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Caverna Middle School Curriculum Guide
7th Grade Introductory to World Studies
Timeline/
Dates
Topic
Aug. 10 –
Aug. 26
Procedures,
Geography
& How to
Study
History
13 Days
Standard
Target
Critical
Vocabulary
Curriculum
Resources
7.GR.8
I can explain and adhere to
classroom expectations and
routines.
Scale
Found social
media templates
7.HT.12
7.HT.13
7.HT.15
How does geography help us
understand our world?
Compass Rose
Map Key
Political Map
Students will locate, define, and
use scale, compass rose, and map
key.
Physical Map
Students will locate the seven
continents and five oceans.
Continents
Students will explain why
geographers use a variety of
maps to show information.
Ms. Potter’s
Classroom
Syllabus
Created Timeline
Activity
Oceans
Latitude
Longitude
Created
geography
PowerPoint
Intervention
Assessments
All students:
Pre-Assessment
Struggling:
Daily Bell Ringers
Map Activity
Advanced:
Buried Treasure Activity
Group Artifact
Simulation
Exit Slips
Learning Check
Writing Rubrics
Unit Test
Blank world map
activity
Parallel
Students will locate places on
Earth using latitude and longitude
Equator
Why do we learn about the past?
Meridian
How do we learn about the past?
Hemispheres
Students will identify and explain
reasons individuals (citizens,
historians, archaeologists, etc.)
learn about the past.
Culture
Found Buried
Treasure Activity
(Longitude &
Latitude)
Created What is
History
PowerPoint
Why is culture important?
Created What Do
Historians Do
PowerPoint
Students will identify the seven
components of culture.
Created Artifact
Simulation
Dr. Seuss Butter
Battle Book
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https://youtu.be/_
MNNl-oOI7I
7.CM.1
Aug 29 –
Sept 9
(9 days)
Early Man
7.EDM.4
7.GR.10
7.HT.13.
Students will distinguish and
explain the difference between
primary and secondary sources.
Students will identify the two
earliest human communities and
explain their differences.
How did early civilizations
address basic questions about the
production, distribution, and
consumption of goods and
services?
Students will explain the effects
of the Agricultural Revolution on
world history.
Why did the needs of society
change after the agricultural
revolution?
Students will identify advantages
and disadvantages of nomadic
and early farming lifestyles.
How did technology and
specialization affect productivity
in early civilizations?
Students will identify and explain
three technology tools that were
created during the Paleolithic
Era.
Students will identify four
Primary Source
Secondary
Source
Hunter Gather
Domesticate
Nomadic
Agricultural
Revolution
Supply
Demand
Surplus
Specialization
Technology
Culture
Informal
Government
Formal
Government
BioPoem (Ms.
Landy website)
Primary &
Secondary
Source Practice
Worksheet
Created Early
Community
PowerPoint
All students:
Pre-Assessment
Struggling:
Daily Bell Ringers
Exit Slips
Advanced:
Learning Checks
Source Worksheet
Unit Assessment
Created
Agriculture
Revolution
PowerPoint
Agriculture
Revolution
Comic Strip
Created
Advantage &
Disadvantage of
Nomadic &
Farming Lifestyle
Graphic
Organizer
Learning Check
Early Human
Tools
Advertisement
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aspects of culture of early
humans.
Interactive Cave
Website:
http://www.lasca
ux.culture.fr/#/en
/02_00.xml
What was the purpose of the
early governments?
Sept 12 –
Oct 14
(20 days)
Mesopotam 7.CM.3
ia
7.EDM.4
And the
Fertile
7.GR.8
Crescent
7.GR.10
7.HT.12
W.7.2
Students will define government
and explain the difference
between informal and formal
governments.
Created Early
Human Culture
Station Rotation
Why did civilization begin in
Mesopotamia?
Early Human
Government
Think-Pair-Share
Readings from:
http://mesopotam
ia.lib.uchicago.ed
u/mesopotamialif
e/index.php
What makes the Fertile Crescent
so fertile?
