GRADE 7 SOCIAL STUDIES Month September

Topic & Overarching ?’s GEOGRAPHY • •

October

November December

Skills & Strategies •

What are the five themes of geography? How does geography influence and affect the way people live?

END OF FEUDALISM • What factors caused the decline of feudalism?

RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, SCIENTIFIC

Interpreting map keys and symbols, as needed through the year

Assessment • Examinations on 5 Themes

2-column note-taking skills from text and lecture



Discussion skills



Writing skills



Visual presentation preparation (Cultural bag)



Notebook organization



Listening skills



Active reading

• Quizzes and exams



Note taking

• Notebook checks



Discussion skills

• Class participation



Oral presentation skills



Writing skills



Mapping skills

Active reading



World History: Ancient Through Early Modern Times



Outline maps



Handouts and photocopies



Atlas: Rand McNally Student Atlas



Internet sites



World History: Ancient Through Early Modern Times



Outline maps



Handouts and photocopies



Atlas: Rand McNally Student Atlas



Internet sites



World History: Ancient Through Early Modern

• Cultural Bag





Resources & Links



Exams and quizzes

GRADE 7 SOCIAL STUDIES Month

Topic & Overarching ?’s REVOLUTION •



January

EARLY PEOPLES •

February

How did attitudes towards learning change during the Renaissance? What are the qualities of a Renaissance man/woman?

How did people first reach the Americas?



How do archeologists learn about the past?



How did early peoples adapt to their environments?

NATIVE AMERICANS •



How have Native Americans adapted to different environments?

Skills & Strategies

Assessment

Resources & Links Times



Note-taking



Notebook checks



Discussion skills



Creative writing



Outline maps



Oral presentation skills



Skits and reenactments





Writing skills





Mapping skills

Research project on a Renaissance figure

Handouts and photocopies



Atlas: Rand McNally Student Atlas



Library research skills



Internet sites



Accessing appropriate Internet sites



Note-taking

• Quizzes and exams



World History



Speaking skills

• Notebook checks



Land bridge articles



Expository and creative writing

• Class participation



NY Times article on new movement theories



Active reading skills



Discussion skills

• Quizzes and exams



American Nation



Oral presentation skills

• Notebook checks



Videos: Inca; Aztec;



Writing skills

• Class participation





Note-taking skills

• (Columbus Hero / Mascot debates)

Ghost Dance; creation stories



Articles on debate topics

How have religious • beliefs affected people’s daily lives?

Creative writing, historical fiction, poetry

GRADE 7 SOCIAL STUDIES Month

Topic & Overarching ?’s •



March



Why did Europeans look beyond their borders for new lands? What nations searched for the Northwest Passage?

COLONIZATION •





Resources & Links

Lincoln-Douglas debate skills



Library research



Accessing appropriate internet sites



Note-taking

• Exams and quizzes



Map outlines



Discussion skills

• Notebook checks



Atlas



Oral presentation skills

• Creative writing



The American Nation



Writing skills

• Skits and reenactments



Handouts



Mapping of North American physical features



Internet sites



Note-taking

• Writing assignments



The American Nation

Oral presentation skills

• Questions on readings



Writing skills

• Exams and quizzes

Primary sources: Mayflower Compact, Magna Carta

Using graphic organizers for content

• Map creation



Handouts



Salem Witch Trials internet site

• How did selfgovernment begin in the • colonies? • How did the Native Americans help the New World colonists? Who were the founders of the colonies and why were they founded?

Assessment



How did the arrival of Europeans affect the lifestyle of Native Americans?

EXPLORATION •

April / May

What were the major achievements of the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations?

Skills & Strategies

• Build matrix of colonies

GRADE 7 SOCIAL STUDIES Month

May

Topic & Overarching ?’s •

How did the colonists adapt to and alter their environments?



How did religion influence lifestyle in the colonies?



How did slavery contribute to colonial economic development?



Why did the colonists resent the Navig. Acts?

ROAD TO REVOLUTION •





What European nations rivaled each other for control of North America? What role did Native Americans assume in the struggle between England and France?

Skills & Strategies

• Note-taking

Assessment

• Exams and quizzes



Discussion skills

• Essay writing



Oral presentation skills

• Map creation



Writing skills

• Final Examination



Interpreting maps



Preparing for a final exam



Organizing previous class materials

What were the causes of the French and Indian • War?

Effective use of a study guide

Resources & Links



Primary sources and handouts



Internet sites on French and Indian War



The American Nation

GRADE 7 SOCIAL STUDIES Month

Topic & Overarching ?’s

Revised 7/1/10 Revised 6/2/11 Revised 6/1/12 (BH, LR)

Skills & Strategies

Assessment

Resources & Links