Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheets

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• Explain sustainable development by describing how communities balance economic growth with environmental conservation.
• Use examples from Canada to identify practices that support environmental stewardship and long-term sustainability.
• Connect sustainable development to Indigenous knowledge and modern policies for resource management.+ Show more

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• Describe how human activities such as agriculture, infrastructure, and resource extraction can change environmental conditions
• Analyze cause-and-effect relationships between human behavior and ecological change in a community
• Explain how indigenous perspectives can support environmental stewardship and sustainable community development

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• Explain how river basins influence where people settle
• Compare how fertile land and water access affect civilizations in South Asia and East Asia
• Describe how geography can shape trade routes, social organization, and political power

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• Explain how trade routes helped connect South and East Asia through the movement of goods and people.
• Describe how cultural exchange can influence religion, technology, and art over time.
• Analyze how early trade networks supported economic growth and diffusion of ideas.

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• Explain how Indigenous worldviews connect land to identity, spirituality, and knowledge.
• Describe ways traditional stories, ceremonies, and practices teach responsibilities linked to specific territories.
• Analyze how land can be viewed as a living teacher and protector within Indigenous knowledge systems.

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• Explain key sustainable practices and how they help balance human needs with environmental protection.
• Analyze causes and consequences of adopting—or neglecting—sustainable approaches.
• Describe how technology, cultural values, and governance structures can work together to support regional resilience and livelihoods.

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• Understand the historical interactions between First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples and other groups.
• Identify key treaties, conflicts, and cooperative efforts in Indigenous relations.
• Analyze the causes and impacts of contact and community development including land use and cultural exchange.+ Show more

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• Explain how human activities can change local ecosystems and community well-being.
• Use evidence from real-world examples to identify cause-and-effect relationships between human actions and environmental outcomes.
• Evaluate trade-offs involved in infrastructure development and resource use, considering ecological health and social impacts.

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• Explain how stewardship supports ecological responsibility and land health in Indigenous communities.
• Identify examples of sustainable resource management and conservation practices.
• Describe how reciprocal relationships and ethical decision-making guide community involvement.

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• Describe various approaches to sustainable practices such as ecosystem management, community-led co-management, circular economy, and land-use planning.
• Understand the causes and consequences of implementing or neglecting sustainable practices.
• Trace changes and continuities in policies related to sustainability over time.+ Show more

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• Identify key technological innovations developed by early societies, such as irrigation, metallurgy, and writing systems.
• Explain how technological change affected social organization and economic activity.
• Describe how technology helped spread cultural ideas and supported empire-building.

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• Define primary and secondary sources.
• Identify examples of primary and secondary sources.
• Distinguish between firsthand documents and later retellings.+ Show more

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• Understand the importance of sequencing events chronologically in history.
• Identify cause-and-effect relationships between historical actions and outcomes.
• Analyze how specific events influence later developments over time.+ Show more

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• Explain how ethical monotheism connects belief in one God to moral responsibilities
• Describe how laws from the Torah influence daily life, rituals, and community decisions
• Analyze how Jewish beliefs and laws can support social justice and community harmony

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• Explain how Israelite society developed through tribal structures over time
• Describe how centralized governance under kings changed political authority
• Analyze how internal needs and external pressures influenced social organization and community identity+ Show more

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• Explain how voting, community service, and public discourse are forms of civic engagement
• Describe how collective decision-making (such as town hall meetings and referendums) helps shape policies
• Evaluate how civic participation influences social order and government functions

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• Understand the key philosophical and artistic achievements of the classical era.
• Identify major Greek and Roman contributions to philosophy, arts, and architecture.
• Analyze how classical ideas have influenced Western culture over time.+ Show more

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• Understand how core beliefs and values influence cultural identities in different societies.
• Identify traditional practices, social roles, and rituals as expressions of cultural values.
• Examine how traditions help preserve identity and foster community connections.+ Show more

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• Explain how different forms of governance (monarchy, city-state, tribal councils) maintain authority
• Compare how laws and leadership roles create social cohesion in historical societies
• Identify key features of governance systems and match them to their examples

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• Explain how military expansion and political organization helped classical empires grow.
• Describe key economic systems that supported large empires, including trade, taxation, and infrastructure.
• Analyze causes of decline and how social and political changes affected each empire’s legacy.

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• Interpret map elements (legend, scale, symbols) to understand what a map shows
• Use thematic maps and time-series maps to describe geographic trends and changes
• Explain how physical features, human settlement, and resource distribution can create mapped patterns

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• Compare how traditional cultural practices and contemporary adaptations can both express cultural identity.
• Explain how external influences such as migration and technology can change cultural practices over time.
• Evaluate benefits and challenges of cultural transformation while respecting cultural diversity.

