Quincy Catholic Academy – Quincy, MA Curriculum Map Subject: World Geography Grade:​ 7 Time Frame Topic Content Resources Concepts, Skills, Standards Assess
ments Textbook: WORLD GEOGRAPHY (Prentice Hall: Copyright 2005) Junior Scholastic Junior Achievement National Grid material: comparative energy sources Videos UTube Teacher created Smartboard Activities Bulletin Boards Supplemental materials related to each topic Concepts and Skills History and Geography (1-­7) Civics and Government (8-­9) Economics (10-­15) Preciously learned concepts and skills are reviewed;; new concepts and skills are introduced and mastered. All concepts and skills, previously learned and new, are integrated into the curriculum throughout the academic year. Formative 1.​Smartboard interactive activities 2.Brainstorming 3. Exit tickets 4. Practice tests and quizzes 5. Homework Summative 1.Tests: -­essay -­multiple choice -­concept completion 2. Projects: -­home created -­classroom created 3.Presentations Seven weeks Three weeks Five weeks Five weeks Physical and Human Geography South America Western Europe Central Europe and Northern Eurasia 1. Geographic tools 2. Five themes of geography 3. Changes within the earth 4. Changes on earth’s surface 5. Weather and climate 6. Ecosystems 7. Demography 8. Culture 9. Political systems 10. Economic systems 1.
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Brazil Northern tropics Andean countries Southern grasslands 1. British Isles and Nordic nations 2. Central western Europe 3. Mediterranean Europe 1. Poland (trade books, differentiated presentations) Artifacts Standards ESS.1 ESS.2 ESS.5 ESS.6 TE.1 TE.2 TE.6 LS.1 USl.12 USl.13 E.1.7 E.2.1 E.2.4 E.2.5 7.3 TE.1 PS.1 TE.4.1 E.3.8 E.5.1 E.7.1 E.7.3 6-­8.RH.4 6-­8.RH.7 6-­8.WHST.2 6-­8.WHST.4 SAM.1 SAM.2 SAM.3 SAM.4 E.1 E.2 E.3 Five weeks Four weeks Four weeks Five weeks Central and Southwest Asia Africa South Asia East Asia Pacific World Antarctica 2. Czech and Slovak Republics, and Hungary 3. Balkan Peninsula 4. Baltic States and Border Nations 5. Russia 1. Caucasus Nations 2. Central Asia 3. Southwest Asian countries 1. North Africa 2. West and central Africa 3. East and southern Africa 1. India 2. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh 3. Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka 1.
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China Japan and the Koreas Southeast Asia Australia and New Zealand 5. Pacific Islands 6. Antarctica E.1 E.2 E.3 NEA.1 CSA.1 CSA.2 CSA.3 CSA.4 WA.1 A.1 A.2 A.3 A.4 A.5 CSA.1 CSA.2 CSA.3 CSA.4 NEA.1 NEA.2 NEA.3 NEA.4 SEAO.1 SEAO.2 SEO.3 SEAO.4