7 th grade Social Studies Curriculum First Global Age to the Present

1. 7th grade Social Studies CurriculumFirst Global Age to the Present Last 5 standards of the National Standards

2. Five Strands • History (H) • Geography & Environmental literacy (G) • Economics & Financial literacy (E) • Civics & Governance (C&G) • Culture (C)

3. Historical Units • Review of 6th grade: Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration • Reformation & Counter Reformation • Age of Absolutism • Enlightenment & Revolutions • New Imperialism • Industrial Revolution • World War I & II • Cold War • Collapse of New Imperialism/Rise of Nationalism • Age of Information

4. The next ten slides combine the Five Strands with the historical units.

5. Review Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, Age of Exploration (Old Imperialism) • H • G • E • C&G – ideas affecting political thought • C CLFY/OBJECTIVE: 7.C&G.1.1

6. Reformation & Counter Reformation • H – Martin Luther, Protestant Reformation & the Counter/Catholic Reformation • G – • E – • C&G – • C – impact in Europe & the Americas CLFY/OBJECTIVES: 6.H.2.4, 6.C.1.2, 7.H.2.4, 7.C.1.2

7. Age of Absolutism • H – Spain, France, Russia • G – • E – • C&G – compare gov’ts • C – CLFY/OBJECTIVES: 7.H.1.1, 7.C&G.1.4

8. Enlightenment & Revolution • H – • G – • E – • C&G – shaping of political thought, French Revolution to Napoleon • C – CLFY/OBJECTIVES: 7.C&G.1.1, 7.C&G.1.2

9. New Imperialism • H – colonization, imperialism, smallpox • G – migration patterns, resource distribution • E – competition • C&G – • C – Social Darwinism (eugenics) CLFY/OBJECTIVES: 7.H.2.1, 7.H.2.4, 7.G.2.1, 7.E.1.1, 7.C.1.1

10. Industrial Revolution • H – England & Japan, malaria • G – scarcity of resources • E – competition for resources • C&G – • C – influence on the arts CLFY/OBJECTIVES: 7.H.2.4, 7.G.1.1 , 7.E.1.1, 7.C.1.2

11. World War I & II • H – causes of both wars, League of Nations, Holocaust, influenza, Russian Revolution as segue to the Cold War • G – • E – • C&G – rise of totalitarianism • C – propaganda CLFY/OBJECTIVES: 7.H.1.2, 7.H.1.3, 7.H.2.1, 7.H.2.2, 7.H.2.4, 7.C&G.1.4, 7.C.1.2

12. Cold War • H – US vs. USSR, UN, Cold War in Korea, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Cuba • G – population changes, push/pull, urbanization • E – capitalism vs. socialism • C&G – communism • C – CLFY/OBJECTIVES: 7.H.2.1, 7.H.2.2, 7.G.1.1, 7.E.1.3, 7.C&G.1.1

13. Collapse of New ImperialismRise of Nationalism • H – genocides in Africa, NGOs, EU, WHO, OAS, spread of diseases (AIDS, avian flu), Green Revolution • G – • E – OPEC, NAFTA, G20, WTO • C&G – influence of democracy in India, Africa & Latin America, Middle East • C – religious conflict CLFY/OBJECTIVES: 7.H.2.1, 7.H.2.2, 7.H.2.4, 7.E.1.2, 7.C&G.1.2, 7.C&G.1.3, 7.C&G.1.4, 7.C.1.1

14. Age of Information • H – increase in global interaction, innovation, • G – natural disasters (tsunamis & earthquakes), human impact on the environment, GPS, GIS • E – personal financial decisions • C&G – • C – CLFY/OBJECTIVES: 7.H.2.3, 7.G.1.2, 7.G.2.2, 7.E.1.4