7th Grade World History Quarter 2

Theme, Enduring Understandings, & How Students will Demonstrate Standards-based Essential Skills & Strategies/Best Practices Used to Resources for the Unit Essential Questions for this Unit Their Understanding Concepts to be Targeted Explicitly Teach the Skills & Throughout the Unit Concepts

History CONTENT STANDARDS History of the World: 2. The civilizations that developed in Summative Short Video clips and Powerpoints will give The Early Ages with Greece Cycle Assessment visual representation for students of supplemental materials OH- Ohio Academic Content and Rome had an enduring impact over Athens, concepts learned this month. and binder Standards (now the Ohio Model on later Sparta and the Curriculum) (2011) civilizations. This legacy includes conflicts between Subject: Social Studies governance them Students will create a poster or use Internet: Google Earth Grade: Pre-Kindergarten Through and law, engineering and Glogster to show the impact of Glogster Grade Eight technology, art and olives, Quia Course /Grade with Theme: Grade architecture, as well as literature and Summative grapes, Nike symbol, columns, Moodle 7. World Studies from 750 B.C. to history. Assessment over Olympics, comedies, tragedies, Googledocs 1600 A.D.: Ancient Greece to the The Roman Empire also played an the Greek Powermediaplus First Global Age. The seventh grade instrumental Civilization Students will analyze the different year is an integrated study of world role in the spread of Christianity. perspectives of historical events by Computer folder: history, beginning with ancient examining diaries, letters, art, Greece Greece and continuing through Geography Group Performance editorial (Video clips, Powerpoints) global exploration. All four social 12. Maps and other geographic Assessment: cartoons and photographs. Students studies strands are used to illustrate representations Direct Democracy will look at the perspective from two how historic events are shaped by can be used to trace the vs. Representative different angles. geographic, social, cultural, development of Democracy http://www.facinghistory.o economic and political factors. human settlement from past to Students will act out a direct rg/resources/strategies/c Students develop their present. Summative Short democracy and a representative al%C3%A9 understanding of how ideas and Cycle Assessment democracy in teams. Students will events from the past have shaped 13. Geographic factors promote or over Rome decided which was best for Greece The Early Ages with the world today. impede the geography and the and supplemental materials Strand: History movement of people, products and decline of the which is best for our country today and binder Topic: Early Civilizations ideas. Republic and Content Statement: 2. The why. civilizations that developed in 14. Trade routes connecting Africa, Formative Internet: Google Earth Greece and Rome had an enduring Europe assessment of early Students will explore Rome and its Glogster impact on later civilizations. This and Asia fostered the spread of Rome religious geography using Google Earth and Quia legacy includes governance and law, technology beliefs and how Google Maps. Moodle engineering and technology, art and and major world religions. their religion Googledocs architecture, as well as literature and molded their Use maps to trace the development Powermediaplus history. The Roman Empire also 15. Improvements in transportation, civilization. of played an instrumental role in the communication and technology have trade and transportation networks Computer folder: Rome spread of Christianity. facilitated Summative: (Silk (Video clips, Powerpoints) cultural diffusion among peoples Research project Road) between Rome and China, around the on Roman Emperors India, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ world. Egypt, West Africa and Greece. maps/index.html

7th Grade World History Quarter 2

Government Formative Strand: Economics Students create a written record http://www.nationalgeogra Assessment: Topic: Scarcity (e.g., phic.com/xpeditions/lesson 16. The ability to understand plebeians vs. Content Statement: 20. The diary, news article, drawing, mural) /17/g68/history.html individual and patricians (living variability in the distribution of on a group perspectives is essential to conditions, food, productive resources in the various historic event such as watching their analyzing entertainment, regions of the world contributed to first gladiator fight at the Coliseum) http://asiasociety.org/c historic and contemporary issues. government roles) specialization, trade and as ountries interdependence. if the student was alive during the 17. Greek democracy and the Roman Strand: Geography time Republic Topic: Human Systems period. were radical departures from Summative Content Statement: 13. Geographic monarchy and Assessment on the factors promote or impede the theocracy, influencing the structure impact and spread of movement of people, products and Video clips and Powerpoints will give and Greek, early Roman ideas. visual representation for students of function of modern democratic religion and Content Statement: 14. Trade concepts learned this month. governments Christianity routes connecting Africa, Europe and Asia fostered the spread of History technology and major world Group Online Research Project; The 1. Historians and archaeologists Project: Poster or religions. five describe Glogster explaining a Content Statement: 15. good emperors and the five worst historical events and issues from the cultural achievement Improvements in transportation, emperors perspectives of people living at the of ancient Rome communication and technology have of ancient Rome with presentation time in facilitated cultural diffusion among to the order to avoid evaluating the past in peoples around the world. class. terms of Summative Topic: Spatial Thinking Skills today’s norms and values. Assessment: Content Statement: 12. Maps and Presentation of menu other geographic representations Video clips and Powerpoints will give 2. The civilizations that developed in on Glogster or in can be used to trace the visual representation for students of Greece written form development of human settlement concepts learned this month. and Rome had an enduring impact identifying the foods over time. on later and entertainment of civilizations. This legacy includes ancient Roman Students will create a poster or use governance patricians Glogster to show the enduring and law, engineering and impact of technology, art and arches, Colosseum, roads, architecture, as well as literature and aqueducts, history. domes, Roman Numerals, sewer The Roman Empire also played an system, instrumental bath houses, cement, etc. role in the spread of Christianity.

7th Grade World History Quarter 2

Geography Students will analyze the different perspectives of historical events by 12. Maps and other examining diaries, letters, art, geographic representations can be editorial used to cartoons and photographs. Students trace the development of human will look at the perspective from a settlement plebeian or a patrician. from past to present. 13. Geographic factors promote or Students will analyze the 12 tablets impede the as a movement of people, products and set of laws. Students will decided ideas. which laws were fair or unfair and why. 14. Trade routes connecting Africa, Europe Using a Venn diagram, compare and and Asia fostered the spread of contrast the lives of a plebeian vs. a technology patrician. and major world religions. Students will use a three column 15. Improvements in transportation, chart communication and technology have to compare and contrast Greek facilitated religion, cultural diffusion among peoples early Roman religion and around the Christianity. world. Students will create a menu inviting people to either visit their villa and Government enjoy a Roman feast. Students will 16. The ability to understand design their menu convincing the individual and reader group perspectives is essential to that their dinner party will be the analyzing best. historic and contemporary issues. This may be done on paper or on Glogster. 17. Greek democracy and the Roman Republic were radical departures from monarchy and theocracy, influencing the structure and function of modern democratic governments