Huntsville City Schools Instructional Guide
Geography Grade 7 Spring 2016
Standard
3rd 9 Weeks
“I Can” Statements
(unwrapped by school teams)
I can identify and explain the 5
themes of Geography
SOC.7.1: Describe the world in
spatial terms using maps and
I can describe the world in spatial
other geographic
terms using maps and other geographic
representations, tools, and
representations
technologies.
I can explain the use of map
SOC.7.2: Determine how
essentials
regions are used to describe the
organization of Earth’s surface. I can identify geospatial technologies
SOC.7.3: Compare geographic I can utilize maps to explain
patterns in the environment that relationships and environments among
result from processes within the people and places,
Earth
SOC.7.4: Evaluate spatial
patterns and the demographic
structure of population on
Earth’s surface;
I can determine how regions describe
the organization of Earth's geography
I can identify features used for
mapping formal, functional, and
perceptual regions
I can interpret processes and reasons
for regional change.
I can explain globalization and its
impact on people in all regions
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Resources
(by school teams)
Suggested Pacing/
Date(s) Taught
My World Geography
4 Days
January 5 - 8
Tools of Geography
p. 2 - 14
Parts of a Map p. 10 -13
5 Themes p. 6-7
Using maps, charts,
illustrations and text p. xxi
Planet Earth
p. 16 - 28
Day, Night p. 18 - 21
Earth’s Structure p. 22 - 23
Deposition p. 25
Tools of History
p. 116 - 126
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SOC.7.5: Explain how cultural
features, traits, and diffusion
help define regions;
SOC.7.6: Illustrate primary,
secondary, and tertiary
economic activities
SOC.7.7: Classify spatial
patterns of settlement in
different regions of the world,
I can compare geographic patterns in the
environment
I can compare Earth-Sun relationships
I can explain processes that shape the
physical environment
I can describe characteristics and
physical processes on the Earth's surface
I can compare how ecosystems vary from
place to place and over time
SOC.7.8: Determine political,
military, cultural, and economic
forces that contribute to
cooperation and conflict among
people.
I can evaluate spatial patterns and the
demographic structure of population on
Earth's surface
I can predict reasons and consequences
of migration, including push and pull factors
My World Geography
Unit 4
Europe and Russia
Students should be
familiar with political,
physical locations of
Europe and Russian Asia
Climates and Ecosystems
p. 30 - 44
Climate / Zones of Latitude
p. 34, Weather and Climate
p. 32-33 Water Cycle p. 3637
Unit 4
Western Europe
p. 410 - 440
Climate p. 415, Monarchy p.
422
Eastern Europe
p. 442 - 462
Physical Geography p. 446
Chernobyl p. 490 - 491
Russia
p. 464 - 490
Physical Geography p. 469
Taiga p. 417, 472, Eurasian
Continents p. 468 - 469
Monarchy, Tsar p. 478
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13 Days
January 11 - 28
Unit 4
SOC.7.9: Explain how human
actions modify the physical
environment within and
between places
I can identify patterns and effects of rural
SOC.7.10: Explain how human
systems develop in response to
physical environmental
conditions.
I can identify areas with rich and poor
to urban migration and its effect on literacy
I can identify the importance of education
and its effect on literacy
access to natural resources
I can explain how cultural features, traits,
and diffusion help define regions,
SOC.7.11: Explain the cultural
concept of natural resources
and changes by location.
SOC.7.12: Explain ways
geographic features and
environmental issues have
influenced historical events.
I can
compare one location to another for
production of goods and services
I can
analyze the impact of economic
interdependence and globalization on places
and their populations
I can compare and contrast renewable
and non renewable resources
I can identify the effect of population
density has on regions and continents
My World Geography
Unit 5
Africa
15 Days
February 1 - 19
Students should be
familiar with political,
physical locations of
Africa
West and Central Africa
p. 500 - 524
Sahel p. 505, Natural
Resources p. 509
Desertification p. 509
Education p. 519, Culture p.
521
Southern and Eastern
Africa
p. 526 - 552
Physical Geography p. 531 532, Genocide p. 547
Ethnocentrism, Boers,
p. 540 Languages, Bantu,
Swahili p. 545, Farmers p.
540
North Africa
p. 552 - 576
Population and Movement
p. 72 - 83
Demographer p. 74
Religion by location p. 9293, Distribution p. 76-77
March 4 is the end of the Third 9 weeks grading period.
The 3rd Benchmark questions will come from the content studied in January and February.
(???Adjust your schedule to match the scheduled 3rd Benchmark dates???)
