Standard 4: Understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations.

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Number: SS.6.G.4
Title: Understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations.
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 6
Strand: Geography

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Independent

SS.6.G.4.In.0
Recognize ways family or ethnic relationships influenced ancient cultures.
SS.6.G.4.In.1
Use a map to identify a migration route of humans, such as prehistoric Asians to the Americas.
SS.6.G.4.In.2
Identify a site in Africa or Asia where evidence of early human societies has been found.
SS.6.G.4.In.3
Use a map to identify countries or regions where various belief systems, such as Buddhism, Christianity, and Judaism, spread in the ancient world.

Supported

SS.6.G.4.Su.0
Recognize characteristics of families in an ancient culture.
SS.6.G.4.Su.1
Use a map to recognize human migration, such as prehistoric Asians to the Americas.
SS.6.G.4.Su.2
Recognize an archeological site in Africa where evidence of early human societies has been found.
SS.6.G.4.Su.3
Use a map to recognize a country or region where a belief system, such as Buddhism, Christianity, or Judaism, spread in the ancient world.

Participatory

SS.6.G.4.Pa.0
Recognize a characteristic of families.
SS.6.G.4.Pa.1
Recognize a result of migration.
SS.6.G.4.Pa.2
Recognize a result of migration.
SS.6.G.4.Pa.3
Recognize that people have different religions (belief systems).

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Portraits in Patriotism - Mel Martinez: Middle and High School:

Former U.S Senator and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martínez shares his journey to freedom in the United States. Mr. Martínez was part of Operation Pedro Pan in which unaccompanied Cuban children were sent to the United States to escape the newly formed communist regime of Fidel Castro. Before leaving Cuba, he spent time with his father who shared life lessons with his son. Mr. Martínez distinctly remembers the pilot announcing that they were in America. After moving around the state of Florida in settlement camps, Mr. Martínez was placed in foster care. After four years he and his family were reunited. Mr. Martínez helped his father become a veterinarian in the U.S and as a family they were highly active in the community. His family’s spirit of activism was the foundation of Mr. Martínez’s career as a public servant. He graduated from Florida State University Law School in 1973 and began his political career. He was appointed the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 2001 and became a United States Senator in 2005.

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