7th Grade Social Studies



Unit I - Studying HistoryChapter 1 - Uncovering the Past (2 Weeks)Chapter 1, Section 2 “ Studying Geography” Notebook pg. 7-10“Latitude and Longitude” - Worksheet“Landforms Diagram” - Worksheet “World Map” (pg.10)Chapter 1, Section 1 “Studying History” Notebook pg. 3-6“BC/AD Timeline” - Worksheet“Archaeology Dig” - Worksheet“American Legends” - Video“World Religions” (pg. 5) “Time Capsule” (pg.6)Unit II - Early Humans and SocietiesChapter 2 - The Stone Ages (2 Weeks)Chapter 2, Section 1 “The First People” Notebook pg. 12-13“Tool Creation” - Activity & worksheet“Prehistoric Life” - Video worksheetChapter 2, Section 2 “Early Human Migration” Notebook pg. 14-16“Prehistoric Village” (pg. 16)“Paleolithic vs. Neolithic” - Foldable“Paragraph Correction: Prehistoric Times” - WorksheetUnit II - Western River Valleys Chapter 3 - Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent (2 Weeks)Chapter 3, Section 1, 2 “Geography of the Fertile Crescent” & “The Rise of Sumer”Notebook pg. 18-22 “Mesopotamia Map” (pg.18)“City-State Creation” (pg.22)Chapter 3, Section 3 “Sumerian Achievements”Notebook pg. 23-25 “Mesopotamian Advancements and Achievements” (pg.25)“The Sumer Times” - ActivityChapter 3, Section 4 “Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent”Notebook pg. 26-29 “Hammurabi and his Code of Law” - Worksheet “Mesopotamian Timeline” (pg.29)“Paragraph Correction: Mesopotamia” - WorksheetChapter 4 - Ancient Egypt (3 Weeks)Chapter 4, Section 1, 2 “Geography of Ancient Egypt” & “The Old Kingdom”Notebook pg. 31-35“Egypt Map” (pg.31)“The Gods of Ancient Egypt” (pg.35)“Create-A-God” - Activity “Egyptian Social Hierarchy” - WorksheetChapter 4, Section 3 “The Middle and New Kingdoms”Notebook pg. 36-39 “Hatshepsut: Woman Pharaoh” - Worksheet“Egypt Timeline” (pg.39)Chapter 4, Section 4 “Egyptian Achievements”Notebook pg. 26-43“Hieroglyphic Cartouche” - Worksheet“Egyptian Advancements and Achievements” (pg.42)“Mesopotamia vs. Egypt” - FoldableUnit III - Eastern River ValleysChapter 5 - Ancient India & China (2 Weeks)Chapter 5, Section 1-5 “Geography” & “Empires” & “Achievements” Notebook pg. 44-48 “India & China Map” (pg.44)“Ancient India’s Planned Cities”(pg.48)Chapter 6, Section 1-5 “Geography” & “Dynasties” & “Contacts” Notebook pg. 49-54 “India & China Advancements and Achievements” (pg.53)“Shang Dynasty Questions” - Worksheet“Mulan” - Video & WorksheetUnit IV - Ancient Greece Chapter 8, 9 - Ancient Greece (6 Weeks)Chapter 8, 9 Section 1 “Geography and Beginnings”Notebook pg. 55-43 “Greece Map” (pg. 55)“Olympian Review” (pg.58)“Farcebook: Greek Gods” - Activity“The Odyssey” - Video worksheetChapter 8, 9 Section 2 “The City-States”Notebook pg. 61-63 “Athens vs. Sparta” - FoldableChapter 8,9 Section 3 “Persian and Peloponnesian Wars”Notebook pg. 64-66Chapter 8,9 Section 4 “Hellenistic Greece”Notebook pg. 67-69“Ancient Greece: Historical Timeline” (pg.69)Chapter 8,9 Section 5 “Advancements and Achievements” Notebook pg. 70-73“Greek Advancements and Achievements” (pg. 72)Unit V - The Roman CivilizationChapter 10, 11 – The Roman World (6 Weeks)Chapter 10, 11 Section 1 “Geography and the Rise of Rome”Notebook pg. 74-78 “Roman Empire Map” (pg. 74)“Plebeians vs. Patricians” – Activity & Worksheet“The Roman Republic” (pg.77)“The Punic Wars” - Worksheet Chapter 10, 11 Section 2 “The Roman Empire”Notebook pg. 79-80“Roman Empire: Trade” - Worksheet“Roman Expansion” - Worksheet“Roman Empire: Growth of the Roman Empire” - Worksheet“Pompeii” - Writing Piece“Imperator” - Video Game & WorksheetChapter 10, 11 Section 3 “The Fall of Rome”Notebook pg. 81-85“Roman Accomplishments” (pg. 83)“Ancient Rome: Historical Timeline” (pg.84)Unit VI - The Medieval TimesChapter 12, 17, 18 – The Medieval Times (6 Weeks)Chapter 17 The Early Middle Ages, Section 1-4Notebook pg. 96-108“Europe Map” (pg.96) “History of the Middle Ages” - Video Worksheet“Charlemagne” - Worksheet“Social Structure of Middle Ages” - Video Worksheet“Feudal Manor” pg.102“Coat of Arms” - WorksheetChapter 12 The Islamic World, Section 1-4 “Beliefs, Empires, & Impact”Notebook pg. 86-88Chapter 18 The Late Middle Ages, Sections 1-5 “Catholic Influence, Crusades, Monarchies, Challenges”Notebook pg. 104-110“Crusades Graphic Timeline” - Worksheet“Magna Carta” - Worksheet“Medieval Guilds” - Worksheet“Joan of Arc” - Video, Reading, & Worksheet“Rise of Trade and Towns” Worksheet“Middle Ages: Historical Timeline” (pg.109)Unit VII - Transition to the Modern WorldChapter 12, 16, 18 – Renaissance, Age of Exploration, the Americas (2 Weeks)Chapter 16 “The Early Americas”Notebook pg. 93-95“Mesoamerica & South America Map” - WorksheetChapter 19 “The Renaissance & The Reformation”Notebook pg. 111-114“Columbian Exchange” - Worksheet“Age of Exploration” - WorksheetUnit VIII - The Non-Western WorldChapter 13, 17, 18 – Africa, Medieval China & Japan (2 Weeks)Chapter 13, Section 1-4 “Geography, Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Zimbabwe” Notebook pg. 89-90Chapter 14, 15, Section 1-3 “Medieval China, The Mongol Empire, Medieval Japan” Notebook pg. 91-92 ................
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