Social Studies
Al González
Block C (Day 2, 8:35 am - 10:25 am)

     This year your child will be learning about Latin America and Canada.
Your child will gain a well rounded knowledge about the Western 
Hemisphere of our planet, along with what s/he learned in the fifth grade 
about the United States.  While learning about the aforementioned cultures,
 your child will be engaged in reading a text book to gain information, 
increasing her/his vocabulary, working on individual and group projects, 
typing reports on the computer, researching (using books, texts, 
encyclopedia, newspapers, magazines, television, and the internet), and 
culminate with a Latin American and Canadian market place day where all 
the 6th graders will get to make food or hand-made artifacts that can be 
sold and bought with class money.  If you have expertise in any of these 
areas please contact me and I'll schedule you to come in and do a 
presentation. 

I.	Course Description/Overview
 	A.	Geography
  		1.	Map skills will be reviewed and built upon.	
 	B.	Overview
 		1.	Latin America
			a)	Students will get a broad picture of this vast 
				area.
		2.	Canada
			a)	Students will get an idea about this vast country.
 	C.	Peoples
  		1.	Students will begin a study of the people that make up 
			the Americas and their history.  We will follow the 
			plight of the Natives of these lands, their struggles 
			through conquest, colonization, and independence.
	D.	Individual Countries
		1.	Latin America
			a)	At this point we will begin a country by country 
				study of all the major Latin America countries 
				from Central and South America to the Caribbean.
		2.	Canada
			a)	Finally, we will do an in depth study of our 
				closest neighboring country.