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7th Grade Social Studies Standards and Objectives

|Primary Social Studies Skills: Habits of Mind |Additional Skills for 7th Grade Students |

|Multiple Perspectives: students will address events from various cultural, ethnic, political, |Using physical and human geographic data to draw conclusions about regional environments and populations |

|economic, age and gender points of view |Comparing cultures to discern similarities and differences |

|Sourcing: students will comprehend and analyze primary and secondary documents to identify bias, |Analyzing causes to determine effects |

|finding main ideas through summarizing and categorizing |Reading, interpreting, & drawing inferences from maps |

|Contextualization: students will be introduced to contextualization using documents that can fit into |Comprehending and using subject specific vocabulary |

|a time period, event or situation | |

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|Standard 1: Students will know how to use geographic skills to interpret maps and globes |

|Objectives |Essential Understandings |Terms |People & Places |Resources |

|7.1.1 |What kind of map/globe is used for what purpose. |Hemisphere | | |

|Students will demonstrate necessary map skills. | |Latitude/longitude | |Nystrom “Our World Today” |

| |How are maps used to examine human migration and land use? |Prime Meridian | |Program |

| | |Equator | | |

| |Know the key components of a map and how to use them. |Cardinal Directions | |Prentice Hall: World |

| | |Scale | |Studies; Asia and the |

| | |Key | |Pacific, pages M4-M18 |

| | |Compass Rose | | |

| | |Map Titles | | |

| | |Physical/Political Map | | |

| | |Special Purpose Map | | |

|7.1.2 |How do the six elements of a culture (Communication, Art | | |District Provided Unit |

|Students can identify and apply the six elements of |Forms, Social | | | |

|culture. |Structure, Social Behaviors, Institutions, | | | |

| |Economic Base) help us understand and compare various cultures| | | |

| |throughout the | | | |

| |world? | | | |

|7.1.3 |How did the five major world religions (Christianity, Islam, |Monotheism | |District Provided Unit |

|Students can describe the five major world religions. |Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism) originate and develop. |Polytheism | | |

| | | | | |

| |How do the five major world religions | | | |

| |impact the world today. | | | |

| | | | | |

|STANDARD 2: Students will understand how Asia and the Pacific play an important role in today’s global society. |

|Objectives |Essential Understandings |Terms |People/Places |Resources |

|7.2.1 |How does regional climate affects human settlement and land |Peninsula |Himalayas |Nystrom “Our World Today” |

|Students will understand how Geography affects the |use? |Plateau |Chang River |Program |

|history and culture of East Asia. | |Fertile |Huang River | |

| |How do natural resources affect human settlement and land use?|Archipelago | |Prentice Hall: World |

| | |Population Density | |Studies; Asia and the |

| | |Typhoon | |Pacific |

| | |Monsoon | |Chapter 1 (p. 8-24) |

| | |Deciduous | | |

| | |Developing Country | |Article – China’s Three |

| | |Developed Country | |Gorges Dam |

| | |Terrace | |

| | |Double-Cropping | |article.cfm?id=chinas-|

| | |Aquaculture | |three-gorges-dam-disaster |

| | |Three Gorges Dam | | |

|7.2.2 |How has past isolationism impacted cultural diffusion, |Emperor |China | |

|Students will understand the History and Culture of |identity, economies, and history? |Dynasty |Japan |Prentice Hall: World |

|East Asia | |Isolationism |Korea |Studies; Asia and the |

| |How have historical achievements changed the lives of people? |Clan |Great Wall of China |Pacific Chapter 4 (p.76-90) |

| | |Cultural Diffusion |Samurai | |

| | |Dialect |Shogun | |

| | |Nomad |Commodore Matthew | |

| | |Homogeneous |Perry | |

| | |Ethnic Group |Confucius | |

| | |Paper making | | |

| | |Gunpow | | |

| | |Tradition | | |

| | |Communes | | |

| | |Communism | | |

|Objectives |Essential Understandings |Terms |People/Places |Resources |

|7.2.3 |How do technological innovations drive economies, trade, & foreign |Radical |China | |

|Students will understand the Impact of East Asia |relations with other countries? |Free Enterprise System |North Korea |Prentice Hall: World |

|on today’s world. | |Gross Domestic Product |South Korea |Studies; Asia and the |

| |Analyze the social & political changes that have challenged the |Subsidy |Japan |Pacific |

| |development of East Asian countries? |Recession |Tiananmen Square |Chapter 7 |

| | |Birthrate |Red Guards |(p. 142-166) |

| | |Labor |Demilitarized Zone | |

| | |Truce | | |

| | |Diversify | | |

| | |Famine | | |

| | |Korean War | | |

| | |Cultural Revolution | | |

| | |Great Leap Forward | | |

|7.2.4 |How do climate regions affect human settlement and land use? |Subsistence Farming |Ring of Fire |Nystrom “Our World Today” |

|Students will understand how Geography affects | |Commercial Farming |Rain forest |Program |

|the history and culture of Southeast Asia |How do natural resources affect human settlement and land use? |Paddy | | |