Students will analyze how the
major rivers, land area, and
bodies of water contributed to
how the way people of the area
lived.
How has the civilization that
developed in Mesopotamia had a
lasting impact on our world?
Students will explain the rule of
law and describe its’ benefit.
Why was the development of
empires in Ancient Mesopotamia
important?
Students will compare and
contrast the Ancient
Mesopotamia
Irrigation
City State
Empire
Hominid
Polytheistic
Tool
Fertile
Crescent
Agriculture
Hamlet
Nomad
Society
Land Bridge
Ancestor
Sedentary
Megaliths
Domestication
Home Sapiens
Paleolithic
Migrate
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Band
Cuneiform
Discovery
Education
Videos:
-Mesopotamia:
From Nomads to
Farmers
-Inventions and
Innovations in
Ancient
Mesopotamia
Found History
Alive Text:
Mesopotamia
Found Text
-“The
Beginning of
Civilization”
FOR ALL
STUDENTS: Modeling for
expectations
Pre-Assessment
-Exemplars
Exit Slips
Bell Ringers
Writing Assignments
Quiz Vocab
STRUGGLING:
-Small group
with teacher to
reteach
-Differentiated
work
-Modified
Lessons
-Questioning
-Web Quest
Learning Checks
Writing Rubrics
Unit Assessment
ADVANCED:
-Questioning,
-Researching
further on topics
-creative drawing
–creative writing.
-web quest
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Mesopotamia Empires.
Students will define vocabulary
related to Ancient Sumer and the
Mesopotamian empires.
Students will close read to
comprehend information on how
the transition from HunterGatherer to Sedentary lifestyle
was contributed by the
development of agriculture.
Students will identify the seven
areas of civilizations.
Students will describe how the 7
areas of civilization promoted
growth.
How do Mesopotamian empires
and their rulers compare/contrast
with each other?
Students will read and answer
questions to explain the
government of Sumer and how it
is its own city-state.
-“The Fertile
Crescent”
Multiple Power
Points-from TPT
Art work
Globe
World Maps
Mesopotamia by
Peter Chrisp
Primary Source
Photos
Web Quest https://sites.googl
e.com/site/5tasks
ofmesopotamia/
World History
Text Book
Rule of Law
website:
http://www.thece
nterforruleoflaw.
org/educationalresources.html
What inventions/contributions
came from Ancient
Mesopotamia?
Students will examine and
analyze the inventions of
Mesopotamia and how they
helped create many items we use
today.
Students will identify that the
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religion of Meso-people was
Polytheistic.
Student will explain how their
gods played a significant role in
their daily life.
Through reading and
summarizing, students will
interpret that trade and barter
along with the job specialization
and social class hierarchy ran the
economy of Mesopotamia.
Students will assess how
Hammurabi’s Code help keep
order in Mesopotamia.
Students will examine through
powerpoint presentation how
writing played a major role In
Mesopotamia and how it has
impacted us today.
Oct 17 –
Nov 11
(20 days)
Ancient
Egypt
7.CM.1
7.EDM.4
7.GR.8
7.GR.9
7.GR.10
7.HT.12
W.7.2
How did the geography of
Ancient Egypt affect the way its
civilization developed?
Nile River
Students will read “Journey of the
Nile” with a partner on how the
Nile River influenced how people
lived in Egypt.
Lower Egypt
Students will complete notes over
the reading to help with
comprehension on how the Nile
River contributed to the
agriculture of the people living
Pharaohs
Upper Egypt
delta
Menes
Ritual
Ankh
Middle School
World History
Economics
Lesson – Great
Civilizations
Develop Around
Rivers:
http://msh.counci
lforeconed.org/le
ssons.php?lid=68
363
Discovery
Education
Videos:
FOR ALL
STUDENTS: Modeling for
expectations
Pre-Assessment
-Exemplars
Quiz Vocab
Daily Bell Ringers
Daily Exit Slips
Writing Assignment
STRUGGLING:
Unit Test Egypt
-Small group
with teacher to
reteach
-Differentiation
work
-Modified
Writing Rubrics
Project Rubrics
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there.
