Arkadelphia Public School District

							Arkadelphia Public School District
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 7th Grade
Timeframe: August 20-September 14


                                                                                             Last Updated: 06/12/07
Arkansas Frameworks
Strand/Standard: Geography - Physical/Spatial
                 Geography - Interaction People/Environment
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Enduring Understandings:
Students will understand…
      How they fit into the physical world around them.
      How the physical world affects them and how they affect the world.
Essential Vocabulary:                                         compass rose
    Absolute location                                        demographics
    Relative location                                        hemisphere
    GPS                                                      longitude
    Landsat                                                  cardinal and intermediat directions
    Climate                                                  latitude
    Push-pull                                                peninsula
    Infrastructure                                           physical map
    Equator                                                  Plateau
    Cultural diffusion                                       Political map
    Region                                                   Map scale
                                                              Special purpose map
Skills (Arkansas Frameworks Student Learning Expectations):
Students will be able to…
       G.1.7.1 - Determine the absolute and relative location of a specific place
       G.1.7.2 - Compare and contrast common regional characteristics of Arkansas and other locations at the same
        latitude on the globe
       G.1.7.3 - Compare the location of North America to the other continents of the world and recognize the
        significance of the global region of each continent to its geographic location
       G.1.7.4
       Locate the major bodies of water and river systems of countries of the world - Amazon River, Arctic Ocean,
        Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Nile River, Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Suez Canal
       G.1.7.5 - Design specific types of charts and graphs showing weather patterns, climate, population, or other
        specific topics
       G.1.7.6 - Describe a variety of regions in the United States and the Western Hemisphere (e.g., landform,
        climate, and vegetation regions)
       G.1.7.7
       Construct a specialized map using data (e.g., population, resources, climate, political units)
       G.1.7.8 - Determine the importance of latitude and longitude in constructing maps or globes such as those
        used by meteorologists, survey crews, or the military
       G.1.7.9 - Discuss the tools used by geographers to develop maps and globes [e.g., Global Positioning
        System (GPS), Internet sites, Landsat]
       G.1.7.10 - Construct maps that display the location of a variety of Earth’s physical features (e.g., plateaus,
        rivers, deltas, seas, oceans, peninsulas).
       G.3.7.1 - Distinguish between the distribution of early population centers and modern population centers
      G.3.7.2 - Examine push-pull factors and the effects of these factors on demographics of specific regions of
       North America
      G.3.7.3 - Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of various methods of transferring ideas
       and information
      G.3.7.4 - Examine the infrastructure of population centers and the effects of weak or strong infrastructure
      G.3.7.5 - Interpret the outcome of physical processes that provide renewable and nonrenewable resources
      G.3.7.6 - Analyze ways people have adapted to the physical environment in selected places and regions
      G.3.7.7 - Discuss ways in which people from various regions of the world have adapted to and modified the
       environment during specific time periods throughout history (e.g., exploration, colonization)

Performance/Product/Assessment:
Student learning will be documented through….
      Quizzes
      Testing
      Creation
      History Day
      Journaling
Teaching Strategies/Activities:                          Materials:
 Lecture                                                 Maps
 Discussion                                              Textbook
 Small Group                                             Workbooks that coordinate with textbooks
 Individual Instruction                                  Internet
 Use of internet
 Writing
 Word Walls
Arkadelphia Public School District
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 7th Grade
Timeframe: Unit II -- September 15-October 16


