Syllabus 7th Grade‐ World History: Fall of Rome to the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Weeks 1‐2 Fall of the Roman Empire Standards Objectives Major Assignments I can… Create a graphic organizer web centered 7.2 Summarize the consequences of the fall of the on the fall of the Roman Empire. Roman Empire including the continuation of the Eastern Summarize the causes and consequences of Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire, Justinian and Rome’s fall. Create a graphic organizer web centered the significance of Constantinople. (C, E, G, H, P). on the fall of the Roman Empire. List elements of Roman culture and influence 7.1 Analyze the legacy of the Roman Empire. (C, H) present in modern times. Weeks 2‐5 History of the Islamic World Standards Objectives Major Assignments 7.3 Identify the physical location and features and the I can… climate of the Arabian Peninsula, its relationship to Map activity in which students trace the surrounding bodies of land and water, including Identify important physical features of the trade routes of Arab merchants and Northern Africa, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Middle East, and describe its climate. label the goods exchanged. Sea, Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Nile River. (G) Describe the role of the merchant in Arab Create a Venn Diagram comparing 7.4 Describe the expansion of Muslim rule through society. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. conquests and the spread of cultural diffusion of Islam and the Arabic language. (C, E, G, H) List the reasons trade routes developed create a flow chart including significant between Asia, Africa, and Europe. events in the development of Islam 7.5 Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Muhammad, including Islam’s historical connections Describe Islam’s origins, and its relationship to Judaism and Christianity. (C, H) the Christianity and Judaism. 1 Read selection of informational text 7.6 Explain the significance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah Explain the importance of the Quran and regarding the Sunni Shia divide. Preform as the primary sources of Islamic beliefs, practice, and Sunnah in Islam using primary source a close reading of the text. law and their influence in Muslims’ daily life. (C, H, P) material. Map activity in which traces the 7.7 Analyze the origins and impact of different sects Compare Sunni and Shia Islam and describe expansion of Islam. within Islam, Sunnis and Shi’ites. (C, H) 7.8 Examine and the impact of the division. summarize the contributions Muslim scholars made to Short research project over the Ottoman later civilizations in the areas of science, geography, Identify the ways in which Islam spread. Empire and two of its most important mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature. sultans‐Suleiman and Mehmed. (C, G, H) Describe the different Islamic Empires, their boundaries, and the regions they Show images of the Taj Mahal, pointing 7.9 Describe the establishment of trade routes among encompassed. out the influences from other cultures. Asia, Africa, and Europe and the role of merchants in Arab society. (E, G, H) Describe the ways in which different Islamic Compare Shah Abbas to Suleiman I using Empires were distinct a cooperative write/class write strategy 7.10 Gather relevant information from multiple print and to produce the explanatory text called digital sources to examine the art and architecture, Explain the importance of Mehmed the for in the standard. including the Taj Mahal during the Mughal period. (C, H) Conqueror and Suleiman the Magnificent. Use a cooperative write/jigsaw strategy 7.11 Explain the importance of Mehmed II the Use multiple mediums to describe the art and to have students summarize Muslim Conqueror and Suleiman the Magnificent. (H, P) architecture of the Mogul period. contributions to science, math, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature. 7.12 Write an explanatory text to describe the Shah I can explain how the policies of Shah Abbas Abbas and how his policies of cultural blending led to the led to the development of the Safavid Empire Golden Age and the rise of the Safavid Empire. (C, H, P) by writing an explanatory paragraph Summarize the contributions of Muslims scholars in various fields of study. Weeks 6‐8 Africa 400 A.D ‐ 1500 A.D. Standards Objectives Major Assignments 7.13 Analyze the growth of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai I can… kingdoms including trading centers such as Timbuktu Read a selection of informational text. and Jenne, which would later develop into centers of From this text, have students list the culture and learning. (C, E, G, H, P). 2 I can explain how trans‐Saharan trade changes brought to West Africa through 7.14 Draw evidence from informational texts to describe caravans led to changes in West African trade. the role of the trans‐Saharan caravan trade in the culture. changing religious and cultural characteristics of West Have students create a Venn diagram Africa and the influence of Islamic beliefs, ethics, and Compare and contrast the West African trade comparing and contrasting Ghana, Mali, law. (C, E, G, H, P) kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai. and Songhai. 