UNIT 1
“Connecting Themes
Used in Seventh Grade
Social Studies”
“Connecting Themes Used in
Seventh Grade Social Studies”
Socratic questioning about how students
relate to themes personally. At the end of
questioning students respond to the
prompt “How (insert theme) relates to my
life.” Teacher may use all the themes or
select certain ones for the prompt.
Dialogue and Discussion Constructed
Response Self-Assessment
Conflict &
Change
Movement/
Migration
Culture
Time,
Change,
Continuity
th
7
Grade
Location
Governance
Production,
Distribution,
Consumption
Human
Environmental
Interaction
EQ-What are the themes across
social studies?
• History
• Culture
• Economics
• Politics
• Geography
Conflict &
Change
When there is conflict between or within
societies, change is the result.
1. EU- Conflict results in
change
1. When you have conflicts with your friends,
does it change your friendship? How?
Yes, you think differently of each other
No, problem solved, you’re still the same
2. Why do you make changes in your life. Give
an example..
To better yourself, getting older, moving on,
learn from mistakes
Culture
The culture of a society is the product of
the religion, beliefs, customs, traditions,
and government of that society.
2. EU- Culture is a product of
religion, beliefs, customs,
traditions and government.
1. How do you describe your family’s culture?
2. How do government actions affect your
culture?
3. Should schools try to influence or reflect the
students’ cultures?
4. What cultural conflicts have you seen in
your school or the U.S.?
5. Why do you choose the friends you
choose?
Governance
As a society increases in complexity
and interacts with other societies, the
complexity of the government also
increases.
3. EU- As a society increases in complexity &
interacts with other societies, the
complexity of the government also
increases.
1. How have your responsibilities changed as
your family has changed or as you have
gotten older?
2. In what ways do the rules in sports get more
complicated at different levels?
(i.e. Tee ball through Major Leagues)
3. How have society and government adapted
to each other’s growing complexities?
Human
Environmental
Interaction
Humans, their society, and the
environment affect each other.
4. EU- Humans, their society, and the
environment affect each other.
1. How is the landscape changed when
neighborhoods are built?
2. What jobs are available or unavailable
because of the physical geography near
you?
3. What are the positive and negative
consequences of human environment
interaction?
4. How does the environment affect food
choice?
Movement/
Migration
The movement or migration of people
and ideas affects all societies involved.
5. EU-movement or migration of
people and ideas affects all societies
involved.
1. What are some of the cultural differences
(language/slang, foods, accents, sports, clothes,
etc.) within different regions of the United States?
2. What are some of the reasons that people move?
3. How do people change when they move from one
place to another?
6. EU-location affects a society’s
economy, culture, and development
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
How does your family decide to make and spend
money? JOB, $ make
What changes have occurred in your life since moving
from elementary school to middle school? Work,
lockers, mature, sports, teachers
What are some examples that demonstrate how
location affects your society’s economy, culture, and
development? jobs, not enough stores or
merchandise, playing outside
How do opportunities change (jobs, food, homes,
standard of living, clothes, etc.) depending on where
you live? Bigger city- bigger selection
Why do people eat different foods in different parts of
the world? b/c of their climate, culture, location
Time, Change,
Continuity
While change occurs over time, there is
continuity to the basic structure of a
society.
7. EU- While change occurs over time, there is
continuity to the basic structure of that society.
1. How has school changed and stayed the
same since kindergarten?
2. How can a society change but have its
basic components remain the same over
time?
3. Why do some things remain the same
when society is always changing?
Production,
Distribution,
Consumption
The production, distribution, and
consumption of goods/services
produced by the society are affected
by the location, customs, beliefs,
and laws of the society.
8. EU-production, distribution, and
consumption of goods/services produced by
the society are affected by the location,
customs, beliefs, and laws of the society.
1.What are the elements that make up an
economy?
2.How are the things you want to buy
produced?
3.How do stores get the things you want to
buy?
4.How do you decide what to buy?
5.What factors determine the price of the
things you want to buy?
“Connecting Themes Used in
Seventh Grade Social Studies”
1. Find pictures in magazines that illustrate
the enduring understandings and glue
them down.
2. Type your enduring understanding and #
on your project.
3. Write a response explaining how your
picture(s) relate to your EU. Then try to
relate the EU to you and your life.
cmcmichael@schleyk12.org
Sample Written Response
• My enduring understanding states that CULTURE is a
product of religion, beliefs, customs, traditions and
government. In my picture, Jacob Black cut his hair
short, got a Quileute tattoo on his shoulder and ran
around half naked. This was all part of his Indian tribe’s
traditions. You can see that they all look the same from
their clothes, to their hair, to their tats and abs.
• In my culture, we don’t run around half naked. We wear
jeans, plaid, t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, tennis shoes,
boots and much more. We all also have different styles
and color of hair. We all don’t look
the same either. However, some
people have tats but they are not all
the same.
Economy
EQ: What are the three economies?
How are they different?
1. Independently read pgs 105-107
Economies, record notes on trifold,
BING one of the economies’ factories
EQ: What makes up an economy?