Artisians
How did pharaohs promote and
protect Ancient Egyptian culture
and society?
Social Pyramid
Students will describe the
political, religious, and divine
roles of the pharaoh in the Old,
Middle and New Kingdoms of
Ancient Egypt.
establish
Students will close read
“Governing Egypt” and “Two
Pharaohs in Power” to understand
the role of a Pharaoh in Egypt and
how several Pharaohs ruled.
Heirarchy
Students will then classify
pharaohs as “Bad” or “Good” on
a graphic organizer according to a
given/created rubric.
Students will label and describe a
pyramid based on the Egyptian
social class.
Students will explain how the
elements of culture and the social
pyramid of Ancient Egyptian
society reflected their unique
perspectives.
Students will view and record
information from a power point
on how the Ancient Egyptians
traded goods and how the
geography helped to develop their
economic system.
death mask
river source
cataracts
interior
-The Nile: Where
Egypt Began
Lessons
-Questioning
-webquest
Book: You
ADVANCED:
Wouldn’t Want
-Questioning,
to Be an Egyptian -Researching
Mummy
further on topics creative drawing
Found Text
–creative writing.
-“Journey of the
-webquest
Nile”
-“Governing
Egypt”
-“Two Pharohs
in Power”
-“Under the
Pharohs”
-“Symbols of
Power”
-“Journey to the
Afterlife”
Power Points
Art work
Globe
World Maps
Primary Source
Photos
Video clips:
-Building the
Great Pyramid:
https://www.yout
ube.com/playlist?
list=PLEAC12A
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How have the Ancient Egyptians
impacted the development of
government and culture in our
world?
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-Deconstructing
History: The
Great Pyramids
of Giza
https://youtu.be/2
zU0Vv-GaqM
-Mummification
Song
https://youtu.be/1
JqlAD7dn-E
Students will explain how
elements of culture in Ancient
Egyptian society promoted lasting
achievements in government,
science, writing, architecture, and
art.
Students will analyze the
religious beliefs of the Ancient
Egyptians and their beliefs about
life after death and compare them
to our beliefs today.
Websiteshttp://www.salari
ya.com/web_boo
ks/mummy/
Students will read “You Wouldn’t
Want To Be a Mummy” and
summarize sections to explain
each step of the mummification
process.
www.kidsgen/co
m/ancient_egypt/
famous_pharohs.
htm
www.ancientegy
pt.com.co.uk/god
s/explore/main.ht
ml
Students will research and view
rituals and ceremonies to interpret
there importance to the people of
Ancient Egypt and how they
compare to ours today.
WebQuest
website:
http://www.ancie
ntegypt.co.uk/me
nu.html
Nov 14 –
Nov 25
Ancient
India
How did the teachings of
Hinduism impact the ancient
Hinduism
Polytheism
Caste System
Rubrics
Discovery
Education
Videos:
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world and modern world?
(10 days)
Students will describe the core
beliefs and teachings of
Hinduism.
How did the teachings of
Hinduism influence the
development of Buddhism?
How did the teachings of
Buddhism impact the ancient
world and modern world?
Caste rules
Brahman
Reincarnation
Karma
Untouchables
Temples
Buddhism
Fasting
Meditation
Missionaries
Monks
-Religions of the
World: Hinduism
-Religions of the
World: Buddhism
Students will describe the core
beliefs and teachings of
Buddhism.
Students will compare and
contrast the basic elements of
Hinduism and Buddhism.
How id a philosophy different
from a religion?
Nov 28 –
Dec 16
(15 days)
Ancient
China
7.CM.2
7.EDM.7
7.GR.9
7.HT.12
7.HT.13
How were the Indus Valley and
Ancient Chinese civilizations
made distinctive by their human
and physical characteristics?
