Virginia SOL WG.6

WG.6 is a Standards of Learning history and social science standard. These are the skills expectations under it.

• WG.6.a

  identifying and analyzing the location of major geographic regions and major cities on maps and globes

• WG.6.b

  describing major physical and environmental features and how geography may change over time

• WG.6.c

  analyzing cultural influences and landscapes

• WG.6.d

  explaining important economic characteristics, including the distribution of economic activities and global trade.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students locate major regions, landforms, bodies of water, and cities across Russia and Central Asia. They connect physical geography to cultural patterns, environmental change, economic activity, and trade.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students accurately label key places on a blank map and compare regions using specific evidence. They explain how climate, resources, and location shape settlement, work, culture, and trade.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often treat Russia and Central Asia as one uniform region or place all major cities in European Russia. They may confuse climate with landforms or assume natural resources always create widespread wealth.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a blank regional map and ask them to label five assigned features. Then have them explain how one feature affects settlement or trade.

1. 01

   Build a layered map with tracing paper for physical features, cities, cultures, resources, and trade routes, then compare where patterns overlap.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: How does location help one city grow while limiting another? Use two mapped examples.

3. 03

   Play a map relay where teams place city, landform, climate, and resource cards in the correct locations and justify each choice.

4. 04

   Examine a natural gas pipeline map and trace how resources move from production areas to regional and global markets.

• WG.5

  The students will analyze the characteristics of the regions of Europe by

• WG.8

  The student will analyze the characteristics of the regions of North Africa and Southwest Asia by

• WG.10

  The student will analyze the characteristics of the East Asian region by 

• WG.9

  The student will analyze the characteristics of the regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia by