7th Grade Global Studies
Last Updated: 02/06/20
  • Home
  • Intro to Geography
  • Africa
  • Middle East
  • Central/South Asia
  • East Asia
  • Southeast Asia

Unit 0: Intro to Course

Lesson Cycle
Location
Iowa Core Standard Assessed: 21
Introduction to Course

Natural Disaster Project

Geography

Geography

Unit 1: History of Colonization

Iowa Core Standards Assessed: 13, 14, 22
Mansa Musa

World War 1/Great Powers

Scramble for Africa

Colonialism, Nationalism, Independence (CNI)

Apartheid

Assessment
Africa

Africa

Africa

Africa

Africa

Africa

Unit 2: People and Movement

Iowa Core Standards Assessed: 21, 24, 26
Modern China
East Asia

Unit 3: Scarcity

Iowa Standards Assessed: 14, 17, 18, 23, 26
Aswan Dam
Africa 

Unit 4: Standard of Living

Iowa Standards Assessed: 14, 15, 18, 19
Monotheistic Religions

5 Broken Cameras Documentary

Standard of Living

Oil and Wealth

Middle East    

Middle East    

Middle East    

Middle East    Needs Revision

Unit 5: Human Rights

Iowa Standards Assessed: 16, 20, 25, & 26
Human Rights

Burner Boys of Ghana
Southeast Asia   

Africa              Needs Revision

Unit 6: Habitat Preservation

Iowa Standards Assessed:
Virunga National Park
Africa            

Unit 7: End of Year

Banksy Lesson Cycle

Globe Project
Middle East

Geography       Needs Revision

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Course Documents

Last Updated
08/20/19

The resources below include a course syllabus, parent letter, the DMPS 2019/2020 curriculum guide, and the revised Social Studies Standards.
globalstudiessyllabus.docx
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File Type: docx
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lettertoparents.docx
File Size: 129 kb
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social_studies_standards_k12revised.pdf
File Size: 530 kb
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7_global_studies_curriculum_guide_2019-2020.docx
File Size: 834 kb
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