Dynasty
Feudalism
Emperor
Empire
Great Wall
Students will map the major
Terra Cotta
rivers, land area, and bodies of
Trade
water for the Ancient Chinese
Industry
civilization to further analyze
Silk Road
how it contributed to how the way Silk
people of the area lived.
Trade Routes
Cultural
How was China ruled by the early Diffusion
dynasties?
Currency
Found Text
Power Points
FOR ALL
STUDENTS: Modeling for
expectations
Art work
-Exemplars
World Maps
STRUGGLING:
Primary Source
Photos
Video clips
-Horrible
Histories
Pre-Assessments
Organizers
Bell Ringers
exit slips
quizzes
Uni test
Writing Rubric
Project Rubrics
-Small group
with teacher to
reteach
-Differentiation
work
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Students will compare and
contrast the early dynasties of
China.
Confucianism
What was the silk road?
Websites
http://www.ancie
ntchina.co.uk/me
nu.html
Students will describe the purpose
and significance of the Silk Road.
Rubrics
Students will describe how
China’s trade with other lands
affected China’s society.
Textbook World
History
-Modified
Lessons
-Questioning
-webquest
ADVANCED:
-Questioning,
-Researching
further on topics creative drawing
–creative writing.
-webquest
Students will identify factors that
stimulated economic growth and
development in China.
What were the different way
China was governed?
Students will Interpret how
Ancient China’s contributions
affect us today.
Students will close read about
Ancient Chinese family life and
compare & contrast it to their life
today.
Students will describe the
teachings of Confucianism.
How did Confucianism affect
people’s roles in family,
government and society?
What was the focus of the
teachings of Confucius?
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4-5 weeks
Greece
7.CM.1
7.CM.2
7.CM.3
7.EDM.4
7.EDM.7
7.GR.8
7.GR.9
7.GR.10
7.GR.11
7.HT.12
7.HT.13
7.HT.14
W.7.2
RIT.7.1
Students will map the major
rivers, land area, and bodies of
water for Ancient Greece to
analyze how it contributed to how
the way people of the area lived.
Cavalry
Students will read a compare and
contrast article over the first
Greek cultures of the
Mycenaeanes and Minoans to
investigate their dates, location
and reason for collapse.
Peloponnesian
War
Students will clsoe read to
compare and contrast to classify
the 4 types of government in
ancient Greece: Monarchy,
Oligarchy, Tyranny and
Democracy. Students will
writing citing evidence from the
reading which government type
they would perfer to live under
and why.
Hellenistic
Students will read about the
Persian Wars and answer guided
questions to determine the cause,
key people involved and the
effect it had on Greece.
Students will read a compare and
contrast article over Athens and
Sparta told from citizens point of
view on government, economy
and culture. Students will then
write which city they would
perfer to live in and cite evidence
from the article to back up their
Persian Wars
alliance
Phalanx
Alexander the
Great
Minoan
Mycenaean
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Democracy
city state
The Following
are text from
History with Mr.
E.:
-“Ancient Greece
the Lay of the
Land”
“Minoans and
Mycenaeans”
“The 4
Governments of
Ancient Greece”
“The Persian
Wars”
“Comparing
Athens and
Sparta”
“Athens After the
Peloponnesian
War”
Power Points
Art work
FOR ALL
STUDENTS: Modeling for
expectations
-Exemplars
STRUGGLING:
Pre-Assessments
Organizers
Bell Ringers
exit slips
quizzes
Uni test
Writing Rubric
Project Rubrics
-Small group
with teacher to
reteach
-Differentiation
work
-Modified
Lessons
-Questioning
-webquest
ADVANCED:
-Questioning,
-Researching
further on topics creative drawing
–creative writing.
-webquest
Globe
World Maps
Primary Source
Photos
Video clips
-united streaming
-youtube
Websites
http://www.ancie
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preference.