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4th 9 Weeks
I can classify spatial patterns of
settlement in different regions of the world
SOC.7.1: Describe the world in I can explain human activities that
spatial terms using maps and
resulted in the development of settlements at
particular locations
other geographic tools
I can describe settlement patterns in
SOC.7.2: Determine how
regions are used to describe the association with the location of resources as
water, transportation and trade
Earth’s surface.
I can describing the eruption of territorial
SOC.7.3: Compare geographic conflicts over borders, resources, land use, and
patterns in the environment that ethnic and nationalistic identity.
result from processes within
I can Identify effects of cooperation among
Earth’s physical systems.
countries in controlling territories.
SOC.7.4: Evaluate spatial
patterns and demographic
structure of population on
Earth’s surface;
I can identify locations boundary disputes have
influenced historical events.
I can describe the origin, location and
significance of monotheistic religions
My World Geography
Unit 6
Begin Fourth 9
Weeks Geography
Students should be
familiar with political,
physical locations of
South West Asia
10 Days
South West Asia
Arabia and Iraq
p. 586 - 612
Physical Geography p. 582 583, 594, Scarce / Natural
Resources p. 592 - 593
Urbanization p. 595, 559
Islam p. 92, 600 - 601, 606607
Monotheism p. 600
Israel and its Neighbors
p. 614 - 645
Monotheistic Religions p. 92,
600, 627 - 632
West Bank / Palestinian
Territories p. 624, 638 - 639
Jerusalem p. 640
Iran, Turkey and Cyprus
p. 644 - 671
Human - Environment
Interaction
p. 46 - 54
Latitude and Longitude p. 4 5, 21, Map Skills p. 96, 342,
891, Non Renewable /
Renewable Resources p. 48 49, Environmental Impact p.
52 - 53, Population
Distribution p. 76-77
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February 29 March 11
SOC.7.5: Explain how cultural
features, traits, and diffusion
help define regions;
SOC.7.6: Illustrate primary,
secondary, and tertiary
economic activities
I can
explain how human actions modify
the physical environment within and between
places
I can explain how human systems
develop in response to physical
environmental conditions.
I can
SOC.7.7: Classify spatial
patterns of settlement in
different regions of the world,
SOC.7.8: Determine political,
military, cultural, and economic
forces that contribute to
cooperation and conflict among
people.
identify types, locations, and
characteristics of natural hazards.
I can identify the effect of population
density has on regions and continents
I can describe ways in which urbanization
areas interact and influence surrounding
regions
I can describe the origin, location and
significance of South Asia religions
I can compare and contrast renewable
and non renewable resources
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My World Geography
Unit 7
Students should be
familiar with political,
physical locations of
Central and South Asia
Central Asia and the
Caucasus
p. 680 - 702
South Asia
p. 704 - 732
Population p.713, 726, 76
Religion p. 93, 717, 727
Polytheism p. 717
Physical Geography p. 708
Subcontinent p. 708
Migration p. 713, 80, Map
Skills p. 716
5 Days
March 28 - April 1
SOC.7.9: Explain how human
actions modify the physical
environment
SOC.7.10: Explain how human
systems develop in response to
physical environmental
conditions.
I can identify patterns and effects of rural
to urban migration
I can
compare one location to another for
production of goods and services
I can analyze economic interdependence
and globalization on places and their
populations
I can compare how culture and
experience influence individual perceptions of
places and regions
I can identify the effect of population
density has on regions and continents
I can describe ways in which urban areas
/ urbanization interact and influence
surrounding regions
My World Geography
Unit 8
East and SouthEast Asia
Unit 6
14 Days
April 4 - 22
Students should be
familiar with political,
physical locations of East
and South East Asia
China and its Neighbors
p. 742 - 768
Famine p. 759, 481,
Migration p. 750, Over
Population p. 750 - 751,
Birth Rate p. 74-75
Japan and the Koreas
p. 770 - 796
SouthEast Asia
p. 798 - 820
Culture and Geography
p. 84 - 100
Norm, Culture p. 86
Family and Society p. 88-89
Language p. 90
Dispersion of Religions p.
92-93,
SOC.7.11: Explain the cultural
concept of natural resources
and changes by location.
I can explain ways geographic features have
SOC.7.12: Explain ways
geographic features and
environmental issues have
influenced historical events.
influenced historical events.
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influenced historical events.
