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John Drugan K-8 2017- 2018

1st-9 Weeks at a Glance

Grade: 7th Social Studies Instructional Days: 44 (2-½ days)

Essential Question: Theme: Why is history important?/How does geography influence the way we live?

|Week of: |Social Studies |Resources |Vocabulary/ Language Arts Reading |

| |Theme/Topic/ERA/ | |(Genre & Comprehension Skill) ELAR Poetry/ Language |

| |%=STAAR | |Arts |

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| | | |Connection |

|Week 1 | |McGraw Hill: Texas History Textbook |Autobiography/Biography |

|July 31- Aug.4 | | | |

| |7.8A Create and interpret thematic maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases representing various aspects of Texas during the 19th, 20th, and|Reading Essentials and Study Guide |Revision, Editing |

| |21st centuries | | |

| | |Master the TEKS: Texas History |Poetry |

| |7.9A Locate the Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, and Coastal Plains regions and places of importance in Texas during 19th, 20th, and 21st | | |

| |centuries such as major cities, rivers, natural and historic landmarks, political and cultural regions, and local points of interest |United Streaming |Writing Process |

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| |7.9B Compare places and regions of Texas in terms of physical and human characteristics |BrainPop | |

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| | |SISD Library | |

| |7.21C Organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps | | |

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| Week 2 |7.1A Identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain why historians divide the past into eras, | |Autobiography/Biography |

|Aug.7-11 |including Natural Texas and its People |McGraw Hill: Texas History Textbook | |

| | | |Revision, Editing |

| |7.2A Compare the cultures of American Indians in Texas prior to European colonization such as Gulf, Plains, Puebloan, and Southwestern |Reading Essentials and Study Guide | |

| | | |Poetry |

| |7.21B Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main |Master the TEKS: Texas History | |

| |idea, summarizing, making generalizations, and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions | |Writing Process |

| | |United Streaming | |

| |7.21C Organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps | | |

| | |BrainPop | |

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| | |SISD Library | |

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| | |Edmodo | |

|Week 3 |7.1A Identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain why historians divide the past into eras, |. McGraw Hill: Texas History | |

|Aug.14-18 |including Natural Texas and its People; Age of Contact; Spanish Colonial |Textbook |Main Idea |

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| |7.1B Apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods |Reading Essentials and Study Guide |Writing Process |

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| |7.8B Analyze and interpret geographic distributions and patterns in Texas during the 19th century |Master the TEKS: Texas History |Figurative Language: |

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| |7.10A Identify ways in which Texans have adapted to and modified the environment and analyze the positive and negative consequences of the |United Streaming |Simile |

| |modifications | |Hyperbole |

| | |BrainPop |Metaphor |

| | | |Personification |

| |*THREE WEEK CHECKPOINT* |SISD Library | |

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| | |Edmodo | |

|Week 4 | |McGraw Hill: Texas History Textbook |Main Idea |

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|Aug. 21-25 |7.1C Explain the significance of the following dates: 1519, mapping of the Texas coast and first mainland Spanish settlement; 1718 |Reading Essentials and Study Guide |Figurative Language: |

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| |7.2B Identify important individuals, events, and issues related to European exploration of Texas such as Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, Alvar Nunez |Master the TEKS: Texas History |Simile |

| |Cabeza de Vaca and his writings, the search for gold, and the conflicting territorial claims between France and Spain | |Hyperbole |

| | |United Streaming |Metaphor |

| |7.8A Create and interpret thematic maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases representing various aspects of Texas during the 19th, 20th, and| |Personification |

| |21st centuries |BrainPop | |

| | | |Writing Process |

| |7.21B Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main |SISD Library | |

| |idea, summarizing, making generalizations, and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions | | |

| | |Edmodo | |

|Week 5 |7.2C Identify important events and issues related to European colonization of Texas, including the establishment of Catholic missions, towns, |McGraw Hill: Texas History Textbook |Main Idea |

| |and ranches, and individuals such as Fray Damain Massanet, Jose de Escandon, Antonio Margil de Jesus, and Francisco Hidalgo | | |

|Aug. 28- Sept. 1 | |Reading Essentials and Study Guide |Figurative Language: |

| |7.19C Identify examples of Spanish influence and the influence of other cultures on Texas such as place names, vocabulary, religion, | | |

|Early Release- Aug.30 |architecture, food, and the arts |Master the TEKS: Texas History |Simile |

| | | |Hyperbole |

| |7.22B Use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, and proper citation of sources |United Streaming |Metaphor |

