7th Grade History

The World in Temporal Terms: Historical Habits of Mind

H1.2 Historical Inquiry and Analysis: Use historical inquiry and analysis to study the past.
	7–H1.2.1 Explain how historians use a variety of sources to explore the past (e.g., artifacts, primary and secondary sources including narratives, technology, historical maps, visual/mathematical quantitative data, radiocarbon dating, DNA analysis).
	Related Geography GLCEs: Historical Maps (The World in Spatial Terms: Geographic Habits of Mind 7-G1.1.1; 7-G1.2.2) Lesson Plans: World's Largest Cities Agriculture on the GHG Religion on the GHG GeoHistoGram Activity Set: Using the GHG to Answer Document Based Questions Web Lessons: The Science and Technology of Ancient Egypt The Mystery of the Scroll: Ancient Egyptian Culture and Geography
H1.4 Historical Understanding: Use historical concepts, patterns, and themes to study the past.
	7–H1.4.2 Describe and use themes of history to study patterns of change and continuity.
	Lesson Plans: GeoHistoGram and Historical Eras GeoHistoGram Activity Set: Turning Points in History

WGH ERA 1: The Beginnings of Human Society (Beginnings to 4000 B.C.E.)

W1.1 Peopling of the Earth: Describe the spread of people in the Eastern Hemisphere in Era 1.
	7–W1.1.1 Explain how and when human communities populated major regions of the Eastern Hemisphere (Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia) and adapted to a variety of environments.
	Related Geography GLCEs: Patterns of Human Settlement (Human Systems 7-G4.3.2) Physical Characteristis of Place 7-G1.2.1; 7-G1.2.4 Lesson Plans: Population Distribution in Year 1 Maps: Human Migration Countdown - to use the clicable map features, each map must be downloaded and opened from the saved location Web Lessons: The First Cities Resources: World Population Video
	7-W1.2 Agricultural Revolution:Describe the Agricultural Revolution and explain why it is a turning point in history.
	Related Geography GLCEs: Ecosystems (Physical Systems 7-G3.2.1) Patterns of Human Settlements (Human Systems 7-G4.3.2) Physical Characteristics of Place (The World in Spatial Terms: Geographic Habits of Mind 7-G1.1.1; Places and Regions 7-G2.1.2 Lesson Plans: River Valleys Agriculture on the GHG Choosing a Location in the Ancient World (Egypt) GeoHistoGram Activity Set: Gather it or Grow Your Own Maps: Mideast Map Set PPT Resources: World Population Video
	7–W1.2.2 Explain the impact of the Agricultural Revolution (stable food supply, surplus, population growth, trade, division of labor, development of settlements).
	Related Geography GLCEs: Patterns of Human Settlement (Human Systems 7-G4.3.2) Lesson Plans: Population Distribution in Year 1 Agriculture on the GHG GeoHistoGram Activity Set: Gather it or Grow Your Own Resources: World Population Video
	7–W1.2.3 Compare and contrast the environmental, economic, and social institutions of two early civilizations from different world regions (e.g., Yangtze, Indus River Valley, Tigris/Euphrates, and Nile).
	Related Geography GLCEs: Ecosystems (Physical Systems 7-G3.2.1; 7-G3.2.2) Lesson Plans: River Valleys Web Lessons: The Mystery of the Scroll: Ancient Egyptian Culture and Geography

WGH ERA 2: Early Civilizations and Cultures and Emergence of Pastoral Peoples

(4000 to 1000 B.C.E.)

W2.1 Early Civilizations and Early Pastoral Societies: Describe the characteristics of early Western Hemisphere civilizations and pastoral societies.
	7–W2.1.1 Describe the importance of the development of human language, oral and written, and its relationship to the development of culture
	Related Geography GLCEs: Cultural Diffusion (Human Systems 7-G4.1.1) Lesson Plans: Alphabet Diffusion Web Lessons: The Emergence and Evolution of the Cuneiform Writing System/Ancient Mesopotamia
	7–W2.1.2 Use historical and modern maps and other sources to locate, describe and analyze major river systems and discuss the ways these physical settings supported permanent settlements, and development of early civilizations (Tigris and Euphrates, Yangtze, Nile, Indus Rivers).
	Related Geography GLCEs: Patterns of Human Settlement (Human Systems 7-G4.3.2) Physical Characteristics of Place (Places and Regions 7-G2.1.1) Lesson Plans: River Valleys Web Lessons: Life in Old Babylonia: The Importance of Trade Resources: NASA Images and Maps World Population Video Map: Mideast Map Set PPT
	7–W2.1.3 Examine early civilizations to describe their common features (ways of governing, stable food supply, economic and social structures, use of resources and technology, division of labor and forms of communication).
	Related Geography GLCEs: Patterns of Human Settlement (Human Systems 7-G4.3.2) Lesson Plans: River Valleys Agriculture on the GHG Web Lessons: The Emergence and Evolution of the Cuneiform Writing System/Ancient Mesopotamia The First Cities Mycenaean Trade in the Mediterranean The Science and Technology of Ancient Egypt Touring Ancient Egypt GeoHistoGram Activity Set: Wooden Clubs and Iron Swords Inventions
	7–W2.1.4 Define the concept of cultural diffusion and how it resulted in the spread of ideas and technology from one region to another (e.g., plants, crops, plow, wheel, bronze metallurgy).
	Related Geography GLCEs: Cultural Diffusion (Human Systems 7-G4.1.1) Lesson Plans: Early Silk Road
	7–W2.1.5 Describe pastoralism and explain how the climate and geography of Central Asia were linked to the rise of pastoral societies on the steppes.
	Related Geography GLCEs: Patterns of Human Settlement (Human Systems 7-G4.3.2) Physical Characteristics of Place (Places and Regions 7-G2.1.1) Ecosystems (Physical Systems 7-G3.2.1; 7-G3.2.2) Lesson Plans: Early Silk Road

