Topics for this year in Social Studies will include the following:
6th Grade - World Geography
Foundations of Geography
The World in Spatial Terms
Climate, Natural Hazards and Disasters
Economics
Civics, Government and Global Politics
Population
Migration and Urbanization
Human Environment Interaction
Culture
Economics Through a Classroom Economy students will learn valuable life skills throough a year- long simulation. Students will: - Learn the value of earning a paycheck, as they bank salaries from their jobs - Learn how to budget their spending, manage a loan, balance a checking account and make scheduled payments - Discover the importance of saving money to obtain what they want - Find out that every decision has an opportunity cost