I can identify environmental issues that have
I can explain the role of ocean currents and
winds during exploration
Unit 9
Australia and the Pacific
p. 830 - 856
Unit 6
5 Days
April 25 - 29
Use the remaining days to
review the Core Concepts
not studied earlier in the
Spring Semester
I can analyze interactions among regions
to show transnational relationships, including
the flow of commodities and Internet
connectivity
I can Identify political boundaries based on
physical systems.
Economics and
Geography
p. 56 - 70
Remaining Days of
School
Government and
Citizenship
p. 102 - 114
I can Identify political boundaries based on
human systems.
The 4th Benchmark questions will come from the content studied in March and April.
(???Adjust your schedule to match the scheduled 4th Benchmark dates???)
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The following list of Key Terms and Concepts is meant to be a guide for lesson focus and benchmark assessment
preparation.
Standard
Key Terms, Concepts and Locations
SOC.7.1: Describe the world in spatial
terms using maps and other geographic
representations, tools, and technologies.
Parts of a Map p. 10 -13
5 Themes p. 6-7
Using maps, charts, illustrations and text p. xxi
Day, Night p. 18 - 21
Earth’s Structure p. 22 - 23
Deposition p. 25
Types of maps: physical, political, special purpose p.12-13;
Elevation p.12,
Cardinal directions p.4, Compass Rose p.10,
Lines of Latitude p.4, Lines of Longitude p.5, Prime Meridian p. 21
cultural hearths p.91
Themes of Geography: Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environmental
Map essentials: Type, Projections p.9, Scale p.8, Legend, Distance, Direction, Grid,
Symbols; Distance: fractional, graphic, and verbal scales;
Trade patterns, Immigration patterns,
Holy Texts: Qu’ran p. 600, Torah p.628, Bible p.630,
subcontinent p. 708
Interaction p.6-7;
Migration patterns
World religions p. 92-93,
rural to urban migration p. 80-81
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Standard
Key Terms, Concepts and Locations
SOC.7.2: Determine how regions are
used to describe the organization of
Earth’s surface.
Zones of Latitude p. 34
Weather and Climate p. 32-33
Water Cycle p. 36-37
Climate p. 415
Monarchy p. 422
Physical Geography p. 446
Chernobyl p. 490 - 491
Physical Geography p. 469
Taiga p. 417, 472
Eurasian Continents p. 468 - 469
Monarchy p. 478
World religions p. 92-93, equator p.62-63,
Balkan Peninsula p. 446
Ural Mountains p. 469
European Russia, Asian Russia p. 468 - 469
life expectancy p. 764
SOC.7.3: Compare geographic patterns
in the environment that result from
processes within the atmosphere,
biosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere
of Earth’s physical systems.
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Sahel p. 505
Natural Resources p. 509
Desertification p. 509
Education p. 519
Culture p. 521
Physical Geography p. 531 - 532
Genocide p. 547
Ethnocentrism p. 540
Standard
Key Terms, Concepts and Locations
Languages p. 545
Farmers p. 540
Demographer p. 74
Religion by location p. 92-93
taiga, p. 417
Mount Kilimanjaro p. 531, 532
Moon p.18, sun p.18, revolution p.18, orbit p.18, earth p.20, rotation p.20, axis p.18,
core p.22, mantle p.22, crust p.22,
atmosphere p.23, deposition p.25; H
High latitudes – polar zones,
Middle latitudes – temperate zones,
low latitudes – tropics p. 34; weather p.32, climate p.32, precipitation p. 32,
temperature p. 32, evaporation p.37, water cycle p.37,
culture p.86, climate types p.40-41, climate of SWASIA p. 590
Global warming / climate change p.727
SOC.7.4: Evaluate spatial patterns and
the demographic structure of population
on Earth’s surface;
Physical Geography p. 582 -583, 594
Natural Resources p. 592 - 593
Urbanization p. 595, 559
Islam p. 600 - 601, 606-607
Monotheism p. 600
Religions p. 627 - 632
Palestinian Territories p. 624, 638 - 639
Jerusalem p. 640
Latitude and Longitude p. 4 - 5, 21
Map Skills p. 96, 342, 891
Family p.88,
monotheism p. 600,
SWASIA and oil production/export p. 592-593
demographer
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Standard
Key Terms, Concepts and Locations
SOC.7.5: Explain how cultural features,
traits, and diffusion help define regions;
Population p.713, 726, 76
Religion p. 717, 727
Polytheism p. 717
Physical Geography p. 708
Subcontinent p. 708
Migration p. 713, 80
Map Skills p. 716
Non Renewable / Renewable Resources p. 48 - 49
demographers p.74, language p.90, world religions p. 92-93,
population distribution p. 76, population density p. 77, urbanization p. 80-81,
