Florida SS.6.G.2

SS.6.G.2 is a Florida social studies standard. These are the benchmarks under it.

• SS.6.G.2.1

  Explain how major physical characteristics, natural resources, climate, and absolute and relative locations have influenced settlement, interactions, and the ec...

• SS.6.G.2.2

  Differentiate between continents, regions, countries, and cities in order to understand the complexities of regions created by civilizations.

• SS.6.G.2.3

  Analyze the relationship of physical geography to the development of ancient river valley civilizations.

• SS.6.G.2.4

  Explain how the geographical location of ancient civilizations contributed to the culture and politics of those societies.

• SS.6.G.2.5

  Interpret how geographic boundaries invite or limit interaction with other regions and cultures.

• SS.6.G.2.6

  Explain the concept of cultural diffusion, and identify the influences of different ancient cultures on one another.

• SS.6.G.2.7

  Interpret choropleths or dot-density maps to explain the distribution of population in the ancient world.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify landforms, water, climate, vegetation, language, religion, buildings, food, and other features that define a place. They use maps, images, and short texts to compare places and explain how people and environments shape them.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students correctly sort examples as physical or cultural and support their choices with evidence. They can compare two places and explain how specific features affect daily life there.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may label roads, farms, and buildings as physical features because they can be seen. They may also treat all people in one place as culturally alike or assume cultures never change.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a map and three photos of one place. Ask them to name two physical features, two cultural features, and one way the features affect life there.

1. 01

   Give pairs a city map, photo set, and sticky notes; students sort six features into physical and cultural groups and justify two choices.

2. 02

   Ask, “How might a river shape where people live, work, or celebrate?” Students cite two details from a place profile.

3. 03

   Play Feature Match: students pair place cards with feature cards, then explain whether each match shows land, climate, language, religion, or settlement.

4. 04

   Use a local tourism page to identify three natural features and three cultural features that shape how the community is described.

• SS.3.G.2.6

  Investigate how people perceive places and regions differently by conducting interviews, mental mapping, and studying news, poems, legends, and songs about a re...

• SS.8.G.2

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.

• SS.8.G.1.1

  Use maps to explain physical and cultural attributes of major regions throughout American history.

• SS.7.G.2

  The 7th Grade version of this standard.