| | |Monsoon | |Prentice Hall: World |

| | | | |Studies; Asia and the |

| | | | |Pacific |

| | | | |Chapter 3, Sect 1 |

| | | | |(p. 53-60) |

|7.2.5 |How does colonialism affect the culture of Southeast Asia? |Khmer Empire |Pol Pot |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand how the History and | |Nationalist |Khmer Rouge |Studies; Asia and the |

|Culture of the Southeast Asia has affected | |Colonialism | |Pacific |

|today’s world. | |Vietnam War | |Chapter 6, Sect 1 |

| | |Communist | |(p. 122-127) |

|*Note* Obj. 2.5 and 2.6 may be combined | | | | |

|7.2.6 |How has Southeast Asia been impacted by war? |Civil War |Vietnam |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand the Impact of Southeast | |Domino Theory |Ho Chi Minh |Studies; Asia and the |

|Asia on the world today. | |Vietnam War | |Pacific |

| | | | |Chapter 9, Sect 1 |

| | | | |(p. 230-235) |

|7.2.7 |How does regional climate affect settlement and land use? |Subcontinent |Himalayas |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand how Geography affects | |Alluvial |Indus River |Studies; Asia and the |

|the history and culture of South Asia. |How do natural resources affect settlement and land use? |Monsoon |Ganges River |Pacific |

| | |Cash Crop | |Chapter 2, Sect 1 |

| | | | |(p.28-34) |

|7.2.8 |How has religion shaped the political and cultural structure of India? |Caste |Mohandas Gandhi |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand how the History and | |Colony |Siddhartha Guatma |Studies; Asia and the |

|Culture of South Asia has affected today’s world.|What impact did the past Indian empires have on India? |Boycott |India |Pacific |

| | |Partition |Pakistan |Chapter 5, Sect 1 |

| |How did colonization impact the modern development of India? |Maurya |Great Britian |(p. 94-102) |

| | |Gupta | | |

| | |Mughal | | |

|7.2.9 |How has economic and social challenges affected the advancement of the |Textiles |India |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand the Impact of South Asia|countries of South Asia? |Malnutrition |Kashmir |Studies; Asia and the |

|has on the world today. | |Life Expectancy |Pakistan |Pacific |

| | |Literacy Rate | |Chapter 8, Sect 1 |

| | |Drought | |(p. 184-189) |

| | |Self-Sufficient | |Chapter 8, Sect 2 |

| | |Green Revolution | |(p. 190-194) |

|7.2.10 |How do climate regions affect human settlement and land use? |Oasis |Tigris River |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand how Geography affects | |Petroleum |Euphrates |Studies; Asia and the |

|the history and culture of Southwest & Central |How do natural resources affect human settlement and land use? |Nonrenewable Resource |Caspian Sea |Pacific |

|Asia. | |Standard of Living |Aral Sea |Chapter 2, Sect 2 |

| | |Steppe | |(p. 35-41) |

|7.2.11 |What effect did early civilization and governments have on the world? |Code of Hammurabi |Middle East |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand how the History and | |Christianity |Soviet Union |Studies; Asia and the |

|Culture of Southwest & Central Asia has affected |How has religion had an impact on the history of the region? |Judaism |Silk Road |Pacific |

|today’s world. | |Islam |Jerusalem |Chapter 5, Sect 2 |

| |How has the diversity of cultures shaped the region? |Muezzin |Mesopotamia |(p. 103-109) |

| | |Monothesism |Arabs |Chapter 5, Sect. 3 |

| | |Sunni |Israel |(p. 112-116) |

| | |Shi'as | | |

|7.2.12 |What effect has natural resources had on the economy and standard of |Irrigation |Israel |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand the Impact of Southwest |living of the region? |Kibbutz |West Bank |Studies; Asia and the |

|& Central Asia on today’s world. | |Monarchy |Gaza Strip |Pacific |

| |How has religion effected the social development of the region? |Refugee |Golan Heights |Chapter 8, Sect 3/4/5 |

| | |Dictatorship |Saudi Arabia |(p. 195-214) |

| |How has war and changes and struggle for governmental control affected |oil |The “Stans” | |

| |the region? |Koran |Taliban | |

| | | |Soviet Union | |

|7.2.13 |How do climate regions and landforms affect human settlement and land |Geyser |Great Barrier Reef |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand how Geography affects |use? |Fiord |Outback |Studies; Asia and the |

|the history and culture of Australia/New Zealand.| |Uluru/Ayers Rock |Australia |Pacific |

| | | |New Zealand |Chapter 3, Sect 2 |

| | | | |(p. 61-65) |

|7.2.14 |How did colonization effect the history and native cultures of |Station |Aborigines |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand how the History and |Australia and New Zealand? |Penal Colony |Maori |Studies; Asia and the |

|Culture of Australia/New Zealand have impacted | | |Outback |Pacific |

|today’s world. | | | |Chapter 6, Sect 2 |

| | | | |(p. 130-133) |

|7.2.15 |How has the economy of Australia been affected by agriculture and |Artisan Well |Aborigines |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand the Impact of |trade? | | |Studies; Asia and the |