| | | |Personification |

| |7.22D Create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information |BrainPop | |

| | | |Writing Process |

| |7.23B Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict |SISD Library | |

| |consequences, and take action to implement a decision | | |

| | |Edmodo | |

|Week 6 |7.1A Identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain why historians divide the past into eras, |McGraw Hill: Texas History Textbook | |

|Sept. 5-8 |including Natural Texas and its People; Age of Contact; Spanish Colonial | |Expository Writing |

|Labor Day-No School, Sept.4 | |Reading Essentials and Study Guide | |

| |7.1B Apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods | |Complex and Compound Sentences |

| | |Master the TEKS: Texas History | |

| |7.1C Explain the significance of the following dates: 1519, mapping of the Texas coast and first mainland Spanish settlement; 1718 | |Writing Process |

| | |United Streaming | |

| |7.2D Identify the individuals, issues, and events related to Mexico becoming an independent nation and its impact on Texas, including Texas | | |

| |involvement in the fight for independence, José Gutiérrez de Lara, the Battle of Medina, the Mexican federal Constitution of 1824, the merger |BrainPop | |

| |of Texas and Coahuila as a state, the State Colonization Law of 1825, and slavery. | | |

| | |SISD Library | |

| |7.8A Create and interpret thematic maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases representing various aspects of Texas during the 19th, 20th, and| | |

| |21st centuries |Edmodo | |

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| |*SIX WEEK CHECKPOINT* | | |

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|Week 7 |7.1A Identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain why historians divide the past into eras, |McGraw Hill: Texas History Textbook | |

|Sept. 11-15 |including Natural Texas and its People; Age of Contact; Spanish Colonial | |Expository Writing |

| | |Reading Essentials and Study Guide | |

| |7.1B Apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events, and time periods | |Complex and Compound Sentences |

| | |Master the TEKS: Texas History | |

| |7.2E Identify the contributions of significant individuals, including Moses Austin, Stephen F. Austin, Erasmo Seguín, Martín De León, and Green| |Writing Process |

| |DeWitt, during the Mexican settlement of Texas. |United Streaming | |

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| |7.2F Contrast Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo purposes for and methods of settlement in Texas. |BrainPop | |

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| |7.8B Analyze and interpret geographic distributions and patterns in Texas during the 19th century |SISD Library | |

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|Week 8 | |McGraw Hill: Texas History Textbook |Expository Writing |

|Sept. 18-22 |7.14A Identify how the Texas Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, | | |

|Celebrate Freedom Week |separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights |Reading Essentials and Study Guide |Complex and Compound Sentences |

|Constitution Day, Sept.17 | | | |

| |7.14B Compare the principles and concepts of the Texas Constitution to the U.S. Constitution, including the Texas and U.S. Bill of Rights |Master the TEKS: Texas History |Writing Process |

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| |7.21A Differentiate between, locate, and use valid primary and secondary sources such as computer software, databases, media and news services,|United Streaming | |

| |biographies, interviews, and artifacts to acquire information about Texas | | |

| | |BrainPop | |

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| | |SISD Library | |

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| | |Edmodo | |

|Week 9 | |McGraw Hill: Texas History Textbook | |

|Sept. 25-29 |7.10A Identify ways in which Texans have adapted to and modified the environment and analyze the positive and negative consequences of the | | |

|Early Release- Sept.27 |modifications |Reading Essentials and Study Guide | |

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| |7.19B Describe how people from various racial, ethnic, and religious groups attempt to maintain their cultural heritage while adapting to the |Master the TEKS: Texas History | |

| |larger Texas culture. | | |

| | |United Streaming | |

| |7.21B Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main | | |

| |idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions. |BrainPop | |

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| |7.21D Identify points of view from the historical context surrounding an event and the frame of reference that influenced the participants. |SISD Library | |

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| |7.21E Support a point of view on a social studies issue or event. |Edmodo | |

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| |7.22D Create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information. | | |

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| |*NINE WEEK CHECKPOINT* | | |

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Technology Plan: Students will complete Edmodo assignments as directed/Students will use computer lab to complete research on various aspects of Texas geography, and creation

Take Home Project: Take Home Project: - Create a presentation of one of the Native American tribes of Texas.  Include region in which they inhabited, customs, dress, diet, etc.  Presentation must include pictures (be creative).

- No more than 4 students per tribe

- Presentation can be in the form of play, song, short story, poster, or poem

- Be sure to cite information downloaded from the website

- Everyone will present, and presentations will be 3- 5 minutes

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