7th Grade Social Studies UNIT 1
Dates
Unit/Content
Topic
Week 1
2012-2013
Skills
Essential Questions and Concepts
Exploring Maps of
the Eastern
Hemisphere
1
I can explain and use a variety
of maps to study the world.
I can draw an accurate sketch
map from memory of the
eastern hemisphere.
I can use information from GPS
and GIS.
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Week 2-3
Landforms, Bodies of
Water, and
Vegetation of the
Eastern Hemisphere
Climate Regions of
the Eastern
Hemisphere
Phil Quinlan UPDATED June 2012
Lesson
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Week 1-2
CURRICULUM MAP
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3
I can locate the major
landforms of the Eastern
Hemisphere.
I can answer questions by
observing air photos.
I can use the five themes of
geography.
I can describe the landform
features of the Eastern
Hemisphere.
I can use info from GIS to
compare the surface of the EH.
I can use the five themes of
geography.
I can describe the landform
features and the climate of the
region.
I can construct and analyze
climate graphs.
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What are the significant physical
characteristics of the Eastern Hemisphere?
Maps are used for a variety of purposes.
Maps come in many scales including global, interregional,
regional and local.
A mental map is useful for understanding the world.
Modern technology can help us when studying the geography
of the Eastern Hemisphere.
There are many similarities as well as differences between the
geography of the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Population Growth
GLCE
CCSS
7-G1.1.1;
7.G1.1.2;
7.G1.2.5
Instructional
Strategies /
Activities
Guided Notes
Teacher
Modeling
Classroom
Procedures . .
RH.6-8.7
WHST.68.10
How has physical geography affected history and
cultures?
Physical features include landforms, bodies of water and
vegetation.
Physical features help to define regions.
The five themes of geography can be used to describe places
on earth.
Technology is useful when comparing and contrasting the
regions of the Eastern Hemisphere.
Regions are one way to organize geographic information.
7-G1.2.1
7-G1.2.3
7-G1.3.1
7-G2.1.1
7-G2.1.2
Weather is the condition of the atmosphere on a daily basis.
Climate is based on the average of the weather characteristics
of the atmosphere over a long period of time (for example, one
hundred years).
One way to record the precipitation and temperature of a
climate is with a set of graphs called a climograph.
Geographic questions can be answered by comparing and
contrasting climates of various locations.
Knowledge of a region’s climate can aid in understanding
patterns of the region.
7-G1.3.1
7.G2.1.1
7-G3.1.1
Small Group
Discussion
Think/Pair/Sha
re
RH.6-8.7
Resources
Assessment
Atlases and iPads with
Internet and geographic
technology loaded
Examples of maps
Geography journal
Paper and markers for
world maps
Population Video
Compare what
students know
about the
geography of
the Eastern
Hemisphere to
what students
know about
the Western
Hemisphere.
Informal
Computer with
Google
Eartj
Make a map of
one region of
the Eastern
Hemisphere.
(alone with 8
½ x 14 paper
in 15 minutes)
World Studies:
Intro to
Geography
WHST.68.10
RH.6-8.7
WHST.68.10
Another Kind of
Outline
Lecture
Examples of
climographs that appear
in textbooks, travel
books, newspapers, or
on Web sites
Large wall map of the
world and/or of the
Eastern Hemisphere
Textbook: World
Studies: Intro to
Geography
Web 2.0
Assessment
Dates
Unit/Content
Topic
Week 4-5
Skills
Essential Questions and Concepts
Lesson
Human
Characteristics of the
Eastern Hemisphere
4
I can use observations from air
photos to answer questions
about the world.
I can describe the human
characteristics of the Eastern
Hemisphere.
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How have humans used, adapted to, and
modified different environments in the
Eastern Hemisphere?
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Human characteristics or human features include languages,
religions, foods, clothing styles, economic systems, form of
government, and traditions.
Human characteristics are those features made by people.
Human characteristics help to define regions of the Eastern
Hemisphere
Many things can be learned about regions of Africa and Asia by
studying the human characteristics found there.
