SAS Curriculum - 7 th Grade Social Studies Activities by Strand Strand - History Essential Standard 7.H.1 Use historical thinking to analyze various modern societies. Clarifying Objective 7.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues over time. Columbus and the New World, Interactive Tool 1376 Exploring Renaissance Humanists, Tool-based Lesson 1115 French Revolution Timeline, Web Lesson 1119 Clarifying Objective 7.H.1.2 Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context. William Penn and the Middle Colonies, Interactive Tool 1264 The Trial of Anne Hutchinson, Interactive Tool 29 Ottoman Empire: Sultan Suleyman, Inquiry 183 Scientific Revolution: Galileo on Trial, Web Lesson 386 The Stamp Act, Interactive Tool 30 Renaissance Man: Leonardo, Interactive Tool 1355 Clarifying Objective 7.H.1.3 Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives. William Penn and the Middle Colonies, Interactive Tool 1264 The Trial of Anne Hutchinson, Interactive Tool 29 Enlightenment Philosophers, Interactive Tool 885 Enlightened Monarchs, Inquiry 188 The Jamestown Colony, Inquiry 201 The Stamp Act, Interactive Tool 30 Renaissance Man: Leonardo, Interactive Tool 1355 Essential Standard 7.H.2 Understand the implications of global interactions. Clarifying Objective 7.H.2.1 Analyze the effects of social, economic, military and political conflict among nations, regions, and groups (e.g. war, genocide, imperialism and colonization). World War II: The Holocaust and Hiroshima, Web Lesson 393
U.S. Territorial Growth to 1853, Tool-based Lesson 1546 Apartheid in South Africa, Inquiry 198 Czar Nicholas II, Tutorial 1294 Imperialism: Creating Maps of Asia and Africa, Tool-based Lesson 1122 Adolf Hitler, Tutorial 1295 Johnson and the Vietnam War, Interactive Tool 38 Winston Churchill, Tutorial 1296 Imperialism: Scramble for Africa, Interactive Tool 932 Imperialism: The Opium Wars, Inquiry 192 World War II: Japanese Internment, Interactive Tool 37 Gandhi and the Partition of India, Interactive Tool 937 The Mexican American War, Interactive Tool 32 Clarifying Objective 7.H.2.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of cooperative efforts and consensus building among nations, regions, and groups (e.g. Humanitarian efforts, United Nations, World Health Organization, Non Governmental Organizations, European Union and Organization of American States). The Munich Crisis, Interactive Tool 935 NGOs and Humanitarian Relief, Web Lesson 415 European Union: Create a Map and Timeline, Tool-based Lesson 1528 The World Trade Organization, Inquiry 217 The Middle East: Suez Crisis, Interactive Tool 938 Clarifying Objective 7.H.2.3 Explain how increased global interaction accelerates the pace of innovation in modern societies (e.g. advancements in transportation, communication networks and business practices). Queen Victoria, Tutorial 1293 NAFTA: Free Trade and the American Economy, Interactive Tool 1187 The Japanese Economic Miracle, Tutorial 1298
OPEC Oil Embargo, Tutorial 1299 Clarifying Objective 7.H.2.4 Analyze the economic, political, and social impacts of disease (e.g. smallpox, malaria, bubonic plague, AIDS and avian flu) in modern societies. Evaluating Cuban Communism, Inquiry 199 NGOs and Humanitarian Relief, Web Lesson 415 Age of Exploration: Spain in the New World, Interactive Tool 883 Medieval Europe: Bubonic Plague, Inquiry 184 Strand - Geography and Environmental Literacy Essential Standard 7.G.1 Understand how geography, demographic trends, and environmental conditions shape modern societies and regions. Clarifying Objective 7.G.1.1 Explain how environmental conditions and human response to those conditions influence modern societies and regions (e.g. natural barriers, scarcity of resources and factors that influence settlement). New Zealand, Tutorial 1378 America: World Power, Interactive Tool 1263 The Amazon Rainforest, Tutorial 1300 Sahara Desert, Tutorial 1344 Nile Kingdoms, Interactive Tool 1373 Clarifying Objective 7.G.1.2 Explain how demographic trends (e.g. population growth and decline, push/pull factors and urbanization) lead to conflict, negotiation, and compromise in modern societies and regions. End of the Cold War, Tutorial 1297 South America Language Map, Tool-based Lesson 1487