WGH ERA 3: Classical Traditions and Major Empires, (1000 B.C.E. to 300 C.D.)

W3.1 Classical Traditions and Major Empires in the Western Hemisphere: Describe empires and agrarian civilizations in Mesoamerica and South America.
	7–W3.1.1 Analyze the role of environment in the development of early empires, referencing both useful environmental features and those that presented obstacles.
	Related Geography GLCEs: Physical Characteristics of Place (Places and Regions 7-G2.1.1) Web Lessons: Touring Ancient Egypt Mapping an Empire The Mystery of the Scroll: Ancient Egyptian Culture and Geography The Science and Technology of Ancient Egypt 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae: Herodotus' Real History Maps: Empires in Mesopotamia PPT
	7–W3.1.2 Using historic and modern maps, locate three major empires of this era, describe their geographic characteristics including physical features and climates, and propose a generalization about the relationship between geographic characteristics and the development of early empires.
	Related Geography GLCEs: Historical Maps (The World in Spatial Terms: Geographic Habits of Mind 7-G1.1.1) Web Lessons: Touring Ancient Egypt 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae: Herodotus' Real History Maps: Empires of Mesopotamia PPT Mideast Map Set PPT GeoHistoGram Activity Set: Empires and Rulers in Different World Regions
	7–W3.1.6 Use historic and modern maps to locate and describe trade networks among empires in the classical era.
	Related Geography GLCEs: Historical Maps (The World in Spatial Terms: Geographic Habits of Mind 7-G1.1.1; Human Systems 7-G4.3.2.) Lesson Plans: Early Silk Road Maps: Roman Trade Routes Map U.S. Major Interstates Map GeoHistoGram Activity Set: Interregional Bridges Web Lessons: Mycenaen Trade in the Mediterranean
	7–W3.1.7 Use a case study to describe how trade integrated cultures and influenced the economy within empires (e.g., Assyrian and Persian trade networks or networks of Egypt and Nubia/Kush; or Phoenician and Greek networks).
	Related Geography GLCEs: Trade-Connections (The World in Spatial Terms: Geographic Habits of Mind 7-G1.3.3; Human Systems 7-G4.3.2) Lesson Plans: Early Silk Road Maps: Empires in Mesopotamia PPT Mideast Map Set Web Lessons: 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermoplyae: Herodotus' Real History Mycenaen Trade in the Mediterranean
	7–W3.1.9 Describe the significance of legal codes, belief systems, written languages and communications in the development of large regional empires.
	Related Geography GLCEs: Regions (Places and Regions 7-G2.1.1; 7-G2.2.1) Lesson Plans: Alphabet Diffusion Web Lessons: The Emergence and Evolution of the Cuneiform Writing System/Ancient Mesopotamia Religion in Politics in Daily Life
	7–W3.1.10 Create a time line that illustrates the rise and fall of classical empires during the classical period.
	Related Geography GLCEs: Regions (Places and Regions 7-G2.1.1; 7-G2.2.1) Web Lessons: Mapping an Empire Resources: GeoHistoGram GeoHistoGram Activity Set: Empires and Rulers in Different World Regions
W3.2 Growth and Development of World Religions: Explain how world religions or belief systems of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism and Islam grew and their significance. (Islam is included here even though it came after 300 C.E./A.D.)
	7–W3.2.1 Identify and describe the beliefs of the five major world religions.
	Related Geography GLCEs: Cultural Diffusion (Human Systems 7-G4.1.1) Lesson Plans: Monotheistic Religions Religion on the GHG Web Lessons: Religion in Politics in Daily Life
	7–W3.2.2 Locate the geographical center of major religions and map the spread through the 3rd century C.E./A.D.
	Lesson Plans: Monotheistic Religions Religion on the GHG Web Lessons: Religion in Politics in Daily Life
	7-W3.2.3 Identify and describe the ways that religions unified people’s perceptions of the world and contributed to cultural integration of large regions of Afro-Eurasia. (National Geography Standard 6, p. 73)
	Lesson Plans: Monotheistic Religions Religion on the GHG Web Lessons: Religion in Politics in Daily Life

The World in Temporal Terms: Historical Habits of Mind

WGH ERA 1: The Beginnings of Human Society (Beginnings to 4000 B.C.E.)

WGH ERA 2: Early Civilizations and Cultures and Emergence of Pastoral Peoples

(4000 to 1000 B.C.E.)

WGH ERA 3: Classical Traditions and Major Empires, (1000 B.C.E. to 300 C.D.)

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