                                                                                           Last Updated: 06/12/07
Arkansas Frameworks
Strand/Standard: History
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Enduring Understandings:
Students will understand…
      What the earliest civilizations in the world were.
      They will also understand the major contributions made by the most ancient civilizations.
Essential Vocabulary:                                         Civilizations
    Paleolithic
    Neolithic
    Mesopotamia
    Monotheism
    Polis
    Philosophy
    Hellenistic
    Peninsula
    Empire
    Timeline
    Artifact
Skills (Arkansas Frameworks Student Learning Expectations):
Students will be able to…
       H.6.7.41 Describe the characteristics of the Paleolithic Age (e.g., hunter-gatherers) up to 10,000bc
       H.6.7.42 Describe the characteristics of the Neolithic Age 10,000-8500bc
       H.6.7.3 Examine the characteristics of civilization
       (e.g., writing, growth of cities, complex institutions, government, religion, specialized workers, advanced
        technology)
       H.6.7.4 Analyze the achievements of the early river civilizations:
                                 -539 bc
                       -300 bc
                      -500 bc
                          -900ad
       H.6.7.33 Locate on a historical map the ancient river civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China
       H.6.7.43 Examine the ancient Israeli Hebrews and the development of monotheism
       G.2.7.2 Summarize the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in the
        development of nations around the world
       H.6.7.34 Locate Greece, Asia Minor, Crete, the Aegean Sea, and the Red Sea on a map of ancient
        Mediterranean world
       H.6.7.5 Examine the major accomplishments of ancient African civilizations
       (e.g., Mali early 13th to late 15th century, Ghana 300-1100ad, Kush4th bc-325ad)
       H.6.7.38 Locate on a historical map of Africa:
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      H.6.7.35 Locate the Minoan and Mycean civilizations on a map of the ancient Mediterranean world
      H.6.7.44 Describe the typical Greek polis
      H.6.7.45 Compare and contrast life in Athens and Sparta (e.g., role of citizens, social classes)
      G.2.7.2 Summarize the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups in the
       development of nations around the world
      H.6.7.20 Explain the role Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey played in Greek history and society (e.g., Trojan War)
      G.2.7.1 Examine the work of writers and artists as examples of cultural heritage from communities around
       the world
      H.6.7.21 Describe the impact of the Persian490-449 bc and Peloponnesian Wars 431-404bc on ancient
       Greece
      H.6.7.46 Discuss the ancient Olympic games
      H.6.7.7 Describe the development of drama in ancient Greece 550-220 bc
      H.6.7.6 Evaluate the contributions of Socrates 469-399b.c., Plato 427-347bc, and Aristotle 384-322 bcto
       Greek philosophy and politics
      H.6.7.36 Trace the path of Alexander the Great’s military conquests through Asia
      H.6.7.22 Describe the rise of Alexander the Great and the development of the Hellenistic culture 323-281bc
      H.6.7.8 Trace the development of ancient Rome:
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                       -1st century ad
      H.6.7.9 Describe the contributions that Rome made to the modern world
      (e.g., artistic, architectural, legal system, plumbing, transportation)
      H.6.7.23 Describe Rome’s conquest of the Italian peninsula and the Mediterranean (e.g., Punic Wars) 264-
       241bc 218-201bc 149-146bc
      H.6.7.10 Describe the effects of the Pax Romana 27bc-180ad
      H.6.7.24 Discuss the internal factors that led to the fall of the Roman Empire 476
      H.6.7.25 Describe the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire 27 bc Augustus

Performance/Product/Assessment:
Student learning will be documented through….
      Quizzes
      Testing
      Creation
      History Day
      Journaling
Teaching Strategies/Activities:                          Materials:
 Lecture                                                 Maps
 Discussion                                              Textbook
 Small Group                                             Workbooks that coordinate with textbooks
 Individual Instruction                                  Internet
 Use of internet
 Writing
 Word Walls
Arkadelphia Public School District
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 7th Grade
Timeframe: Unit III -- October 17 - November 20


