7th Grade Social Studies: Pirates Team!
5 Themes of Geography
- