Grade/Course: Seventh Grade World Studies

This document is provided as a service by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) and the Georgia Leadership Association for the Social Studies (GLASS), January 2007. Electronic copies are available at in Microsoft Word format.

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This document is provided as a service by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) and the Georgia Leadership Association for the Social Studies (GLASS), January 2007. Electronic copies are available at in Microsoft Word format.

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This document is provided as a service by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) and the Georgia Leadership Association for the Social Studies (GLASS), January 2007. Electronic copies are available at in Microsoft Word format.

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Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 1: Origins of Middle Eastern Cultures

This document is provided as a service by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) and the Georgia Leadership Association for the Social Studies (GLASS), January 2007. Electronic copies are available at in Microsoft Word format.

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This document is provided as a service by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) and the Georgia Leadership Association for the Social Studies (GLASS), January 2007. Electronic copies are available at in Microsoft Word format.

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This document is provided as a service by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) and the Georgia Leadership Association for the Social Studies (GLASS), January 2007. Electronic copies are available at in Microsoft Word format.

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Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 2: Division of the Middle East


Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 3: Middle Eastern Political and Economic Systems

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Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 4: Origins of African Culture


Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 5: Colonization and Independence of African Nations

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Unit Specific Plan/ Map: Seventh Grade Geography

Unit Five: Colonization and Independence of African Nations

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Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 6: 20th Century African Issues

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Enduring Understandings and Unit Essential Questions

Political decisions without cultural consideration for ethnic groups lead to conflict, political instability, and political corruption.

  • What have been the results of the European political division of Africa?

As cultures interact, customs, traditions, and beliefs are modified.

  • How did African cultures change when they were influenced by other cultures?

Key individuals make significant contributions to a region’s culture.

  • How did the leaders of African tribes and countries affect the development of the various African cultures?

Literature, art, and music are expressions of a culture’s history, daily life, and beliefs.

  • How did the beliefs of the African people contribute to the development of literature, art and music?

Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 7: Africa’s Political and Economic Systems

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Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 8: Origins of Asian Culture


Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 9: 20th Century Asian History


Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit 10: Asia’s Political and Economic Systems

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Seventh Grade World Studies

Unit Eleven: Personal Finance

Seventh Grade World Studies

Enduring Understandings Summary

Unit One: Origins of Middle Eastern Cultures

  • Religion plays an important role in the development of a culture’s ideas and beliefs and its influence on the world.
  • Small cultural groups often have an impact upon a region disproportionate to their size.
  • Cultural and religious divisions affect the development of a region.
  • Every place has unique physical geographic features that influence how cultures develop.

Unit 2: Division of the Middle East

  • Nationalism plays an important role in the development of countries.
  • Every place has unique physical geographic features that influence how cultures develop.
  • Different ethnic groups represent diverse cultural traditions.
  • Natural resources in a region can lead to economic growth.
  • Cultural diversity is expressed through language, customs and traditions.

Unit Three: Middle Eastern Political and Economic Systems

  • Humans and their natural environment affect each other.
  • Governments have a direct effect on the type of economic system found in a country.
  • Political structures reflect the culture of a nation.
  • Availability of resources and voluntary trade influence the factors of production of goods and services.

Unit Four: Origins of African Culture

  • Small cultural groups often have an impact upon a region disproportionate to their size.
  • Every place has unique physical geographic features that influence how cultures develop.

Unit Five: Colonization and Independence of African Nations

  • Cultural interactions lead to cultural diffusion.
  • Physical features and natural resources in a region can be an incentive for exploration and colonization.
  • The slave trade impacts regional development.
  • The struggle for independence and freedom can lead to conflict and compromise.

Unit Six: 20th Century African Issues

  • Political decisions without cultural consideration for ethnic groups lead to conflict, political instability and political corruption.
  • As cultures interact, customs, traditions, and beliefs are modified.
  • Key individuals make significant contributions to a region’s culture.
  • Literature, art, and music are expressions of a culture’s history, daily life, and beliefs.

Unit Seven: Africa’s Political and Economic System

  • Humans and their natural environment affect each other.
  • The structure of government is a reflection of the culture of a nation.
  • Governments have a direct effect on the type of economic system found in a country.
  • Availability of resources and voluntary trade influence the factors of production of goods and services.

Unit Eight: Origins of Asian Culture

  • Religion plays an important role in the development of a culture’s ideas and beliefs and its influence on the world.
  • Political decisions have an effect on the economy of a country.
  • Every place has unique physical geographic features that influence how cultures develop.

Unit Nine: 20th Century Asian History

  • Major conflicts reshape countries.
  • Cultural diversity is expressed through language, customs, and traditions.
  • Every place has unique physical geographic features that influence how cultures develop.

Unit Ten: Asia’s Political and Economic Systems

  • Humans and their natural environment affect each other.
  • Governments have a direct effect on the type of economic system found in a country.
  • Voluntary trade and the factors of production lead to economic growth.
  • Overpopulation affects consumption of the world’s resources and impacts the world market.

Unit Eleven: Personal Finance

  • Personal decisions affect how people live.

This document is provided as a service by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS) and the Georgia Leadership Association for the Social Studies (GLASS), January 2007. Electronic copies are available at in Microsoft Word format.

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