Sahel p. 505, water scarcity in SWASIA p. 594, monotheism p. 600, mosque p. 603,
Israeli-Palestinian conflict p. 638, West Bank p.639 Swahili p. 545
West and Central Africa culture p. 521
SOC.7.6: Illustrate how primary,
secondary, and tertiary economic
activities have specific functions and
spatial patterns;
primary; forestry, agriculture, mining;
secondary; manufacturing furniture,
grinding coffee beans, assembling
automobiles;
tertiary; selling furniture, selling caffé
latte, selling automobiles
Famine p. 759, 481
Migration p. 750
Over Population p. 750 - 751
Culture and Geography
p. 84 - 100
Norm, Culture p. 86
Family and Society p. 88-89
Language p. 90
Dispersion of Religions p. 92-93
Environmental Impact
p. 52 - 53
World religions p. 92-93, Qu’ran p. 600, desertification p. 509, genocide p. 546,
ethnocentrism p. 541, 844
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Standard
Key Terms, Concepts and Locations
SOC.7.7: Classify spatial patterns of
settlement in different regions of the
world,
Islam p. 600 - 601, 606-607
Monotheism p. 600
Religions p. 627 - 632
Jerusalem p. 640
Holy cities of Islam p. 600 - 601, 631 - illustration
SOC.7.8: Determine political, military,
cultural, and economic forces that
contribute to cooperation and conflict
among people.
Migration p. 750
Over Population p. 750 - 751
Migration patterns
World religions p. 92-93,
rural to urban migration p. 80-81
Chinese population patterns p. 750
Tsar p. 478
Boers p. 540
SOC.7.9: Explain how human actions
modify the physical environment within
and between places, including how
human-induced changes affect the
environment within;
Genocide p. 547
Ethnocentrism p. 540
Environmental Impact p. 52 - 53
SOC.7.10: Explain how human systems
develop in response to physical
environmental conditions.
Environmental Impact p. 52 - 53
Renewable energy p.49, pollution p.419,
SOC.7.11: Explain the cultural concept
of natural resources and changes in
Natural Resources p. 509, 592 - 593
Famine p. 759, 481
Migration p. 750
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Renewable energy p.49, pollution p.419, population distribution p.76,
urbanization p.80, slums p.81, birth rate p.74
Chernobyl, 451, 450 - illustration
Standard
Key Terms, Concepts and Locations
spatial distribution, quantity, and quality Over Population p. 750 - 751
through time and by location.
Sub-Saharan, natural resources, famine p. 759,
West and Central Africa resources p. 509
SOC.7.12: Explain ways geographic
features and environmental issues have
influenced historical events. geographic
features;
Culture and Geography p. 84 - 100
Norm, Culture p. 86
Family and Society p. 88-89
Palestinian Territories p. 624, 638 - 639
Jerusalem p. 640
Renewable and nonrenewable resources p.49,
Economic systems: traditional p.62, market p.62, command p.63, mixed p.63,
trade p. 66, imports p.67, exports p. 67,
Geography Resources
Video
-Preview any video content before showing to students!Arizona Geographic Alliance: Guns Germs and Steel
The World: A Television History
PBS: Nova Earth
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Web Content
National Geographic - Teacher Resources
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/teaching-resources/?ar_a=1
National Geographic - Student Resources
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/st/?ar_a=4
Discovery Education - Teacher Geography Resources
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/search/page/6-8/social-studies/-/-/index.cfm
Library of Congress - Geography Resource Listing
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/additionalresources/relatedresources/ss/geog.html
Tennessee Geographic Alliance - Teacher Resources
http://www.tngeographicalliance.org/3rd---5th-grade-lesson-plans.html
Tennessee Geographic Alliance - Bellringers
http://www.tngeographicalliance.org/bell-ringers.html
Ducksters - Geography Games and Tools
http://www.ducksters.com/geography/
Geography Web Sites for Students
http://www.sldirectory.com/studf/geography.html
TCI Publishing Geography Resources
http://www.teachtci.com/programs/middle-school/geography-alive-textbook/regions-and-people/table-of-contents.html
5 Themes of Geography
http://www.cdresel.com/geo/geography_unit/the_five_themes_of_geograph/index.html
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Physical Geography
http://www.cdresel.com/geo/geography_unit/physical-geography.html
Ancient Egypt - Make Your Own Cartouche
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cartouche/cartouche.html
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