                                                                                            Last Updated: 06/12/07
Arkansas Frameworks
Strand/Standard: History
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                 -
Enduring Understandings:
Students will understand…
      Contributions made to the modern world by early empires.
      They will also understand the most basic principles of many major world religions.
Essential Vocabulary:                                           Shogun
    Empire                                                     Samurai
    Historical map
    Protestant reformation
    Invasions
    "State"
    City-states
    Zeal
    Guilds
    Cultural exchange
    Dynastic system
    Caste system
Skills (Arkansas Frameworks Student Learning Expectations):
Students will be able to…
       H.6.7.39 Trace the Germanic invasions of the ancient Roman Empire
       H.6.7.53 Describe the development of a Russian state in Kiev
       H.6.7.54 Trace the development of a central government in France and England
       H.6.7.51 Trace the development of the Frankish kingdom under Clovis 466-511 and Charlemagne
       H.6.7.52 Explain the reasons German and Italian kingdoms and city-states were not organized into a
        centralized government during the Middle Ages
       H.6.7.27 Describe the causes of the Crusades 1096-1291 (e.g., Turkish invasions, trade, religious zeal)
       H.6.7.28 Discuss the Viking invasions of the 10th and 11th centuries
       H.6.7.29 Identify William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hastings
       H.6.7.30 Discuss the Mongol invasions of the late 15th century
       H.6.7.49 Explain the function of the Medieval guilds
       H.6.7.11 Identify the basic tenets of various world belief systems:
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       H.6.7.26 Examine the split between Sunnis-Muslim and Shiite-Muslim factions of Islam after 632
       H.6.7.47 Identify the five pillars of Islam:
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      H.6.7.48 Identify the major accomplishments of the Islamic Empire (e.g., mathematics, science, literature,
       art, architecture
      H.6.7.50 Locate on a historical map of the Islamic Empire:
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      H.6.7.37 Trace the spread of Islam through Asia and Europe on a historical map
      H.6.7.31 Describe Justinian’s attempts to re-conquer the western Roman Empire
      H.6.7.32 Examine the split of the Christian Church into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox in 1054
      H.6.7.14 Investigate the roles of the Christian church in Medieval Europe
      H.6.7.15 Describe life in Medieval Europe 5th century –14th century
      (e.g., feudalism)
      H.6.7.16 Describe the effects of major events on the 14th Century:
   
                                       -1453
      H.6.7.17 Investigate the motives for the writing of the Magna Carta 1297 and the influence on political
       power in England (e.g., establishment of Parliament)
      H.6.7.19 Describe the role Constantinople played in the Byzantine Empire as a crossroads for trade 395-
       1204 and 1261-1453
      H.6.7.40 Trace the network of trade routes that connected the Medieval world (i.e., Indian Ocean, trans-
       Sahara, Silk Road)
      G.2.7.3 Demonstrate examples of cultural exchange throughout specific periods of world history
      H.6.7.12 Describe the development of the dynastic system in China (e.g., Mandate of Heaven)
      H.6.7.13 Describe the development of the caste system in India
      H.6.7.18 Examine the rise of early Japan:
                      –1876)
                  -1868
Performance/Product/Assessment:
Student learning will be documented through….
      Quizzes
      Testing
      Creation
      History Day
      Journaling
Teaching Strategies/Activities:                           Materials:
 Lecture                                                  Maps
 Discussion                                               Textbook
 Small Group                                              Workbooks that coordinate with textbooks
 Individual Instruction                                   Internet
 Use of internet
 Writing
 Word Walls
Arkadelphia Public School District
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 7th Grade
Timeframe: Unit IV--> November 26-December7


                                                                                            Last Updated: 06/12/07
Arkansas Frameworks
Strand/Standard: Civics - Government
                 Civics - Citizenship
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Enduring Understandings:
Students will understand…
       How government as they know it began.
       How government has progressed and changed into what it is now.
       How government officials and forms are different worldwide.
    
