Social Studies - Grade 7
I. The World: Changing Interrelationships
A. Social Status
1. Role Play: The Gods Must Be Crazy
2. Chart / Summary: What is Minority?
3. Graph / Speech: Economic Equality?
4. Research / Letter: Slavery Justified
5. Compare / Contrast: Social Structure
6. Discussion: Status Symbols of Africa
7. Collage: American Status Symbols
B. People and Their Environment
1. Letter: Wish You Were Here
2. Diary: Modern or Prehistoric?
3. Chart: Modern or Prehistoric?
4. Map: Exploration / Exploitation Delayed
5. Booklet: Survival Guide
6. Catalog: Flora of the Sahara
7. Essay: Tsetse Fly
8. Maps: Climate, Vegetation, Population
C. Artistic Expression
1. Story / Presentation: Oral History
2. Discussion / Examples: African Art
3. Essay: Masks: Uses and Styles
4. Coloring Book: African Art
5. Dance: African Symbolism
6. Compose: African Music
D. Strong Beliefs: Change and Conflict
1. Research: African Taboos
2. Discussion: Dr. Livingstone I Presume...
3. Skit: Worthless Gold
4. Interview: Apartheid
5. Panel Discussion: Diamond Boycott
6. Report: Boundaries: Tribal vs. Political
E. Commercial Contact: Change and Conflict
1. Essay: Swahili Language / Culture
2. Editorial: Boer War
3. Report: Cattle or Computers?
4. Map: Ocean of Sand
5. Story: Silent Trade
6. Cause-Effect Statements: Slave Trade
7. Presentation: Slavery Viewpoints
8. Chart / Graph / Map: Trade Goods
9. Drawing: Trans-African Animal
10. Argument: Africa Common Market
II. South Asia, East Asia, Australia and Oceania: Winds of Change
A. Interdependence: People and Environment
1. Map / Model: Great Wall of China
2. Recipes: Asian Ingredients
3. Article: Climbing Mount Everest
4. Ikebana: A Moment in Time
5. Captioned Map: Influence of Two Rivers
6. Solutions: Poverty Problems
7. Map: Products of Australia
8. Bulletin Board: Monsoons
9. Poem: Indigenous Plants / Animals
B. People Contact: Change and Conflict
1. Plan: Polynesian Settlement
2. Diary: Marco Polo in Japan
3. Report: British Colonization in India and Australia
4. Interview: War Veteran
5. Analysis: Automobile Industry
6. Pantomime: Debts to the Orient
7. Drawings / Essay: Effects of War
C. Present Builds on Past
1. Play: Pitcairn Island
2. Bulletin Board: Confucius Says
3. Time Line: Domino Theory
4. Teach: How to Use an Abacus
5. Eulogy: Japanese Warrior
6. Interview: Non-violent Protestors
7. Story: Maoris of New Zealand
8. Play: Asian Folk Tales
III. Americas: Continuity and Change
A. Similar Needs Met Different Ways
1. Essay: Early Native American Religions
2. Chart: New World, Old World
3. Storybook: Inca and Aztec Legends
4. Graph: Agricultural Production
5. Song: Argentine Cowboys
6. Collection: National Flags
7. Oral Report: Holidays
B. Positive Development: Cooperation
1. Play: Holidays
2. Debate: "Better Off"
3. Bulletin Board: Melting Pot or Salad Bowl?
4. Essay: Latin American Instability
C. Strong Beliefs: Change and Conflict
1. Editorial: Revolutionary Heroes
2. Play: Local Self-Government
3. Debate: United Canada?
4. Story: Christianity and European Culture
5. Report: Revolution Comparison
6. Headlines: U.S. and Latin America Relations
D. Interdependence: People and Environment
1. Invention: Rube Goldberg Machine
2. Diorama: Native American Adaptations
3. Map / Essay: Large Cities: Where and Why?
4. Display: Native American Dwellings
5. Invention: Hurricane Damage Prevention
6. Report: Benefit of Rain Forests
7. Research: Natural Phenomena Shape the Americas
8. Announcement: Acid Rain
9. Proposal: Over-Population Solutions
10. Map: Primary Occupations of Canada
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