JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
Quarter
1st Quarter
2 weeks
Content Material Covered
Standards Addressed
Rules and Procedures
5 themes of Geography
Place
Location
Movement
Region
Human environment and
interaction
**To develop a common
vocabulary***
Disasters over time 1400 - present
Natural
Weather
Diseases etc.…
Man Made
Industrial
Factory Fires
9/11, Boston Marathon, Aztecs,
Titanic, Hindenburg, coal miners
Exxon Valdez etc.…
Focusing on:
Effects of social, economic, military,
political conflict among nations
Modifications to the environment
Population growth in areas
(modernization)
First hand accounts of disasters
SUBJECT: Social Studies
Resources
WEBSITES
http://www.owlteacher.com/5-themes-of-geography.html
http://keehnsocialstudies.wikispaces.com/file/view/5themes.pdf/339582076/5t
hemes.pdf
7.H.1.3
Use primary and secondary sources to
interpret various historical perspectives.
7.H.2.4
Analyze the economics, political, and
social impacts of disease in modern
society
7.H.2.1 Analyze the effects of social,
economic, military and political conflict
among nations, regions, and groups
7.H.2.2
Evaluate the effectiveness of cooperative
efforts and consensus building among
nations, regions, and groups
7.G.1.1 Explain how environmental
conditions and human response to those
conditions influence modern societies
and regions
7.G.1.3
Explain how natural disasters
preservation efforts and human
modifications of the environment affect
Discovery Education Videos
9/11
Names
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,62151,00.html
Memorial
http://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US
Tuesday 102 minutes
http://www.history.com/interactives/witness-to-911
WEBSITES
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14681384
http://www.juliantrubin.com/schooldirectory/natural_disaster_resources.html
IPAD APPS
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oil-disaster-cleanup-lite/id392530267?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hd-pearl-harbor/id391002859?mt=8
GRADE: 7
Essential
Vocabulary
Place
Location
Movement
Region
Human
environment
and interaction
Perspectives
Coincidences
Facts
Treasures
Toll
Aftermath
Relief
Commentary
Reenactments
Damages
Eyewitness
Doomsday
Wrath
Preservation
Effectiveness
Consensus
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: Social Studies
GRADE: 7
societies and regions
7.G.2.1 Construct maps, charts, and
graphs, to explain data about geographic
phenomena
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plague-inc./id525818839?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/titanicdock/id393722731?mt=8
7.G.2.2 Use maps, charts, graphs,
geographic data and available
technology tools to interpret and draw
conclusions about social studies
7.E.1.1 Explain how competition for
resources affects the economic
relationship among nations
7.C&G.1.4Compare the sources of power
and governmental authority
Government
2nd
Quarter
Types of government
Democracy
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Autocracy
Theocracy
Oligarchy
Anarchy
Compare and contrast types of
government
Government influence on the people
Voting rights
Citizenship
Summarize economic systems
7.H.1.2
Summarize the literal meaning of
historical documents in order to establish
context
7.E.1.2 – Explain the implications of
economic decisions in national and
international affairs
7.E.1.3 Summarize the main
characteristics of various economic
systems
7.C&G1.1 Summarize the ideas that
have shaped political thought in various
societies and regions
7.C&G.1.2 Evaluate how the Western
concept of democracy has influenced the
political ideas of modern societies
7.C&G.1.3 Compare the requirements for
and responsibilities of citizenship under
various governments in modern societies
7.C&G.1.4
Compare the sources of power and
governmental authority in various
societies
WEBSITES
http://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/who-rules
http://cdn.icivics.org/sites/default/files/uploads/The%20Sovereign%20State.pdf
Democracy
Direct
democracy
Representativ
e democracy
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Autocracy
Theocracy
Oligarchy
Anarchy
Economic
System
Socialist
Capitalist
Corporatist
Fascist
Laissez-faire
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: Social Studies
GRADE: 7
Governmental authority