Essential Vocabulary:                                               President
       Legislative branch                                          Prime minister
       Judicial branch                                             Democracy
       Federalism                                                  Monarchy
       Bicameral                                                   Dictatorship
       Court systems                                               Oligarchy
       Checks and balances                                         Political parties
       Executive                                                   Nationalism
       Premier                                                     Democracy
Skills (Arkansas Frameworks Student Learning Expectations):
Students will be able to…
       C.4.7.1 Identify the different ways legislative and judicial branches have been organized in the United
        States:
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       C.4.7.2 Compare and contrast the system of checks and balances with systems of other nations
       C.4.7.3 Recognize that nations of the world have different forms of executive leadership:
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       C.4.7.4 Identify the various types of legislative branch in governments of the world
       C.4.7.5 Identify nations of the world that have developed judicial branches of government
       C.4.7.6 Compare and contrast forms of government
       (E.g., democracy, monarchy, dictatorship, oligarchy
       C.4.7.7 Identify current government officials from selected countries
       C.4.7.8 Discuss the succession of leadership for selected countries
       C.4.7.9 Identify political parties of selected nations of the world
       C.5.7.1 Examine written laws from other eras in world history:
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   C.5.7.2 Examine documents other countries have written in order to declare independence
   C.5.7.3 Discuss the significance of individuals that formed various governments in the world (e.g.,
    Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, William the Conqueror, Charlemagne, Vladimir Lenin, Atilla the Hun)
   C.5.7.4 Compare and contrast other national constitutions to the United States Constitution
   C.5.7.5 Examine how the influence of the United States Constitution has spread to other nations of the world
   C.5.7.6 Discuss the significance of national symbols of other nations of the world (e.g., national flags,
    statues, monuments)
   C.5.7.7 Identify the rights and responsibilities citizens have had in various world civilizations
   C.5.7.8 Examine the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in other countries of the world
   C.5.7.9 Identify other countries that have written rights of citizenship
   C.5.7.10 Identify the procedure for voting in other countries
   C.5.7.11 Identify ways citizens participate in government at the state, national, and international levels
   C.5.7.12 Discuss the importance of world organizations involved in citizen’s rights
   (e.g., League of Nations, United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
   C.5.7.13 Research various international policies granting or limiting citizen’s rights using primary and
    secondary source documents
   C.5.7.14 Discuss various national movements throughout world history in which citizen’s rights were
    affected (e.g., Reformation, Enlightenment, Crusades, French Revolution)
   E.7.7.1 Discuss the economic wants and needs of people throughout history
   E.7.7.2 Evaluate the present and future consequences of choices
   E.7.7.3 Evaluate the way scarcity has influenced economic wants and needs throughout specific periods in
    history
   E.7.7.4 Explain the way scarcity of resources makes it necessary to make choices
   E.7.7.5 Discuss the opportunity costs associated with making important decisions
   E.7.7.6 Determine the impact of limited resources on international economies due to governmental choices
   E.7.7.7 Identify the decision making model as a means to evaluate historical decisions
   E7.7.8 Compare and contrast traditional, market, and command economies
   E.7.7.9 Explain how trade-offs have allowed people to get the most out of scarce resources
   From economic systems
   E.7.7.10 Compare the American free enterprise system with other free enterprise systems in the world
   E.8.7.1 Describe the advancement of technologies in division of labor and specialization in helping the
    development of civilization and economies
   E.8.7.2 Discuss the effects of improving the quality or quantity of human capital and the increase of
    productivity (e.g., technology, industrialization, competition, wages)
   E.8.7.3 Discuss the changing factors of production over time:
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   E.8.7.4 Analyze the distribution of natural resources on determining settlement patterns
   E.9.7.1 Distinguish between characteristics of different types of currency worldwide
   E.9.7.2 Research the advantages of using a financial institution for saving money:
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   E.9.7.3 Research the consequences of saving or spending money
   E.9.7.4 Examine the role of the stock market in the economy
   E.9.7.5 Explain how inflation effects world economic systems
   E.9.7.6 Demonstrate the connection between a nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its productivity
   E.9.7.7 Identify the role of central banks
   E.9.7.8 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of global trade
   E.9.7.9 Examine the effects of various types of currency on a global economy
      E.9.7.10 Compare the effects of supply and demand on prices in global markets
      E.9.7.11 Identify the four market structure models found in the United States economy:

Performance/Product/Assessment:
Student learning will be documented through….
      Quizzes
      Testing
      Creation
      History Day
      Journaling
Teaching Strategies/Activities:                          Materials:
 Lecture                                                 Maps
 Discussion                                              Textbook
 Small Group                                             Workbooks that coordinate with textbooks
 Individual Instruction                                  Internet
 Use of internet
 Writing
 Word Walls
Arkadelphia Public School District
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 7th Grade
Timeframe: Unit V-- December 7-December 21


                                                                                         Last Updated: 06/12/07
Arkansas Frameworks
Strand/Standard: Economics - Choices
                 Economics - Resources
                 Economics - Markets
Enduring Understandings:
Students will understand…
      Students will gain an understanding of what an economy is and what it takes for an economy to function
       properly.
   
Essential Vocabulary:                                            Human capital
      Economic wants                                            Productivity
      Scarcity                                                  Industrialization
      Opportunity costs                                         Competition
      Limited resources                                         Wages
      Decision making model                                     Human resources
      Traditional economy                                       Capital resources
      Market economy                                            Natural resources
      Command economy                                           Entrepreneurship
      Free enterprise system                                    Currency
      Trade-offs                                                Interest
      Labor                                                     Safety
      Specialization                                            Stock market
      Global trade                                              Inflation
      Global economy                                            Gross domestic product
      Supply and demand                                         Pure competition
      Monopolies                                                Consumer
      Monopolistic                                              Economy
      Competition                                               Factors of production
      Oligopolies                                               Federal reserve
      Producer                                                  Inflation
      Productivity                                              Goods
      Producer                                              
      Proprietary
Skills (Arkansas Frameworks Student Learning Expectations):
Students will be able to…
      E.7.7.1 Discuss the economic wants and needs of people throughout history
      E.7.7.2 Evaluate the present and future consequences of choices
      E.7.7.3 Evaluate the way scarcity has influenced economic wants and needs throughout specific periods in
       history
      E.7.7.4 Explain the way scarcity of resources makes it necessary to make choices
      E.7.7.5 Discuss the opportunity costs associated with making important decisions
      E.7.7.6 Determine the impact of limited resources on international economies due to governmental choices
      E.7.7.7 Identify the decision making model as a means to evaluate historical decisions
      E7.7.8 Compare and contrast traditional, market, and command economies
      E.7.7.9 Explain how trade-offs have allowed people to get the most out of scarce resources
      From economic systems
      E.7.7.10 Compare the American free enterprise system with other free enterprise systems in the world
      E.8.7.1 Describe the advancement of technologies in division of labor and specialization in helping the
       development of civilization and economies
      E.8.7.2 Discuss the effects of improving the quality or quantity of human capital and the increase of
       productivity (e.g., technology, industrialization, competition, wages)
      E.8.7.3 Discuss the changing factors of production over time:
   
                      ces
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      E.8.7.4 Analyze the distribution of natural resources on determining settlement patterns
      E.9.7.1 Distinguish between characteristics of different types of currency worldwide
      E.9.7.2 Research the advantages of using a financial institution for saving money:
   
   
      E.9.7.3 Research the consequences of saving or spending money
      E.9.7.4 Examine the role of the stock market in the economy
      E.9.7.5 Explain how inflation effects world economic systems
      E.9.7.6 Demonstrate the connection between a nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its productivity
      E.9.7.7 Identify the role of central banks
      E.9.7.8 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of global trade
      E.9.7.9 Examine the effects of various types of currency on a global economy
      E.9.7.10 Compare the effects of supply and demand on prices in global markets
      E.9.7.11 Identify the four market structure models found in the United States economy:
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      E.9.7.12 Examine the effects of various marketing techniques:
   
         -commerce
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Performance/Product/Assessment:
Student learning will be documented through….
      Quizzes
      Testing
      Creation
      History Day
      Journaling
Teaching Strategies/Activities:                           Materials:
 Lecture                                                  Maps
 Discussion                                               Textbook
 Small Group                                              Workbooks that coordinate with textbooks
   Individual Instruction      Internet
   Use of internet
   Writing
   Word Walls