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Huntsville City Schools
Pacing Guide 2016 - 2017
Geography 7 - Third Nine Weeks
Geography Tech Standards Spring 2017
#2 Publish digital products that communicate curricular concepts.
#5 and 6 Basic features/digital tools for completing curriculum-related tasks
#7. Demonstrate correct keyboarding techniques.
#8 Identify safe uses of social networking and electronic communication. (digital citizenship)
#11. Use digital tools and strategies to locate, collect, organize, evaluate, and synthesize information
#13. Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.
Geography Vocabulary Spring 2017
Physical map (elevation) [10, 12], Parts of a map: scale bar, compass rose, locator map, key [10-11], Themes of Geography: location, place,
movement (migration), human-environment interaction, region [6-7], Rotation of earth [20], Core [22], Deposition [25], Precipitation [33-32, 39,
Climate [32-33, 36-47, 40-41], Water cycle (evaporation and precipitation) [36-37], Nonrenewable resources (oil) [48-49], Renewable resource (wind)
[48-49], Pesticides [232], Deforestation [52], Pollution [53], Command economy [63], Mixed economy [63], International trade [67], Demographer
[74], Population distribution [76], Population density [77], Push factors [79], Pull factors [79], Urbanization [80], Culture [86], Family [88], Language
[90], Climate region [40-41], Timeline [118-119]North Africa Religion (Sunni Islam) [graphic showing world religions], Polar zones/high latitudes [34],
Cultural hearth [96, 342, 716]
Huntsville City Schools
Pacing Guide 2016 - 2017
2016-2017
Required Writing Prompts & Standards Alignment
Social Studies 7th Grade Geography
Grading Period
1st 9 weeks
2nd 9 weeks
Explanatory Prompt
[ALCos.1] Explain the use of
map essentials, such as type,
projections, scale, legend,
distance, direction, grid, and
symbols. Provide evidence to
support your analysis.
[ALCos.9] Explain how human
actions have modified the
physical environment. Provide
evidence to support your
analysis.
Argumentative Prompt
[ALCos.2] Evaluate globalization
and determine whether its impact
has been mostly beneficial or
harmful. Provide evidence to
support your claim.
[ALCos.11] Evaluate various
cultural viewpoints regarding the
use or value of natural resources,
and determine the viewpoint that
is most substantial. Provide
evidence to support your claim.
Huntsville City Schools
Pacing Guide 2016 - 2017
Standard
Resources
Approximate Pacing
Number of Days
1. Describe the world in spatial terms using
maps and other geographic
representations, tools, and technologies.
(7.1)
Tools of Geography p. 2 - 14
Planet Earth p. 16 - 28
Tools of Geography
5 Days January 9 - 13
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Planet Earth
4 Days January 17 - 20
2. Determine how regions are used to
describe the organization of Earth’s
surface. (7.2)
3. Compare geographic patterns in the
environment that result from processes
within the atmosphere, biosphere,
lithosphere, and hydrosphere of Earth’s
physical systems. (7.3)
4. Evaluate spatial patterns and the
demographic structure of population on
Earth’s surface in terms of density,
dispersion, growth and mortality rates,
natural increase, and doubling time. (7.4)
5. Explain how cultural features, traits, and
diffusion help define regions, including
religious structures, agricultural patterns,
ethnic enclaves, ethnic restaurants, and
the spread of Islam.
Video Resources
!!!Preview any video content before showing to
students!!!
Arizona Geographic Alliance: Guns Germs and Steel
The World: A Television History
PBS: Nova Earth
Web Resources
5 Themes of Geography
Climates and Ecosystems - p. 30 - 44
Human - Environment Interaction - p. 46 - 54
Climate and Ecosystems
5 Days January 23 - 27
Web Resources
Human-Environment Interaction
5 days January 30 - February 3
National Geographic - Teacher Resources
National Geographic - Student Resources
Discovery Education - Teacher Geography
Resources
Huntsville City Schools
Pacing Guide 2016 - 2017
10. Explain how human systems develop in
response to physical environmental
conditions.
Population and Movement p. 72 - 83
Population and Movement
5 Days February 6 - 10
Culture and Geography p. 84 - 100
Web Resources
Library of Congress - Geography Resource Listing
Tennessee Geographic Alliance - Teacher Resources
Tennessee Geographic Alliance - Bellringers
Ducksters - Geography Games and Tools
Geography Web Sites for Students
TCI Publishing Geography Resources
Culture and Geography
4 Days February 13 - 17
Cultural Hearths
5 Days February 20 - 24
3rd Benchmark Review
February 27 - March 3
Huntsville City Schools
Pacing Guide 2016 - 2017
Geography 7 - Fourth Nine Weeks
Geography Tech Standards Spring 2017
#2 Publish digital products that communicate curricular concepts.