Students will read “30 Tyrannts
After the Peloponnesian War”
and fill in a graphic organizer to
describe what happened to Athens
government, what happend to
citizens, what did Athens have to
give up, and how did Athens
recover.
Using Ancient Greece as our
example studetns will be able to
evaluate the influence of Ancient
Greece on the work today,
including architecture,
government, art, science and
technology.
ntgreece.co.uk/
WebQuest
website
http://www.ancie
ntgreece.co.uk/
Rubrics
Textbook World
History
Using the song Alexander the
Great students will analyze it to
comprehend basic points of
influence Alexander the Great
had on Ancient Greece, including
his role in the Persian War with
King Darius, his role as King of
Macedonia and the lands he
conquered.
Students will complete an
analysis of each section
Hippocrates, “Hippocratic Oath”
from 350 B.C. Students will
interpret the modern day oath to
understand the impact
Hippocrates had on medicine
today.
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4-5 wks.
Ancient
Rome
7.CM.1
7.CM.2
7.CM.3
7.EDM.4
7.EDM.5
7.EDM.7
7.GR.8
7.GR.9
7.GR.10
7.GR.11
7.HT.12.
7.HT.15
Students will identify major cities
and bodies of water on a map of
Rome and the Mediterranean
region to visualize the vastness of
the Empire and how it impacted
everything in the Roman peoples
daily lives.
Students will read how Rome’s
geographic setting affect the way
of life for people living there: the
climate, the rivers, how they use
the land and its
resources.(Specifically the affects
of the Tiber River on Rome).
Students will read and analyze
Rome’s early governmen: how it
was set up and ran. Students will
compare and contrast it to our
government today to see how
Roman ideals attributed to our
governments template.
Students will analyze a map, view
a video for understanding, close
read and answer text dependent
questions to introduce and
examine the importance Punic
wars on the Roman Empire.
Students will review Pompeii
through a primary source article
and answer a primary source
analysis. They will understand a
day in the life of the city before it
was destroyed by a volcano.
Students use ipads/computers and
Found Text
-“Location of
Rome”
“The Punic
Wars”
“Trade with in
Rome”
-“Western
Empire Falls”
“Christianity”
“Roman
Inventions and
Contributions”
“The Life of
Jesus”
“Christianity and
the Roman
Empire
Power Points
Art work
World Maps
FOR ALL
STUDENTS: Modeling for
expectations
-Exemplars
STRUGGLING:
Pre-Assessments
Organizers
Bell Ringers
exit slips
quizzes
Uni test
Writing Rubric
Project Rubrics
-Small group
with teacher to
reteach
-Differentiation
work
-Modified
Lessons
-Questioning
-webquest
ADVANCED:
-Questioning,
-Researching
further on topics creative drawing
–creative writing.
-webquest
Primary Source
Photos
Video clips
-Romulus and
Remus-youtube
United Streaming
-Horrible
Histories
-The Punic Wars:
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are given a website to read and
record information on Julius
Caesar. Students will know of his
rise/fall accomplishments, etc.
Students will analyze 7 Emporers
of Rome and classify them as
good or bad for the purpose of
understanding what led to the fall
of Rome.
This is an Introduction lesson:
Students will work independently
and read about the Collapse of
Rome. They will answer
questions to help with
comprehension. They will
understand the causes that led to
the collapse.
Students will analyze information
in 4 areas: Social, Economic,
Military &Political to determine
how each helped lead to the fall
of the Western Empire.
Students close read information to
analyze the Role of Ancient
Rome and the persicution of
Christians specifically Jesus.
Rome and
Carthageyoutube.com
Day in Pompeiiyoutube.com
Uncovering the
Site at Pompeii –
youtube.com
Websites
www.history.com
/news/historylists/5-thingsyou-might-notknow-aboutjulius-caesar
WebQuest
website
Rubrics
Textbook World
History
Students will read and annotate
text over Christianity and the
Roman Empire. Students will use
the infromation to write an
explainatory/synthesis essay over
the text, citing information
directly from the text.