OPEC Oil Embargo, Tutorial 1299 The Middle East: Suez Crisis, Interactive Tool 938 South American GDP/Life Expectancy Map, Tool-based Lesson 1488 African GDP/Life Expectancy Map, Tool-based Lesson 1499 Nile Kingdoms, Interactive Tool 1373 Clarifying Objective 7.G.1.3 Explain how natural disasters (e.g. flooding, earthquakes, monsoons and tsunamis), preservation efforts and human modification of the environment (e.g. recycling, planting trees, deforestation, pollution, irrigation systems and climate change) affect modern societies and regions. New Zealand, Tutorial 1378 The Amazon Rainforest, Tutorial 1300 Sahara Desert, Tutorial 1344 Nile Kingdoms, Interactive Tool 1373 Essential Standard 7.G.2 Apply the tools of a geographer to understand modern societies and regions. Clarifying Objective 7.G.2.1 Construct maps, charts, and graphs to explain data about geographic phenomena (e.g. migration patterns and population and resource distribution patterns). Reconstruction Era Sharecropping, Tool-based Lesson 1514 Battles of the War of 1812, Tool-based Lesson 1491 Imperialism: Creating Maps of Asia and Africa, Tool-based Lesson 1122 African GDP/Life Expectancy Map, Tool-based Lesson 1499 Interactive Atlas, Interactive Tool 2000 Three Routes to the Gold Rush, Tool-based Lesson 1495 Western European Monarchies Map, Tool-based Lesson 1485 A Modern Map of Africa, Tool-based Lesson 1128 Lewis and Clark Go West, Tool-based Lesson 1493 Southeast Asia and South Pacific Monarchies Map, Tool-based Lesson 1486
South American GDP/Life Expectancy Map, Tool-based Lesson 1488 Mapping the Cold War, Web Lesson 1126 Clarifying Objective 7.G.2.2 Use maps, charts, graphs, geographic data and available technology tools (i.e. GPS and GIS software) to interpret and draw conclusions about social, economic, and environmental issues in modern societies and regions. World War II: Yalta and Poland, Inquiry 195 The Amazon Rainforest, Tutorial 1300 Imperialism: Creating Maps of Asia and Africa, Tool-based Lesson 1122 European Union: Create a Map and Timeline, Tool-based Lesson 1528 African GDP/Life Expectancy Map, Tool-based Lesson 1499 Interactive Atlas, Interactive Tool 2000 New Zealand, Tutorial 1378 A Modern Map of Africa, Tool-based Lesson 1128 OPEC Oil Embargo, Tutorial 1299 Nationalism: The Unification of Italy, Inquiry 191 Nile Kingdoms, Interactive Tool 1373 Mapping the Cold War, Web Lesson 1126 Strand - Economics and Financial Literacy Essential Standard 7.E.1 Understand the economic activities of modern societies and regions. Clarifying Objective 7.E.1.1 Explain how competition for resources affects the economic relationship among nations (e.g. colonialism, imperialism, globalization and interdependence). The Amazon Rainforest, Tutorial 1300
OPEC Oil Embargo, Tutorial 1299 Clarifying Objective 7.E.1.2 Explain the implications of economic decisions in national and international affairs (e.g. OPEC, NAFTA, G20, WTO, EU and economic alliances). NAFTA: Free Trade and the American Economy, Interactive Tool 1187 Economic Systems, Tutorial 1513 OPEC Oil Embargo, Tutorial 1299 Supply and Demand Curves for Jelly Donuts, Web Lesson 1145 Clarifying Objective 7.E.1.3 Summarize the main characteristics of various economic systems (e.g. capitalism, socialism, communism; market, mixed, command and traditional economies). Marxism: The Communist Manifesto, Web Lesson 597 Economic Systems, Tutorial 1513 19th-Century Political and Intellectual Movements, Web Lesson 389 Evaluating Cuban Communism, Inquiry 199 Elizabethan Exploration: One of Many Accomplishments, Tool-based Lesson 1544 Industrial Revolution: Debating Adam Smith and Child Labor, Web Lesson 596 Clarifying Objective 7.E.1.4 Explain how personal financial decision-making impacts quality of life (e.g. credit, savings, investing, borrowing and giving). South American GDP/Life Expectancy Map, Tool-based Lesson 1488 African GDP/Life Expectancy Map, Tool-based Lesson 1499 Income Taxes and Fairness, Interactive Tool 1185 Strand - Civics and Governance Essential Standard 7.C&G.1 Understand the development of government in modern societies and regions. Clarifying Objective 7.C&G.1.1 Summarize the ideas that have shaped political thought in various societies and regions (e.g. Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution, democracy, communism and socialism). End of the Cold War, Tutorial 1297