#5 and 6 Basic features/digital tools for completing curriculum-related tasks
#7. Demonstrate correct keyboarding techniques.
#8 Identify safe uses of social networking and electronic communication. (digital citizenship)
#11. Use digital tools and strategies to locate, collect, organize, evaluate, and synthesize information
#13. Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.
Geography Vocabulary Spring 2017
Desert (Southwest Asia) [594], Quran [600], Urbanization (Southwest Asia) [80-81, 595], Monotheism [600], Desertification [509], Sahel [505],
Southwest Asia (Scarcity of water) [594], Synagogue, Bible [630], Torah [628], Subcontinent [708], Nomadic herders [600, 749], Caravan [567,
692], Life expectancy [764], Famine [759], Ethnocentrism [541, 844], Hinduism [92-93, 717], Holy cities of Islam (Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem)
[600-601], Illiterate [765, 522], Urbanization [80]
Huntsville City Schools
Pacing Guide 2016 - 2017
2016-2017
Required Writing Prompts & Standards Alignment
Social Studies
7th Grade Geography
Grading Period
1st 9 weeks
2nd 9 weeks
Explanatory Prompt
[ALCos.1] Explain the use of
map essentials, such as type,
projections, scale, legend,
distance, direction, grid, and
symbols. Provide evidence to
support your analysis.
[ALCos.9] Explain how human
actions have modified the
physical environment. Provide
evidence to support your
analysis.
Argumentative Prompt
[ALCos.2] Evaluate globalization and determine whether its
impact has been mostly beneficial or harmful. Provide
evidence to support your claim.
[ALCos.11] Evaluate various cultural viewpoints regarding the
use or value of natural resources, and determine the
viewpoint that is most substantial. Provide evidence to
support your claim.
Huntsville City Schools
Pacing Guide 2016 - 2017
Standard
1. Describe the world in spatial terms
using maps and other geographic
representations, tools, and technologies.
2. Determine how regions are used to
describe the organization of Earth’s
surface.
Resources
My World Geography Unit 6
Students should be familiar with political,
physical locations of South West Asia
Arabia and Iraq p. 586 - 612
Approximate Pacing
Number of Days
South West Asia
Physical / Political / Cultural
5 Days March 6 - 10
Spring Break
March 13 - 17
Israel and its Neighbors p. 614 - 645
Iran, Turkey and Cyprus
p. 644 - 671
3. Compare geographic patterns in the
environment that result from processes
within the atmosphere, biosphere,
lithosphere, and hydrosphere of Earth’s
physical systems.
Israel and its Neighbors p. 614 - 645
West and Central Africa p. 500 - 524
Southern and Eastern Africa p. 526 - 552
4. Evaluate spatial patterns and the
demographic structure of population on
Earth’s surface in terms of density,
dispersion, growth and mortality rates,
natural increase, and doubling time.
5. Explain how cultural features, traits,
and diffusion help define regions,
including religious structures, agricultural
patterns, ethnic enclaves, ethnic
restaurants, and the spread of Islam.
North Africa p. 552 - 576
Population and Movement p. 72 - 83
Web Resources
Physical Geography
Ancient Egypt - Make Your Own Cartouche
Israel and its neighbors
3 Monotheistic Religions
Judaism / Christianity / Islam
5 Days March 20 - 24
Africa
Physical / Political / Cultural
10 Days
March 27 - April 7
Huntsville City Schools
Pacing Guide 2016 - 2017
8. Determine political, military, cultural,
and economic forces that contribute to
cooperation and conflict among people.
9. Explain how human actions modify the
physical environment within and between
places, including how human-induced
changes affect the environment.
South Asia p. 704 - 732
China and its Neighbors p. 742 - 768
Japan and the Koreas p. 770 - 796
SouthEast Asia p. 798 - 820
Western Europe p. 410 - 440
Eastern Europe p. 442 - 462
Asia
Physical / Political / Cultural
5 Days April 10 - 14
South Asia
5 Days April 17 - 21
China and Neighbors
South East Asia / Silk Road
5 Days April 24 - 28
4th Benchmark Review
May 1 - 5
Europe
Physical / Political / Cultural
10 Days May 8 - 19