7.15 Examine the importance of written and oral Explain how the cities of Timbuktu and Jenne Have students complete a map activity traditions in the transmission of African history and grew from trading cities to centers of culture tracing Mansa Musa’s journey from Mali culture. (C, H) and learning. to Mecca, highlighting the kingdom of Mali itself, the location of Mecca, and 7.16 Analyze the importance of family, labor Explain the importance of Mansa Musa, and relevant geographic features. specialization, and regional commerce in the locate his pilgrimage to Mecca on a map. development of states and cities in West Africa. (C, E, G, Compare and contrast the storytelling in H, P) Demonstrate the importance of oral history in written and oral forms. African societies. 7.17 Explain the importance of Mansa Musa and locate Bartering activity to demonstrate his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324. (C, G, H, P) Explain the role of family, labor specialization, traditional economies. and trade in the development of West Africa. 7.18 Compare the indigenous religious practices observed by early Africans before and after contact with Compare and contrast indigenous African Islam and Christianity. (C, H) religions with Christianity and Islam. Weeks 9‐12 Imperial China Standards Objectives Major Assignments 7.19 Create a visual or multimedia display to identify the I can… physical location and major geographical features of Have students create a 3‐D map of China including the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Locate various physical features of China and China, using construction paper, which Himalayas, Plateau of Tibet, and the Gobi Desert. (G) the surrounding region. incorporates the relevant geographic features mentioned in the standard. 7.20 Describe the reunification of China under the Tang Describe the reunification of China by the Dynasty and reasons for the cultural diffusion of Tang. Document based questions using a Buddhism. (C, G, H, P) primary source: Opposition to Buddhism from late Tang rulers: 3 7.21 Analyze the role of kinship and Confucianism in Explain how Buddhism spread to, and within, maintaining order and hierarchy. (C, H, P) China. Using the internet, locate various Confucian quotes, focusing on those 7.22 Summarize the significance of the rapid agricultural, Identify the influence of Confucianism on that stress the value of family and social commercial, and technological development during the Chinese society and culture. structure. Use these quotes and have Song Dynasties. (C, E, H) students analyze them, asking Summarize the technological advances made themselves various questions. 7.23 Trace the spread of Chinese technology to other during the Song Dynasty. parts of Asia, the Islamic world, and Europe including Have students participate in a papermaking, wood‐block printing, the compass and Trace the spread of Chinese technology to collaborative write. Arrange students in gunpowder. (C, E, G, H) other parts of the world. groups and ask them to produce a short essay summarizing the advancements 7.24 Describe and locate the Mongol conquest of China Describe the growth and expansion of the made during the Song Dynasty. including Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan. (G, H, P) Mongol Empire. A map activity which allows students to 7.25 Engage effectively in a collaborative discussion trace the spread of Chinese technology describing the development of the imperial state and the Explain the importance of Genghis Khan and from China to Europe. scholar‐official class (Neo‐Confucianism). (C, H, P) Kublai Khan in the development of the Mongol Empire. Using a map of Asia and Europe, have 7.26 Draw evidence from informational texts to analyze students draw the Mongol Empire. Have the contributions made during the Ming Dynasty such as Discuss the positive and negative aspects of a students include certain features such building projects, including the Forbidden City and the scholar‐official class. as: China, the Silk Road, Baghdad, reconstruction of the Great Wall , isolationism, and sea Damascus, etc. voyages. (C, E, H, P) Identify the contributions of the Ming Dynasty to China using informational text. Create a whole class discussion in which students debate the merits and faults of a scholar‐official class and the fairness of the civil service exam (gender and socioeconomics). Assign students a selection of informational text. Using this text, have students extrapolate the contributions of the Ming Dynasty. 4 Weeks 12‐14 Medieval Japan Standards Objectives Major Assignments I can… 7.27 Compare the major features of Shinto, Japan’s Have students create a Venn diagram indigenous religion, and Japanese Buddhism. (C, H) Compare and contrast Shinto with Japanese comparing Shintoism to Buddhism.