Regions change, overlap, and can be defined in many ways.
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Week 5-6
Population Patterns
of the Eastern
Hemisphere
5
I can draw the general
population distribution of the
EH on a map.
I can describe the patterns of
settlement by using historical
and modern maps.
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Week 7-8
Week 8-9
Human Environment
of the Eastern
Hemisphere
Putting It All
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7
I can use the five themes of
geography.
I can identify places in the EH
that have been changed to be
livable.
I can explain that a change in
the environment can have an
impact on people.
I can use the five themes of
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How have physical and climatic events and features
shaped the population patterns of the Eastern
Hemisphere?
Population distribution is the way people are spread out over
an area.
Population density is the average number of people living in a
square mile or kilometer
Settlement patterns can be studied through a variety of maps
The Sahel is a semi-arid region in Africa between the Sahara
on the north and the savannah in the south
Settlement patterns are linked to physical features of the Earth
as well as human features
• How have people been shaped by historical
experiences?
• Human/environment interaction shows us the ways in
which people use and interact with the Earth.
• People can adapt to the environment by changing their
behavior because of certain natural conditions.
• People can modify the environment by changing physical
features of nature to accommodate their own lives.
• Human/environment interaction can be either positive or
negative.
• The Peace Corps is an American organization of
volunteers who assist with projects in developing
countries around the world.
How is the geography of the Eastern
GLCE
CCSS
Instructional
Strategies /
Activities
7-G1.2.3
7-G2.2.1
Random
Connections
(students to
Eastern
Hemisphere)
WHST.68.2a,b,c,
d,e, f
WHST.68.10
Human/Cultura
l Features
Paragraph
Resources
Assessment
Computer with a GIS
program
Large map of Africa and
Asia or a world map
Newspapers or news
magazines with photos
(borrow from the
library)
Outline maps of Africa
and Asia
Write a
paragraph
about three
human
characteristics
noticed in a
paragraph.
(ticket out
door; look for
key term
usage,
understanding
of human
environment
interation.)
Make
population
density map
and write a
summary of
what was
learned about
population.
Textbook: World
Studies: Intro to
Geography
7-G1.2.4
7-G4.3.2
WHST.68.10
Experiment/Si
mulation
Teacher
Modeling
PBS VIDEO
Population
Population Patterns Map
Atlas textbook
Document camera
Geography journal
Outline maps of Africa
and Asia Floor plan of
the school or hallway
Textbook: World
Studies: Intro to
Geography
7.G1.3.1
7-G4.3.1
7-G5.2.1
Beach Ball
activity (M, R, H,
E, L, P)
WHST.68.10
Learn MR. HELP
and know and
understand
what it means
and how it
applies to world
studies.
Document camera
Geography books and
atlases
Geography journal
Pictures of the students’
city or town,
both old and
new
Textbook: World
Studies: Intro to
Geography
they answer
the question,
“How have
humans used,
adapted
to, and
modified
different
environments
in the Eastern
Hemisphere?”
Large world map
Essay
Dates
Unit/Content
Topic
Skills
Essential Questions and Concepts
Lesson
Together: Geography
of Eastern
Hemisphere
geography and explain the
locations of physical and
human characteristics of Earth.
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Hemisphere different from and similar to the geography
of the Western Hemisphere?
Physical features of the six inhabited continents are similar.
People have created a variety of human features to make each
continent unique.
The Earth can be divided in a variety of ways, hemispheres
being one of these ways.
Eurasia refers to the continents of Europe and Asia while AfroEurasia refers to the three continents of Africa, Europe and
Asia.
There are many patterns that are global in scope.
GLCE
CCSS
Instructional
Strategies /
Activities
Resources
Assessment
7-G1.3.1
7-G1.3.2
Whole class
plans and write
a
compare/contra
st essay of two
continents.
Markers for completing
maps (optional)
Physical maps of the
continents from books
or atlases
comparing two
continents
(one from each
hemisphere) to
assess
understanding
of the five
themes
Multimedia
Project
WHST.68.10
Textbook: World
Studies: Intro to
Geography