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The sixth grade test in Citizenship has 17 questions. This test is appropriate for those in the final
months of sixth grade and in seventh and eighth grade.
CITIZENSHIP
- Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to think about the relationship among events:
- group significant individuals by broadly defined historical eras
- utilize multiple-tier time lines
- Utilize a variety of resources to consider information from different perspectives about North America:
- identify the central idea an historical narrative attempts to address
- inquire into the relative credibility of sources
- Identify significant individuals from the past in North America and explain their contributions
to the cultural heritage of the United States.
- Identify a significant individual from a region of the world other than North America
and discuss cause-and-effect relationships surrounding a major event in the individual's life.
- Compare the gender roles, religious ideas, or class structures in two societies
- Draw inferences about the experiences, problems, and opportunities that cultural groups* encountered in the past.
- Describe how the customs and traditions of immigrant and other groups have shaped American life.
- Utilize map skills:
- apply latitude and longitude to locate points on maps and globes
- distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information on a map for a specific task
- Interpret and analyze maps, charts, or graphs to formulate geographic ideas:
- utilize time zones to compute differences in time and to describe their impact on human activities
- determine and explain relationships among resources, economic activities, and population distribution.
- Use maps of North America or the world to identify physical and cultural regions and to show relationships among regions.
- Examine instances of contact between people of different regions of the world and determine the reasons for these contacts.
- Describe the role of each factor of production in producing a specific good or service and suggest alternative uses for the resources involved.
- Identify the factors that influence:
- consumer decisions to demand goods or services
- producer decisions to supply goods or services
- Identify the factors that determine the degree of competition in a market and describe the impact of competition on a market:
- identify advantages and disadvantages of competition in the marketplace
- explain the general relationship between supply, demand, and price in a competitive market
- Use information about global resource distribution to make generalizations about why nations engage in international trade.
- Identify the main functions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the United States national government and cite
activities related to these functions.
- Interpret how examples of political activity illustrate characteristics of American democracy.
- Classify characteristics of government that are typical of a monarchal, democratic, or dictatorial type of government.
- Analyze information on civic issues by organizing key ideas with their supporting facts.
- Identify and analyze alternatives through which civic goals can be achieved and select an appropriate
alternative based upon a set of criteria.
- Identify ways to resolve private and public conflicts based on principles of fairness and justice.
- Identify examples of citizen participation in political systems around the world.
* The expression "cultural groups" refers to a number of individuals sharing unique characteristics (e.g., race, ethnicity, national origin, and religion).
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