Florida SS.6.W.2

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

• SS.6.W.2.1

  Compare the lifestyles of hunter-gatherers with those of settlers of early agricultural communities.

• SS.6.W.2.10

  Compare the emergence of advanced civilizations in Meso and South America with the four early river valley civilizations.

• SS.6.W.2.2

  Describe how the developments of agriculture and metallurgy related to settlement, population growth, and the emergence of civilization.

• SS.6.W.2.3

  Identify the characteristics of civilization.

• SS.6.W.2.4

  Compare the economic, political, social, and religious institutions of ancient river civilizations.

• SS.6.W.2.5

  Summarize important achievements of Egyptian civilization.

• SS.6.W.2.6

  Determine the contributions of key figures from ancient Egypt.

• SS.6.W.2.7

  Summarize the important achievements of Mesopotamian civilization.

• SS.6.W.2.8

  Determine the impact of key figures from ancient Mesopotamian civilizations.

• SS.6.W.2.9

  Identify key figures and basic beliefs of the Israelites and determine how these beliefs compared with those of others in the geographic area.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain how farming, water access, trade, government, and record keeping helped settlements grow into civilizations. They identify similarities and differences across several early civilization regions.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can place major early civilizations on a map and describe why each developed in its location. They support explanations with details about food supply, rivers, trade, labor, or leadership.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may assume every early civilization developed beside a major river or emerged at the same time. They may also confuse a civilization’s location with its later territory or empire.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a blank world map and ask them to locate two early civilizations. For each, they write one sentence explaining how geography supported its growth.

1. 01

   Give groups maps, water tokens, crop cards, and settlement pieces to build a civilization, then explain why they chose each location.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: Which mattered most for early civilization, reliable food, trade, government, or writing, and what evidence supports your choice?

3. 03

   Play a matching game where students pair civilization cards with location, geography, farming, trade, and government clues.

4. 04

   Compare an early settlement site with your town, then list how water, food, transportation, and leadership support both communities.

• SS.6.G.1.6

  Use a map to identify major bodies of water of the world, and explain ways they have impacted the development of civilizations.

• SS.6.G.2.3

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