Social Systems-6th Grade

Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States. Understand religious aspects of social systems with an emphasis on the United States

Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions, and institutions. Compare characteristics of religious culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions, and institutions.  Select and describe beautiful artifacts from different times and cultures. CSDS1 Value the cultural inheritance the Church provides us yesterday and today. CSGS3 Value the unique qualities and characteristics of different cultures in order to pursue peace and understanding, knowledge and truth. CSDS6 (7&8)

Understand the roles and interactions of individuals and groups in society. Understand the roles and interactions of individuals and groups in society and their role in the Church. Value the diversity among students in the classroom and school community as children of God. CSDS3 Analyze stories of important Catholic figures and saints who through their examples re-awaken that period’s moral sense. CSGS3 (7&8) Discuss how religious and moral knowledge is a requisite for understanding the dram of human grandeur throughout history. CSGS4 (7&8 Value one’s own role and dignity in God’s plan and creation. CSGS5 (7&8)

Understand how social systems form and develop over time. Understand how religious/Church social systems form and develop over time. Value the significance and impact of the Catholic Church throughout history. CSDS5 (K-6 CS) Value history as a medium to assist in recognizing and rejecting contemporary cultural values that threaten human dignity and are contrary to the Gospel message. CSDS5 (7-12 CS) Value unique qualities and characteristics of different cultures in order to pursue peace and understanding, knowledge and truth. CSDS6 (7& 8)

Compare/contrast two or more cultures in terms of expressions of those cultures.

Identify basic tenets of the major religions of the world.

Compare a culture with one’s own through the use of written, auditory, or visual material.

Compare cultural differences /similarities from other parts of the world in terms of their language, literature, arts, and religion.

Give an example of ethnocentrism.

Describe culture shock.

Compare/contrast the concepts of conformity and deviance.

Examine how the media portrays conformity and deviance.

Identify examples of how an individual internalizes group norms, socialized into the culture.

Compare formal and informal means of social control.

Analyze the effectiveness of a national or local social institution in addressing a social problem (e.g., DARE, MADD).

Investigate the work of the Catholic Charities and Catholic Relief. List the benefits to society. 

Define subsistence strategy.

Differentiate among pre-industrial, industrial, and postindustrial societies. 

Describe how the change from hunter/gatherer to settled society affected social roles.

Explain how changes in the mode of production in a society affect educational, governmental, religious, and economic institutions.

List the ways they can help others; incorporate the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.

Outline how the social justice work of the Catholic Church has changed over time.