Social 7 – Grade 7

District 2853

Month

Content

Technology Used

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

· Continents and Oceans	· Locate and identify the Continents and Oceans of the world · Create a mental map of the world
· 5 Themes of Geography	· Understand and explain location, place, human environmental interaction, movement and regions · Use the 5 themes to understand and describe a city, state, country · Compare and contrast maps and globes as tools · Use a map to find certain locations · Demonstrate knowledge of the parts of a map · Use latitude and longitude to find different locations on earth’s surface · Locate the equator, prime meridian, international date line, tropic lines, and Arctic and Antarctic Circles, as well as North and South Poles
· Physical Geography	· Describe now the Earth moves in space · Explain why the seasons change · Compare and contrast high, middle, and low latitudes · Describe forces inside the Earth that change the Earth’s surface · Understand the affects of the inside forces · List the forces on the Earth’s surface that change it, and explain how it happens · List the Earth’s major landforms · Know the relationship between weather and climate · Describe how land forms and water affect climate · Locate Earth’s major climate regions · Identify the various types of vegetation that grow in each region
· Human Geography	· Locate the Earth’s major population centers · Understand the factors that affect population density · Know how fast world’s population is growing · Describe how population growth will affect the world vs. MN vs. … etc. · List reasons why people migrate · Identify important population issues
· World Cultures	· Define culture · Explain how cultures develop · Understand why social organization is important to cultures · Identify the elements that make cultures different from one another · Describe the causes of cultural change · Know why the rate of cultural change has been increasing
· Earth’s Natural Resources	· List the Earth’s natural resources · Compare and contrast renewable resources and nonrenewable resources · Know the stages of economic development · Describe how different cultures use land · Explain how people’s actions affect the environment · Realize what people are doing to improve the environment
· U.S. Geography	· Create a mental map of the United States · Locate and identify the 50 States and Capitols · Know the important landforms of the U.S. · Locate the major rivers and bodies of water of the U.S. · Identify the different regions of the U.S. · List the natural resources of each region · Locate the major cities of the U.S. · Understand the affect that different natural resources have on cities and regions of the U.S. · Describe the culture traits of the various regions of the U.S. · Analyze the causes of cultural variations in U.S. regions · Compare and contrast different religions of the U.S.
· Current Events	· Examine various current political and social events of the U.S. and the world · Compare and contrast vs. views with other country’s views · Describe the views of the major political parties in the U.S. on various issues · Understand how events around the world might affect the U.S. · Explain how events in the U.S. might affect other areas of the word

TECHNOLOGY USED:

· Internet

· Geography

· LCD Projector

· Digital Video

· Digital Still Camera

· PowerPoint Presentation

· Word Processing