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INDIA
(1-1/2
weeks)
7.GR.9
What role did geography play in
Humanthe development of early world
-‐ Environ civilizations?
ment
Interaction
Analyze
how both
the
cultural
and
environme
ntal
characteris
tics of a
place are
similar to
and
different
from
other
places.
FOR ALL
STUDENTS: Modeling for
expectations
-Exemplars
STRUGGLING:
Pre-Assessments
Organizers
Bell Ringers
exit slips
quizzes
Uni test
Writing Rubric
Project Rubrics
-Small group
with teacher to
reteach
-Differentiation
work
-Modified
Lessons
-Questioning
-webquest
ADVANCED:
-Questioning,
-Researching
further on topics creative drawing
–creative writing.
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-webquest
2 weeks
Judaism/Isl
am
7.CM.2
Participati
on and
Deliberate
:
Applying
Civic
Virtues
and
Democrati
c
Principles
Compare
Deliberati
ve process
when
making
decisions
and
evaluating
conclusion
s as an
individual
and in
By the end of this unit, 80% of
the students will be able to
identify and explain how the
influence of monotheism
influenced the patriarchial
decisions from both Islam and
Judaism.
By the end of the unit, 80% of the
students will identify and explain
various ways both Islam and
Judaism used currency and other
manipulatives influenced their
socities as a whole.
By the end of the unit, 80% of the
students will be able to determine
using secondary sources and
maps how change of population
changed the landscape in terms of
irrigation throughout time.
By the end of the unit, 80% of the
students will be able to pull from
various primary and secondary
Monotheism
Judaism
Allah
Islam
Abraham
Holocaust
Persecution
Israel
Genocide
Kristilnacht
Torah
Old Testament
New Testament
Diasapora
Migrate
Nomad
Dead Sea
Scrolls
Ten
Commandments
Moses
Plague(s)
Hannukah
Bar Mitzvah
Kaddish
https://www.yout
ube.com/watch?v
=TG55ErfdaeY
https://www.yout
ube.com/watch?v
=TpcbfxtdoI8
FOR ALL
STUDENTS: Modeling for
expectations
-Exemplars
STRUGGLING:
https://www.yout
ube.com/watch?v
=ka8csjsmX6I
Mr. Burton
Purchase from
Teacher’s
Discovery
Excerpts from
Quran
Excerpts from
The Bible
World Atlas
World History
Pre-Assessments
Organizers
Bell Ringers
exit slips
quizzes
Uni test
Writing Rubric
Project Rubrics
-Small group
with teacher to
reteach
-Differentiation
work
-Modified
Lessons
-Questioning
-webquest
ADVANCED:
-Questioning,
-Researching
further on topics creative drawing
–creative writing.
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groups.
7.EDM.4
Economic
Decision
Making
Evaluate
alternative
approache
s to
economic
issues in
terms of
benefits,
costs and
unintende
d
consequen
ces for
different
groups
and
society as
a whole.
resources the interpretation of the
dialouge that is being referenced
throughout the text
Hebrew
Exodus
Kosher
Messiah
Orthodox Jews
Rabbi
Rosh Hashanah
Tabernacle
Yom Kippur
Five Pillars of
Islam
Quran
Medina
Mecca
Mosque
Synagogue
Muhammed
Sunni
Shia
Ramadan
Glencoe
-webquest
7.GR.11
Global
Interconne
ctions
Explain
how
global
changes in
population
influence
land use.
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Caverna Middle School Curriculum Guide
7th Grade Introductory to World Studies
Interpretat
ion and
Synthesis
Infer the
maker,
date, pace
of orgin,
audience
and or
purpose of
a
historical
source
from other
relevant
historical
sources
when
informatio
n is not
easily
identified.
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