The Declaration of Independence: Analyzing Grievances, Inquiry 210 Civil Constitution of the Clergy, Interactive Tool 886 Enlightenment Philosophers, Interactive Tool 885 Marxism: The Communist Manifesto, Web Lesson 597 19th-Century Political and Intellectual Movements, Web Lesson 389 Evaluating Cuban Communism, Inquiry 199 Trotsky and Stalin: Communism in the Soviet Union, Interactive Tool 934 Clarifying Objective 7.C&G.1.2 Evaluate how the Western concept of democracy has influenced the political ideas of modern societies. NAFTA: Free Trade and the American Economy, Interactive Tool 1187 Western European Monarchies Map, Tool-based Lesson 1485 Southeast Asia and South Pacific Monarchies Map, Tool-based Lesson 1486 Clarifying Objective 7.C&G.1.3 Compare the requirements for (e.g. age. gender, legal and economic status) and responsibilities of citizenship under various governments in modern societies (e.g. voting, taxes and military service). French Revolution: The Third Estate, Inquiry 189 The Emperor in Modern Japan, Inquiry 197 Income Taxes and Fairness, Interactive Tool 1185 Clarifying Objective 7.C&G.1.4 Compare the sources of power and governmental authority in various societies (e.g. monarchs, dictators, elected officials, anti-governmental groups and religious, political factions). Ottoman Empire: Sultan Suleyman, Inquiry 183 Perónism in Argentina, 1946-55, Interactive Tool 939 French Revolution: The Third Estate, Inquiry 189 Reformation: Luther's Challenge to the Church, Interactive Tool 882 Ancient China: Great Wall, Interactive Tool 1340 Peter the Great, Tutorial 1343
Czar Nicholas II, Tutorial 1294 Ancient Egypt: Famous Pharaohs, Tool-based Lesson 579 Trade Restrictions: Creating an Embargoed Countries Map, Tool-based Lesson 1529 The Stamp Act, Interactive Tool 30 Adolf Hitler, Tutorial 1295 The Absolute Monarchy of Louis XIV, Tutorial 1512 Civil Constitution of the Clergy, Interactive Tool 886 Western European Monarchies Map, Tool-based Lesson 1485 Winston Churchill, Tutorial 1296 Evaluating Cuban Communism, Inquiry 199 Trotsky and Stalin: Communism in the Soviet Union, Interactive Tool 934 Southeast Asia and South Pacific Monarchies Map, Tool-based Lesson 1486 Strand - Culture Essential Standard 7.C.1 Understand how cultural values influence relationships between individuals, groups and political entities in modern societies and regions. Clarifying Objective 7.C.1.1 Explain how culture unites and divides modern societies and regions (e.g. enslavement of various peoples, caste system, religious conflict and Social Darwinism). Queen Victoria, Tutorial 1293 Asian Empires Art Exhibit, Web Lesson 1111 Traditional Art of the Asian Empires, Web Lesson 379 New Zealand, Tutorial 1378 The Chinese Cultural Revolution, Web Lesson 603 Industrial Revolution: Life in Victorian England, Web Lesson 388
Early Islamic Civilizations, Interactive Tool 1223 Clarifying Objective 7.C.1.2 Explain how cultural expressions (e.g. art, literature, architecture and music) influence modern society. Absolute Monarchs: Palaces and Portraits, Web Lesson 385 African Kingdoms: Nok, Benin, and Yoruba Art, Web Lesson 586 The Chinese Cultural Revolution, Web Lesson 603 Industrial Revolution: Life in Victorian England, Web Lesson 388 Queen Victoria, Tutorial 1293 Asian Empires Art Exhibit, Web Lesson 1111 Ancient Middle East: Exploring Monuments, Web Lesson 580 Icons in Byzantine Art, Web Lesson 380 Prehistoric Cave Art, Web Lesson 578 Traditional Art of the Asian Empires, Web Lesson 379 Early Islamic Civilizations, Interactive Tool 1223 Renaissance Man: Leonardo, Interactive Tool 1355