Discovery Education Video
WEBSITES
http://asianhistory.about.com/od/japan/p/ShogJapanClass.htm
http://www.etap.org/demo/grade7_history/lesson5/instructiontutor_last.html
Ipad App
HD Pearl Harbor by mauricito barrientitos
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hd-pearl-harbor/id391002859?mt=8
Pearl Harbor (around Dec 7)
Relate to terrorism
Government
History of Feudalism in Japan
US – Japan Conflict over time
3rd
Quarter
Impact of World War II
Economic and political causes major
events
Holocaust and other examples of
genocide
Terms of peace, war crimes trials,
division of Europe
Impact of World War I
Economic causes, political causes,
major events and leaders
Explain outcomes and global effects
of the war the Treaty of Versailles
Causes and consequences of
Russian Revolution
7.H.1.1-3 use historical thinking to
analyze various modern societies
7.H.2.1-3 – understand the implications
of global interactions
7.G.1.1-2 understand how geography,
demographic trends, and environmental
conditions shape modern societies
and regions
7.G.2.1-2 Apply the tools of a geographer
to understand modern societies and
regions
7.E.1.1 understand the economic
activities of modern societies and regions
7.C&G.1.1-4 understand the
development of government in modern
societies and regions
WEBSITES
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year9links/wwi_sheets.shtml
http://www.contentextra.com/bacconline/OnlineResources/HistoryPages/Work
sheets-Wars.aspx
http://www.contentextra.com/bacconline/OnlineResources/HistoryPages/Work
sheets-Wars.aspx
IPAD APPS
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/civil-war-lite-historychallenge/id453006071?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/civil-war-1863-lite/id538868911?mt=8
Civil War – American, African, etc….
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lincoln-telegrams/id431605400?mt=8
Revolutions across the world
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/world-war-ii-interactivefree/id475287428?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wwii-lite-history-challenge/id449461333?mt=8
Kamakazi
Samuri
Daimyo
Shogun
Peasants
Tokugawa
Edo
Trench
warfare
Armistice
Reparations
Alliance
Treaty of
Versailles
Depression
Collective
bargaining
Totalitarian
state
Dictator
Fascism
Nazi
Aryan
Concentration
camp
Nrembreg
laws
Kristallnacht
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
4th
Quarter
Industrial Revolution
Emergence of capitalism as a
dominant economic pattern and
subsequent development od
socialism and communism
7.H.1.1-3: Use historical thinking to
analyze various modern societies
Evolution of nature of work of labor
force, including its effects of families
status of women, children, lave trade,
labor union
Industrial economies and their link to
imperialism and nationalism
Impact of European economic and
military power on Asia and Africa
7.G.1.2-3 Understand how geography,
demographic trends , and environmental
conditions shape modern societies and
regions
French Revolution
Impact of American and French
Revolution on Latin America
Monroe Doctrine
7.E.1.1, 1.3 Understand the economic
activities of modern societies and regions
Age of Absolutism
Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
Global trade on regional civilizations
Ottoman empire, Mughal, East Asia,
Africa
Age of discovery
Trade patterns
Influence of religion
Migration from Europe
The Renaissance
7.H.2.1-4 Understand the implications of
global interactions
7.G.2.1-2 Apply the tools of a geographer
to understand modern societies and
regions
7.C&G.1.1-4 Understand the
development of government in modern
societies and regions
7.C1.1-2 Explain how culture unties and
divides modern societies and regions
SUBJECT: Social Studies
Discovery education videos
Websites
www.worldhistoryforusall.com
http://www.monroefordham.org/docs/lessonplan3_the%20industrial%20revolut
ion.pdf
http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/industrial.html
GRADE: 7
Geocentric
Heliocentric
Philosopher
Separation of
powers
Desiem
Assembly line
Mass
production
Feminism
Social contract
Salon
Federal
system
Bourgeoisie
Faction
Coup d’etat
Nationalism
Consulate
Capptial
Secular
Dower
Humanism
Vernacular
Lutheranism
Salvation
Militant
Spnish
armada
Indulgence
Conquistadors
Colony
Mercantilism
Plantations
Triangle trade
Absolutism
Baroque
Sultan