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• Explain how core beliefs and values influence cultural identity in different societies.
• Describe how traditional practices, social roles, and rituals reflect cultural values.
• Compare Indigenous and contemporary examples of cultural traditions and community resilience.+ Show more

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• Explain how invasions, economic instability, and political conflict contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire
• Describe how causes developed over time using a chronological sequence
• Analyze how weakening central authority led to regional power and the transition to medieval Europe

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• Understand how cultural exchange facilitated the sharing of arts, technologies, and traditions among different societies.
• Identify examples of historical cultural interactions, such as the Silk Road.
• Analyze how communication and trade promoted mutual understanding and enriched cultures.+ Show more

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• Understand the key concepts of sustainability and environmental stewardship.
• Identify examples of renewable energy projects and conservation efforts.
• Evaluate the importance of balancing economic growth with environmental preservation.+ Show more

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• Distinguish between primary and secondary sources and identify which type a given item represents.
• Classify sources as firsthand documents, artifacts, or later retellings and explain why that classification matters.
• Use evidence from different source types to support a historical claim.

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• Explain why chronological order helps historians understand change over time.
• Construct and interpret a timeline to show how events and developments are sequenced.
• Describe how sequencing influences ideas of progress and cause-and-effect relationships.

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• Explain how the agricultural revolution changed how people obtained food.
• Describe how farming and domestication affected social organization and specialization.
• Analyze how stable food supplies supported population growth and larger settlements.+ Show more

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• Explain how access to rivers and fertile land supported early river valley civilizations.
• Describe how irrigation and floodplain farming helped people grow enough food to form larger settlements.
• Identify ways that controlling water resources influenced social organization and government.

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• Explain how renewable resources such as forests, fisheries, and water power can be used without being permanently depleted.
• Describe how management tools like quotas, reforestation, and watershed protection support long-term sustainability.
• Analyze causes and consequences of overuse and regulation in resource systems.+ Show more

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• Explain how historians use primary and secondary sources to build historical accounts
• Evaluate evidence by considering reliability, context, and possible bias
• Organize historical information using chronological reasoning and cause-and-effect thinking+ Show more

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• Identify and distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
• Understand how historians use different sources to construct historical narratives.
• Analyze the reliability and bias of various historical evidence.+ Show more

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• Explain how Rome expanded its territory through conquest, alliances, and colonization.
• Describe how Roman expansion influenced citizenship laws for non-Latin peoples.
• Analyze how Roman expansion changed trade and access to resources across the Mediterranean.

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• Understand the major geographic features of Greece and their impact on ancient Greek civilization.
• Identify key bodies of water and mountainous regions in Greece and analyze their influence on trade and settlement.
• Explain how Greece's environment shaped its political and military interactions among city-states.

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• Explain how Greece’s seas (Aegean and Ionian) supported maritime travel and trade.
• Describe how mountainous terrain affected where Greeks settled and how city-states developed.
• Analyze how geography influenced conflict and cooperation among Greek city-states.

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• Explain how trade, treaties, conflict, and cooperation shaped relationships among First Nations, Métis, and Inuit and other groups.
• Analyze causes and impacts of contact, including changes to land use and cultural exchange.
• Describe how Indigenous governance and legal frameworks show continuity and change over time.

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• Understand the concept of multiple viewpoints in historical narratives.
• Identify different perspectives such as Indigenous, settler, and immigrant viewpoints.
• Analyze how diverse perspectives influence historical interpretation.+ Show more

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• Differentiate between facts and opinions in sources.
• Make inferences based on textual evidence.
• Analyze quotes from historical figures and articles critically.

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• Explain how documentary archival records (censuses, maps, letters, and municipal minutes) help historians reconstruct community history
• Identify ways biases and omissions in records can shape interpretations of the past
• Compare continuity and change across successive versions of archival records+ Show more

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• Explain how oral traditions and testimonies function as primary sources that preserve community memory
• Describe why narratives can change over time in oral history accounts
• Compare reliability and perspective in oral and written sources+ Show more

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• Identify examples of continuity and change in community life (family roles, seasonal practices, and governance).
• Explain how environment, economy, and culture interact to keep some traditions stable over time.
• Analyze consequences of continuity and change for community identity and historical perspective.

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• Explain push and pull factors that drive immigration and internal migration.
• Describe how migration changes demographics, culture, and local labor systems over time.
• Analyze how government policy and community responses shape settlement patterns and continuity/change.+ Show more

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• Identify major causes of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, including invasions, economic problems, and political conflict.
• Explain how these causes developed over time and weakened central authority.
• Analyze how multiple factors worked together to contribute to the transition to medieval Europe.

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• Understand what artifacts are and how archaeologists analyze them.
• Describe the role of artifacts in learning about early human societies.
• Identify different types of artifacts and their significance.+ Show more

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• Explain what stewardship means in Indigenous worldviews and how it connects to land health.
• Identify stewardship practices that support ecological responsibility, conservation, and sustainable resource management.
• Analyze a case study to describe how reciprocal relationships guide ethical community involvement.

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• Explain how early Israelite society developed from tribes to more centralized governance under kings
• Identify how social organization and political authority changed in response to challenges and needs
• Use a timeline perspective to describe relationships between conflict, governance, and community identity

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• Compare how social hierarchies in ancient India and China shaped daily life and governance
• Identify economic roles (agriculture, craftsmanship, and trade) and explain how they supported civilization stability
• Use evidence from maps and timelines to make claims about why social and economic systems mattered