate and land-use data to compare world regions and explain how people adapt to and change their environment.

History

HIS.6.1

Describe how early humans moved from hunting and gathering to farming and how farming led to permanent villages.

HIS.6.2

Describe Mesopotamia's city-states and Sumerian inventions such as cuneiform writing, the wheel and irrigation.

HIS.6.3

Describe the rulers, beliefs, achievements and daily life of ancient Egypt and its neighbor Kush along the Nile.

HIS.6.4

Describe the Indus Valley cities and later ancient India, including the Maurya Empire and achievements in math and science.

HIS.6.5

Describe ancient China's dynasties, the teachings of Confucius, the Great Wall and inventions such as paper and silk.

HIS.6.6

Describe ancient Greek city-states such as Athens and Sparta and Greek achievements in government, philosophy, science and the arts.

HIS.6.7

Explain how Rome grew from a republic to an empire, its achievements in law and engineering, and reasons for the fall of the Western Empire.