7th Grade Social Studies
1st Nine Weeks
CONTENT/CLARIFYING
OBJECTIVE
Review geography, religion,
government, and civilizations
TIME
3 weeks
SUPPLEMENTAL OR
DIGITAL RESOURCES
LESSON
ACTIVITIES
Map activities
“Royal Castle Floor Plan” basic direction activity
(easy):
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/maps/maps
kills-castle_WMZNQ.pdf
Religion Matrix
7.G.1 Understand how
geography, demographic
trends, and environmental
conditions shape modern
societies and regions.
7.G.2 Apply the tools of a
geographer to understand
modern societies and
regions.
7.C.1 Understand how
cultural values influence
relationships between
individuals, groups and
political entities in modern
societies and regions.
7.C & G.1 Understand the
development of
government
in modern societies and
regions.
7.H.1 Use historical
thinking to analyze various
modern societies.
Map activities on echalk
Government
posters/review chart
(students should have
learned material in 6th
grade)
Religion flow map on echalk
Aztecs, Inca, Maya
Review
Mayas/Aztecs Culture Comparison:
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/Laun
ch?id=585
Government chart available on echalk
Government Review:
IThink: Modern Global Issues pg. 47, 50
KEY
VOCABULARY
-Buddhism
-Polytheistic
-Monotheistic
-Hinduism
-Christianity
-Judaism
-Islam
-Democracy
-Republic
-Monarchy
-Oligarchy
-Communism
-Theocracy
-Totalitarian
-Mesoamerica
Mayan Lesson:
http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/midlit10.so
c.splmaya/
Cortez: Conqueror of the Aztecs-Primary Document
on echalk
Aztec/Inca Comparison:
http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/Laun
ch?id=1219
http://www.questconnect.org/sa_lesson_plans.htm
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Time Warp Trio- “Me Oh Maya” video guide:
http://www.timewarptrio.com/teachersparents/lessons/pdf/twt-lesson-maya.pdf
“Come on Over to Maya Place” Lesson Plan:
http://www.coreknowledge.org/mimik/mimik_upload
s/lesson_plans/765/Come%20On%20Over%20To%2
0Maya%20Place.pdf
Links for Mayas for Kids:
http://mayas.mrdonn.org/index.html
Age of Exploration
7.H.2 Understand the
implications of global
interactions.
7.C.1 Understand how
cultural values influence
relationships between
individuals, groups and
political entities in modern
societies and regions.
2 weeks
Exploration activities
IThink: Pre-Columbian Americas “Counting the
Days” (pg. 57)
“Exploration” Primary Source Box- Located in each
school library
IThink: The Renaissance “Age of Exploration” pg.
78
Explorers:
http://explorers.mrdonn.org/index.html
-Christopher Columbus
-Magellan
-Amerigo Vespucci
-Sir Francis Drake
-Hernando Cortes
-Simon Bolivar
-Columbian Exchange
-Treaty of Tordesillas
-Vasco de Gama
Explorer Background:
http://www.noblesandcourtiers.org/famousexplorers.htm
Explorer Crash Course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjEGncridoQ&lis
t=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9&index=21
“Hit the Seas” flocabulary:
http://www.flocabulary.com/age-of-exploration/
Links to many exploration activities:
http://www.berkeley.k12.sc.us/webpages/tbradley/in
dex.cfm?subpage=81044
“The People vs. Columbus, et al.” Mock Trial:
http://zinnedproject.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wpcontent/uploads/2009/11/people-vs-columbus.pdf
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Sir Francis Drake: “The Queen’s Pirate” Primary
Source on echalk
“Treaty of Tordesillas” Primary Source on echalk
Amerigo Vespucci: Primary Source on echalk
Columbian Exchange Crash Course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4
&list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9&index=23
Columbian Exchange Simulation:
http://msh.councilforeconed.org/documents/978-156183-758-8-activity-lesson-20.pdf
Renaissance, Reformation,
and Enlightenment
7.H.1 Use historical thinking
to analyze various
modern societies.
7.H.2 Understand the
implications of global
interactions.
4 weeks
Renaissance
Reformation
Enlightenment
James Cook Crash Course:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yXNrLTddME&
list=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9&index=27
Renaissance Primary Source Box (Located in school
libraries, some documents are scanned in)
-Humanism
-Secular
-Gutenberg
IThink: The Renaissance
-Martin Luther
-John Calvin
-Joan of Arc
-Shakespeare
-Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance Crash Course:
-Michelangelo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vufba_ZcoR0&li -Donatello
st=PLBDA2E52FB1EF80C9&index=22
-Raphael
-Medici
Witnesses to Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years
-Heresy
War:
-Recant
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/witnesses-joan- -Indulgences
arc-and-hundred-years-war
-Henry VIII
-Tudors
Martin Luther “Reading Like a Historian” Lesson
-Stuarts
Plan: http://sheg.stanford.edu/martin-luther
IThink: Age of Revolution ”Into the Light”
(Enlightenment) pg.18
Renaissance Power Points:
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http://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/powerpoints/renaissa
nce.html
Resource of several Renaissance lesson plans:
http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/lessonplans.ht
ml
Renaissance Information (Kid Friendly):
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0288-therenaissance.php
Renaissance Information:
http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/index
.html
Renaissance Interactive Information:
http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/
Renaissance Art and Architecture:
http://architecture.pppst.com/index.html
Interesting Renaissance Events:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/mefrm.htm
Reformation Information (Kid Friendly):
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0297reformation.php
Tudor Information (Kid Friendly):
http://www.tudorbritain.org/
Power Points on the Tudors and Stuarts:
http://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/powerpoints/tudors.ht
ml
Terrible Tudors, Vile Victorians (Kid Friendly):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/deary_gallery.sh
tml
The Reformation Links:
http://www.wartgames.com/themes/world/reformatio
n.html
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Elizabethan England Recreation and Sports:
http://www.tomecek.com/jay/RecreationandSports.ht
ml
Suggested Websites: The following websites require you to register to view lessons and activities, but are FREE:
-Zinn Education Group: http://zinnedproject.org/
-Teachers Domain: http://www.teachersdomain.org/
-Stanford History Education Group: http://sheg.stanford.edu/
-Share My Lesson: http://www.sharemylesson.com/
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