Social Studies Assignments Due

Due Friday, August 7

Hexagon

World Map

Google Classroom Checklist

Movie Permission

Due Friday, August 14

Longitude and Latitude

GRAPES for Me

Islam Vocabulary

Lesson 9 Thinking Maps (8 3 Maps)

7th Grade Social Studies COURSE OVERVIEW

1. Students will study the social, cultural, and technological changes that occurred in Europe, Africa, and Asia in the years A.D. 500 to late 1700s. 

2. Students will analyze the history and geography of civilizations that were developing concurrently throughout the world during medieval and modern times. 

3. Students will discuss economic interaction among civilizations as well as the exchange of ideas, beliefs, technologies, and commodities. 

4. Students will learn about the resulting growth of Enlightenment philosophy and the new examination of reason and authority, natural rights of human beings and divine rights of kings. 

5. Students will look at democratic ideas developed during the Enlightenment that continue to influence the world today. 

6. Students will research a given topic for each trimester, adding to the project weekly and culminating in an oral presentation to the class at the end of the trimester.

7th Grade Social Studies CURRICULUM

1. TCI

   1. Activities and Lessons

      1. First Semester: Islamic Civilization, Medieval Africa, Medieval China, Medieval Japan 

      2. Second Semester: Roman Civilization, Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Reformation, Americas, Age of Exploration

   2. Note-taking, quizzes, assessments

2. Research Reports:

   1. Understanding Geography

   2. Country Report

   3. Understanding Culture

   4. Historical Figure Report pre 1500

3. DBQ: Data Based Question

   1. Mansa Musa’s Hajj, A Personal Journal

   2. Samurais and Knights: Were the Similarities Greater than the Differences?

   3. The Aztecs: Should Historians Emphasize Agriculture or Human Sacrifice?