Social Studies (7th)
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Quarter 1
- Understand and interpret the different types of maps
- Define culture and culture traits
- Identify and describe the five themes of geography
- Describe Europe’s geography, and climate
- Describe the Greek culture and the Roman Empire
- Describe the Renaissance and the Reformation
- Describe the changes that occurred during the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions
- Explain the causes and effects of WWI and WWII
- Analyze the differences between the Cold War and WWI and WWII
- Examine how costs, benefits, incentives and risks are interrelated
- Understand that competition in the marketplace helps keep prices low
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Quarter 2
- Identify the benefits of membership in the Eastern Union
- Describe the cultural heritage of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Poland
- Describe how the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates Rivers have influenced life in the region
- Describe the location, government, and struggles of Mesopotamian city-states
- Describe the importance of religion in ancient Egypt
- Identify the Five Pillars of Islam and describe the spread of the religion
- Describe the conflicts caused by religious and ethnic differences among people in the region
- Describe the relationship between oil and politics
- Participate in a Mock Trial
- Describe the practice of Judaism in modern Israel
- Identify civil rights issues in present-day Turkey
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Quarter 3
- Identify renewable and nonrenewable resources
- Describe European colonialism in Africa
- Describe how European nations divided Western and Central Africa
- Describe the importance of African arts and mineral resources
- Identify the great trade empires in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Trace the history of colonization and settlement in South Africa
- Identify contributions of African Americans to the history of Philadelphia
- Describe and examine Philadelphia as a “City of Neighborhoods”
- Compare and contrast the immigration experience of the Jewish, Irish and Italian people
- Identify Philadelphia as a city of neighborhoods
- Compare and contrast simple vs. compound interest
- Understand risk and understand the incentives for taking risks
- Examine and analyze the rights given under the 4th and 5th amendments
- Understand and explain the immigration of the Chinese people to Philadelphia
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Quarter 4
- Describe the cultural aspects of Eastern and Southern Africa
- Analyze why Southeast Asia was a crossroads of trade and culture
- Identify the different types of government that exist in South Asia
- Explain the influence of India and China on the cultures of Southeast Asia
- Explain the causes of the Vietnam War and the United States’ involvement
- Explain the challenges that faced the Qing dynasty and led to its eventual downfall
- Describe changes in Japan during the last century, and explain the rebuilding of Japan’s economy after WWII
- Describe the economies of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
- Explain how the Antarctic Treaty has influenced human activity in Antarctica
- Practice economic reasoning by using a decision grid
- Understand how taxes are paid and examine the costs and benefits for different groups of people
- Understand and explain the State and Federal firearms laws
- Understand and discuss drug crimes, federal drug laws, Forfeiture and drug prevention
Last modified: December 19, 2017