Unit Plan
Grade Level:
Unit #:
Unit Name:
7th
8
Today’s World
Big Idea/Theme:
From the beginning of the twentieth century to present day, significant changes and
advancements have occurred worldwide resulting in global interdependence.
Culminating Assessment:
Standard 7-7: World Today
Culminating Assessment: Creating a CD
Part I. Have the students design a CD cover that would represent all of the
changes/challenges that occurred during the 20th century and beyond.
Topics that must be included are:
Fall of Soviet Union
Technological Revolutions
Environmental Crisis
Human Rights
Opportunities for Women
Global Interdependence
Environmental Challenges
Part II. The students will then come up with or locate a song that illustrates each
topic. There should be 7 songs listed on the CD. Students will also need to turn in
an explanation for picking each song to represent the changes/ challenges that
occurred.
Standard 7-7: World Today
K.Barnette
Rubric below
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Culminating Assessment Rubric
Task
Percentage
CD Cover
30%
List of 7 songs
on the CD
30%
Explanation
Over All
Appearance
Student’s
Score
Student’s
Comment
Teacher’s
Comment
30%
10%
Unit Understanding(s)
Unit Essential Question(s):
Students will understand that…
7-7.2 Why is technology so important
and how does it impact the daily lives
Advancements in technology have
changed the lives of the world’s
of citizens around the globe?
population significant ways.
7-7.3 How has the population growth
Population growth has exponential
affected the environment and those
effects on the environment as well as
living in it?
humanity today and future generations.
7-7.5 How does religion restrict
Global interdependence continues to
opportunities for women in various
develop exponentially with vast impacts
regions throughout the world?
on all nations. (NAFTA, OPEC)
7-7.6 How are all nations
interdependent and what are the
impacts of these dependencies?
7-7.6 What impact has economic
globalization had on the world today?
7-7.6 How have trade agreements
affected labor demands and
subsequent migration of people to
certain areas of the world?
7-7.7 How does urbanization and
industrialization pose dangers to the
natural environment?
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Students will know… / Students will be able to…
Summarize the effects of advances in technology.
Describe how population growth has vast effects on the environment and
humanity today and in the future.
Explain the global economy in terms of interdependence.
South Carolina Academic Standards:
7-7.2 Explain the significance and impact of the information, technological, and
communications revolutions, including the role of television, satellites,
computers, and the Internet. (H)
7-7.3 Explain global influences on the environment, including the effects of
increases in population, the growth of cities, and efforts by citizens and
governments to protect the natural environment. (G)
7-7.5 Compare the social, economic, and political opportunities for women in
various nations and societies around the world, including those in
developing and industrialized nations and within societies dominated by
particular religions. (H,G, P, E)
7-7.6 Explain the impact of increasing global economic interdependence in the
late twentieth century and the early twenty-first century, including the
significance of global communication, labor demands, and migration; the
European Economic Community (EEC) and other trade agreements; and
the oil crisis of the 1970s. (E, G, H, P)
7-7.7 Summarize the dangers to the natural environment that are posed by
population growth, urbanization, and industrialization. (G, E, P, H)
*Correlates with SC Science Standards: 7-4.3 & 7-4.6
Essential Vocabulary…
Gross domestic product
Standard of living
Information Age
Population density
Embargo
NAFTAS
European Union
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Interim Assessment (formative)
Interim Assessment (formative;
see sample lesson below)
Tests/Quizzes
Discussion/Questioning
Journals
Class participation
Partner/group work
Exit slips
Debates
KWL
Graphic Organizers
Thinking Maps
Sample Assessment: To demonstrate
global interdependence, locate 10 items
(shirt, shoes, etc.) from home and
create a list indicating the item and their
origin. Next, choose two of the ten
items to document information
regarding the probable routes from the
item’s development site(s) to the
purchase site(s) and recording this data
on a map and in a journal. Finally,
summarize these findings,
demonstrating how we all live in a
global economy today.
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STANDARDS-BASED
DAILY LESSON PLAN
Subject Area: Social Studies Level: 7th grade
Unit: Today’s World
Unit Theme: Urbanization
Duration of lesson:
Applicable Unit Understandings
Population growth has exponential effects on the environment as well as humanity
today and future generations.
Applicable Unit Essential Questions
How has the population growth affected the environment and those living in it?
SC Academic Standards
7-7.3 : Explain global influences on the environment, including the effects of increases
in population, the growth of cities, and efforts by citizens and governments to protect
the natural environment.
Focus Question:
What are some changes we see due to the increase in population?
Lesson
Instructional
Segment
Strategies
1
Activating Prior
Knowledge
2
Brainstorming/Revising
4
Sharing
Teacher Activities
Student Tasks
Silent Graffiti wall:
starting word would be
Urbanization
Students will come up
to the board and add
as many words or
phrases that they
associate with
Urbanization.
Students will work in
groups to organize
their notes (see
examples)
Each student will have
a description or word
Graphic Organizer:
organize notes into 3
categories
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5
Closure
Exit Slip
from the notes and
they will have to move
in the classroom and
find their category and
post it up on the wall.
We will then go through
all 3 categories to
check and review.
Students will have to
write down one effect
of urbanization
Materials and Resources
Graffiti Wall
Graphic Organizer
Exit Slip
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