7th Grade World Studies

Avon Lake City Schools Curriculum Framework 7th Grade World Studies

 

The seventh grade World Studies Curriculum covers a timeframe of 750 BCE to 1600 CE. Over the course of a year, students will learn four major units. These units roughly correspond with each quarter. The first quarter of seventh grade will be dedicated to studies of Ancient Greece. In the second quarter, students will study the history of Ancient Rome. The third quarter comprises studies of the Middle Ages, 500 CE to 1500 CE. Finally, the Renaissance will be taught throughout the course of the fourth quarter. In each unit, students' growth will be measured through the use of a pretest and posttest. Quizzes and portfolios will be included to conduct formative assessments. Each unit will also have a project to help facilitate student learning and growth.

 

Textbook (Title and Publishing Company):

My World Interactive, Pearson 2019

Online/Supplemental Materials:

My World Interactive , Pearson, 2019

Assessments:

Pearson, My World, Posttest

Pearson, My World, Formative Assessments Project

 

Content/Topics/Learning Goals Subject to Pacing and Schedules

1st Quarter-

Standards/Learning Goals:

 

History:

 

1. Historians and archaeologists describe historical events and issues from the perspectives of people living at the time to avoid evaluating the past in terms of

 

today’s norms and values.

2. The civilizations that developed in Rome and Greece had an enduring impact on later civilizations. This legacy includes governance and law, engineering and technology, art and architecture, as well as literature and history.

 

Geography:

 

12. Maps and other geographic representations can be used to trace the development of human settlement over time.

13. Geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas.

  1. Improvements in transportation, communication and technology have facilitated cultural diffusion among people around the world.

 

Government:

 

  1. The ability to understand individual and group perspectives is essential to analyzing historic and contemporary issues.
  2. Greek democracy and the Roman Republic were radical departures from monarchy and theocracy, influencing the structure and function of modern democratic governments.

 

Economics:

 

20. The variability in the distribution of productive resources in the various regions in the world contributed to specialization, trade and interdependence.

2nd Quarter-

Standards/Learning Goals:

 

History:

 

  1. Historians and archaeologists describe historical events and issues from the perspectives of people living at the time to avoid evaluating the past in terms of today’s norms and values.
  2. The civilizations that developed in Rome and Greece had an enduring impact on later civilizations. This legacy includes governance and law, engineering and technology, art and architecture, as well as literature and history.
  3. Germanic invasions helped to break up the Roman Empire and set the stage for the development of feudal and manorial systems. Later invasions helped establish Mongol dominance in central Asia and led to the destruction of the Byzantine Empire by the Turks.

 

Geography:

 

  1. Maps and other geographic representations can be used to trace the development of human settlement over time.
  2. Geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas.
  1. Improvements in transportation, communication and technology have facilitated cultural diffusion among people around the world.

 

Government:

 

  1. The ability to understand individual and group perspectives is essential to analyzing historic and contemporary issues.
  2. Greek democracy and the Roman Republic were radical departures from monarchy and theocracy, influencing the structure and function of modern democratic governments.

 

Economics:

 

20. The variability in the distribution of productive resources in the various regions in the world contributed to specialization, trade and interdependence.

3rd Quarter-

Standards/Learning Goals:

 

History:

 

3. Germanic invasions helped to break up the Roman Empire and set the stage for the development of feudal and manorial systems. Later invasions helped establish Mongol dominance in central Asia and led to the destruction of the Byzantine Empire by the Turks.

5. Achievements in medicine, science, mathematics and geography by the Islamic civilization dominated most of the Mediterranean after the decline of the Roman Empire. These achievements were introduced into Western Europe as a result of the Muslim conquests, Crusades and trade, influencing the European Renaissance.

 

Geography:

 

12. Maps and other geographic representations can be used to trace the development of human settlement over time.

13. Geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas.

 

  1. Improvements in transportation, communication and technology have facilitated cultural diffusion among people around the world.

 

Government:

 

  1. The ability to understand individual and group perspectives is essential to analyzing historic and contemporary issues.
  2. Greek democracy and the Roman Republic were radical departures from monarchy and theocracy, influencing the structure and function of modern democratic governments.
  3. With the decline of feudalism, consolidation of power resulted in the emergence of nation states.

 

Economics:

 

  1. Individuals, governments and businesses must analyze costs and benefits when making economic decisions. A cost-benefit analysis consists of determining the potential costs and benefits of an action and then balancing the costs against the benefits.
  2. The variability in the distribution of productive resources in the various regions in the world contributed to specialization, trade and interdependence.
  3. The growth of cities and empires fostered the growth of markets. Market exchanges encouraged specialization and the transition from barter to monetary economies.

4th Quarter -

Standards/Learning Goals:

 

History:

 

4. Mongol influence led to unified states in China and Korea, but the Mongol failure to conquer Japan allowed a feudal system to persist.

  1. The Renaissance in Europe influenced revolutionary ideas, leading to cultural, scientific and social changes.
  2. The Reformation introduced changes in religion including the emergence of Protestant faiths and a decline in the political power and social influence of the Roman Catholic Church.
  3. Empires in Africa (Ghana, Mali and Songhay) and Asia (Byzantine, Ottoman, Mughal and China) grew as commercial and cultural centers along trade routes.
  4. The advent of the trans-Saharan slave trade had profound effects on both the West and Central Africa and the receiving societies.
  5. European economic and cultural influence dramatically increased through explorations, conquests and colonization.
  6. The Columbian Exchange (e.g. the exchange of flora, fauna and pathogens)

 

between previously unconnected parts of the world reshaped societies in ways still evident today.

 

Geography:

 

  1. Trade routes connecting Africa, Europe and Asia fostered the spread of technology and major world religions.
  2. Improvements in transportation, communication and technology have facilitated cultural diffusion among people around the world.

 

Government:

 

  1. The ability to understand individual and group perspectives is essential to analyzing historic and contemporary issues.
  1. With the decline of feudalism, consolidation of power resulted in the emergence of nation states.

 

Economics:

 

  1. Individuals, governments and businesses must analyze costs and benefits when making economic decisions. A cost-benefit analysis consists of determining the potential costs and benefits of an action and then balancing the costs against the benefits.
  2. The variability in the distribution of productive resources in the various regions in the world contributed to specialization, trade and interdependence.
  3. The growth of cities and empires fostered the growth of markets. Market exchanges encouraged specialization and the transition from barter to monetary economies.

 

Last Updated: September, 2023