Seventh Grade Curriculum Social Studies Resources

Sequence of Seventh Grade Social Studies Curriculum

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Culture
At Level 1, the student is able to
7.1.spi.1. recognize cultural definitions (i.e., language, religion, customs, political system, economic system).
Resources:  Culture: What Is It? from United Streaming; Building Bridges: A Peace Corps Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding, http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/publications/bridges/
At Level 2, the student is able to
7.1.spi.2. locate cultural information on a thematic map (i.e., languages, political systems, economic systems, religions).
Resources: Types of Maps from United Streaming;
At Level 3, the student is able to
7.1.spi.3. compare and contrast the tenets of the five major world religions (i.e., Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism). 
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 Economics
At Level 1, the student is able to
7.2.spi.1. recognize basic economic concepts (i.e. imports, exports, barter system, tariffs, closed and emerging markets, supply and demand, inflation, recession, depression).
Resources:   Understanding Economics from United Streaming
7.2.spi.2. define renewable and nonrenewable resources.
Resources:   Natural Resources from United Streaming; Natural Resources, Can We Use Them Forever? http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/world/nres.html; Renewable Energy Fact Sheets, http://www.infinitepower.org/factsheets.htm
7.2.spi.3. define demographic concepts. (i.e. population, population distribution, population density, growth rate).
Resources:   Biologix: Population Changes,  Density, and Chaos from United Streaming
At Level 2, the student is able to
7.2.spi.4. interpret economic issues as expressed with maps, tables, diagrams, and charts.
Resources:   TN Economic Overview, http://cber.bus.utk.edu/indlist.htm
7.2.spi5. select the major resources, industrial, and agricultural products for the three grand divisions from a map of Tennessee.
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 Geography
At Level 1, the student is able to
7.3.spi.1. identify and use the basic elements of maps and mapping.
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7.3.spi.2. locate the Earth's major physical characteristics (i.e., 7 continents, 4 oceans).
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7.3.spi.3. identify the major river systems of Tennessee.
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7.3.spi.4. distinguish the differences among rural, suburban, and urban communities.
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7.3.spi.5. select the natural resources found in the 3 grand divisions of Tennessee (coal, copper, timber, plants, animals.)
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7.3.spi.6. Locate on a map specific lines of longitude and latitude. (i.e., Prime Meridian, International Date Line, Equator, North and South Poles, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic Antarctic circles).
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7.3.spi.7. compare the five largest cities of Tennessee using a bar graph.
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7.3.spi.8. define demographic concepts (i.e., population, population distribution, population density, growth rate, family size, and infant mortality).
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At Level 2, the student is able to
7.3.spi.9. identify the location of Earth's major landforms and bodies of water (i.e., Rockies, Andes, Himalayas, Alps, Urals, Sahara desert, Nile River Valley, Great Plains, Mississippi River, Amazon River, Thames River, Seine River, Rhine River, Danube River, Tigris River, Eurphrates River, Ganges River, Volga River, Yellow River).
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7.3.spi.10 identify the characteristics that define a region geographically.
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7.3.spi.11. recognize specific physical processes that operate on the Earth's surface (i.e., erosion, volcanoes, earthquakes, wind and water currents, plate tectonics, and weathering).
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7.3.spi.12. identify the six physical regions of Tennessee (i.e. Unaka Mountains, Valley and Ridge, Cumberland Plateau, Highland Rim, Central Basin, Gulf Coastal Plain).
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7.3.spi.13. recognize the definitions of modifications on the physical environment (i.e. global warming, deforestation, desert, urbanization).
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7.3.spi.14. distinguish between types of maps. (i.e. political, physical, climatic, land-use resource, contour, elevation, topographic.)
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7.3.spi.15  interpret a map indicating scale, distance and direction.
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7.3.spi.16. view and discuss a show which shows a diverse global culture.
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At Level 3, the student is able to
7.3.spi.17. read and interpret a time zone map.
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7.3.spi.18. analyze the environmental consequences of humans changing their physical environment (i.e., air and water pollution, mining, deforestation, global warming).
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7.3.spi.19. examine reasons and patterns of human migration through the use of maps, charts, diagrams (i.e., famine, natural disasters, political and religious oppression, wars).
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7.3.spi.20. predict the consequences of population changes on the Earth's physical and cultural environments.
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7.3.spi.21. interpret a population pyramid.
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Governance and Civics
At Level 1, the student is able to
7.4.spi.1. define the different types of governments (i.e., democracy, autocracy, oligarchy, monarchy, dictatorship).
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7.4.spi.2. using a map key, locate various governance systems.
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At Level 2, the student is able to
7.4.spi.3. recognize how the boundaries of Congressional districts change in the state of Tennessee. (i.e. statutory requirements, population shifts, political power shifts).
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7.4.spi.4. identify political leaders from selected contemporary settings (i.e. United States, India, Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, Russia, China).
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History
At Level 1, the student is able to
7.5.spi.1. identify the causes and consequences of urbanization (i.e. industrial development, education, health care, cultural opportunities, poverty, overcrowding, disease, pollution, crime).
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At Level 2, the student is able to
7.5.spi.2. identify reasons why people choose to settle in different places (i.e., occupation, family, climate, natural resources).
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7.5.spi.3. map large civilizations to discover the impact of water as a main reason behind a society's founding.
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At Level 3, the student is able to
7.5.spi.4. analyze the causes and effects of change in a place over time from a written passage. 
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Individuals, Groups, and Interactions
At Level 1, the student is able to
7.6.spi.1. identify ways family, groups, and community influence daily life and personal choices.
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At Level 2, the student is able to
7.6.spi.2. differentiate between the rights, roles and state of the individual in relation to the general welfare in various regions of the world.
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At Level 3, the student is able to
7.6.spi.3. recognize the causes, consequences and possible solutions applied by governing bodies to persistent global issue using a narrative (i.e., health, security, resource allocation, economic development, environmental quality. )
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