2. Record vocabulary words with teacher
ECONOMY Vocabulary
ECONOMY- businesses provide goods & services
to provide for people’s wants. (rise & fall in
investors, increase & decrease in jobs)
PRODUCTS- items that people buy and use
Ex: clothes, cars, houses, toiletries
CONSUMERS- the people that buy products
MANUFACTURE- to make
FACTORY- the place where products are made
SERVICE PROVIDER- a business that sells a
product or provides a service; bank, hair salon,
clothing store, Wal-Mart, Winn Dixie
ECONOMY Vocabulary
GOODS- something you want, product
ex: computer
SERVICES- an action that meets a want
ex: lawn care, med. help, education
PRODUCERS- people who make the products
SUPPLY AND DEMAND- the more people want it,
the price increases/ less people want it, price
decreases
PROFIT- the $ that you make after cost have been
paid
Also look in the back of the book
At the Economics Handbook
(Brown)
FREE ENTERPRISE
MARKET ECONOMY
People make decisions on what to produce,
where to work, set their own prices, decides how
many to produce
Govt. has a small role
•United States
COMMAND ECONOMY
Government makes decisions on what to
produce, where to work, set their own prices,
decides how many to produce
•Cuba & North Korea
You WILL
work at this
job!
•Govt. has a LARGE role
Hundreds of workers striking at Baode
factory- Mattell
TRADITIONAL ENTERPRISE
SOCIETY & CULTURE determine how goods
and services are produced, the prices, incomes
$, who gets to buy products.
Ex. Rich family- allowed to buy a certain tractor
Ex. Farmers give much of produce to the
community leader. He then gives to the people
that need it.
India and some African countries
Factors of Production
1. ENTREPRENEUR- the business man who
brings all three of these together p.103
ex. Christina Aguilera cutting a cd
2. LABOR RESOURCES- workers who know
what they’re doing
3. NATURAL RESOURCES- raw materials
(land, water, soil, forest, minerals, veges)
4. CAPITAL RESOURCES- machines, factories
and supplies
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
ENTREPRENEUR
Factors of Production
1. Read and Discuss ch.4-3 F.O.P.
2. Record vocabulary words
EQ: What are the three parts to production?
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
Entrepreneur
The business person that
Opens the business
LABOR
RESOURCES
The workers
CAPITAL
RESOURCES
Machines, factories, &
supplies
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Raw materials from
earth ( wood, corn,
Minerals, water )
The Stages of Production
1. R-A-L- Lawnmower Boy
by: Gary Paulson
2. Use internet resource to discuss the stages
of production
3. Go back to the factors of production chart
and add the stages of production
http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/level2/busacti
vity/activity/production12.htm
EQ: How are the resources from factors of
production used in the stages of production?
The Stages of Production
EQ: How does a PRODUCT get to the store for me to buy?
The Stages of Production
PROCESS OF HOW A PRODUCT IS MADE FROM BEGINING TO END
1. PRIMARY-1st stage of production
The
extraction
of raw materials from the earth.
The Stages of Production
PROCESS OF HOW A PRODUCT IS MADE FROM BEGINING TO END
2. SECONDARY-2nd stage of production
transforming raw materials into products
Labor Res, Capital Res, Natural Res.
3. TERTIARY- 3RD stage of production
It involves all services provided to
businesses and consumers. Getting the
product to the store & consumers.
ex: firefighter, bank, grocery store,
doctors, taxi driver, delivery man.
Wal-Mart- produced it, shipped it, and sold it.
Entrepreneur - Sam Walton
The Stages of Production
PROCESS OF HOW A PRODUCT IS MADE
FROM BEGINING TO END
EQ: How are the resources from factors of
production used in the stages of
production?
There are more than 7,500 varieties of apples grown worldwide,
with China producing 41 percent of the fruit. The United States is
the second largest apple producer.
The Stages of Production
PROCESS OF HOW A PRODUCT IS MADE
FROM BEGINING TO END
EQ: How are the resources from factors of
production used in the stages of
production?
Illustrate a natural resource to a finished product.
“Connecting Themes Used in
Seventh Grade Social Studies”
1. Go to the computer lab to create a slide
show that illustrates a natural resource
being turned into a product that a
consumer would use.
EQ: How does an ear of corn get turned into
popcorn and make it to me while I’m
sitting in the movie theater?
PRODUCT TO DISTRIBUTION
Use slides in power point to create a flow chart tracing a
good from production to distribution. Include typed
explanations of illustrations using content vocabulary.
3
2
1
All vocabulary words are
present
Most vocabulary words
are present
Few vocabulary words
are present
ECONOMICS
VOCABULARY
words are present:
primary, secondary,
tertiary, entrepreneur,
capital res., labor res.,
natural res., product,
manufacture, & service
ORGANIZATION
All stages of production
are illustrated and
explained.
NEATNESS AND
APPEARANCE
Finished product is very
neat and appealing to the
eye.
Grade-
9=100
8=89
Most stages of production
Stages of production are
are illustrated and
illustrated poorly or are
explained. Some stages
not completed.
are missing.
7=78
Finished product is
somewhat neat and
appealing to the eye.
6=67
5=56
4=44
Finished product is not
neat and appealing to the
eye.
3=33
3 ECONOMIES TRI-FOLD
Use magagzines to find pictures that
illustrate each type of economy.
3
2
1
More than 3 pictures in
each category
3 pictures in each
category
Few pictures are
present
All pictures are in
correct economy.
Most pictures are in
correct economy.
Some are missing or
don't make sense.
Economies are
illustrated poorly or are
not completed.
Finished product is
very neat and
appealing to the eye.
Finished product is
somewhat neat and
appealing to the eye.
Finished product is not
neat and appealing to
the eye.
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES
ILLUSTRATED
PICTURES
NEATNESS AND
APPEARANCE
Grade-
9=100
8=89
7=78
6=67
5=56
4=44
3=33
“Connecting Themes Used in
Seventh Grade Social Studies”
Go to the computer lab to create a slide
show that illustrates a natural resource
being turned into a product that a
consumer would use.
EQ: How does a tree make it to a fourposter, mahogany bed in my bedroom?