|Australia/New Zealand on today’s world. | | | |Pacific |

| |Analyze the effects of a modern economy on a historical culture. | | |Chapter 9, Sect 2 |

| | | | |(p. 238-242) |

|STANDARD 3: Students will understand how Europe and Russia plays an important role in today’s global society |

|Objectives |Essential Understandings |Key Terms |Key People/Places |Resources |

|7.3.2 (Chapter 2) |How did the ideas of democracy and governmental systems of |City-State |Athens |Prentice Hall: World |

|Students will understand how the History of Europe and|ancient Greece and Rome affect life today? |Democracy |Greece |Studies, Europe and Russia |

|Russia have affected today’s world. | |Pax Romana |Rome |Chapter 2 |

| |How did life in Europe during the Middle Ages affect trade and|Middle Ages |Alexander the Great | |

| |the rise of countries? |Feudalism |Michelangelo | |

| | |Industrial Revolution |Leonardo da Vinci | |

| |How did the Renassiance, Age of Revolution, and the rise of |Imperialism |King Louis XIV | |

| |monarchs effect life and government in Europe? |Nationalism |Isaac Newton | |

| | |Westernization |Catherine the Great | |

| |How did the Industrial Revolution changed life in Europe? |Tsar |Ivan the Terrible | |

| | |Revolutionary |Peter the Great | |

| |How did the imperialism, nationalism and war effect |Communism |Napoleon | |

| |governments in Europe? |Dictatorship |Tsar Alexander II | |

| | |Euro |Vladimir Lenin | |

| |How does the government in Russia evolve from Imperial times |Single Market |Josef Stalin | |

| |to the Russian Federation? |Foreign Minister |Mikhail Gorbachev | |

| | |Parliament |Adolf Hitler | |

| |How does the development of the European Union affect life in |Constitution |Vatican City | |

| |Europe today? |Constitutional Monarchy |New Baltic Nations | |

| | |Cold War | | |

| | |Reunification | | |

| | |Berlin Wall | | |

| | |Standard of Living | | |

| | |Entrepreneur | | |

| | |Civil War | | |

| | |Secede | | |

| | |Embargo | | |

| | |Economic Sanctions | | |

| | |Collectives | | |

| | |Inflation | | |

| | |Capitalism | | |

| | |Maastricht Treaty | | |

|Objectives |Essential Understandings |Key Terms |Key People/Places |Resources |

|7.3.3 (Chapter 3) |How has the impact of industry, cultural |Urbanization |Leo Tolstoy |Prentice Hall: World Studies,|

|Students will understand how the Culture of |centers, and open borders affected culture |Immigrants |Peter Tachaikovsky |Europe and Russia Chapter 3 |

|Europe and Russia have affected today’s |in Western Europe? |Ethnic Groups |Vaclav Havel | |

|world. | |Dialect | | |

| |How has the impact of foreign domination |Heritage | | |

| |affected the ethnic groups of Eastern |Propaganda | | |

| |Europe? | | | |

| | | | | |

| |How has ethnic groups, education, and | | | |

| |artistic tradition affected the culture of | | | |

| |Russia today? | | | |

|7.3.4 (Chapter 4) |What types of government have existed in Europe and Russia? |Parliament |England |Prentice Hall: World Studies,|

|Students will understand the development of | |Representative |Scotland |Europe and Russia: Chapter 4 |

|Western European countries today. |How have the people of Europe ad Russia been shaped by their culture? |Constitution |Wales | |

| | |Constitutional Monarchy |Northern Ireland | |

| |How have Russian and European economies developed into what they are today?|Philosophy |France | |

| | |Welfare State |Sweden | |

| |How has the complexity of Italian culture, the differences between northern|National Debt |Italy | |

| |and southern regions, and the importance of Vatican City influenced the |Basilica |Germany | |

| |history of Europe and Russia? |Manufacturing | | |

| | |Land Reform | | |

| |How did Germany’s involvement in World War I and II, its division, and |Holocaust | | |

| |reunification affect Europe and Russia? |Reunification | | |

| | |Standard of Living | | |

|7.3.5 (Chapter 5) |How have Polish traditions and the impact of Communism affected Europe? |Capitalism |Poland |Prentice Hall: World Studies,|

|Students will understand the development of | |Entrepreneur |Slovenia |Europe and Russia: Chapter 5 |

|Russia and Eastern Europe countries today. |How have the issues facing the people of the Balkans affected the |Civil War |Croatia | |

| |development of the area? |Secede |Bosnia & Herzegovina | |

| | |Embargo |Serbia | |

| |How has outside influences affected the Ukrainian people. |Economic Sanctions |Montenegro | |

| | |Chernozem |Macedonia | |

| |How has Russia been affected by tradition, changes in society and |Collective |Albania | |

| |challenges facing the region today? |Investor |Romania | |

| | |Inflation |Hungary | |

| | |Privatization |Greece | |

| | | |European Turkey | |

| | | |Ukraine | |

| | | |Russia | |

| | | |Yugoslavia | |

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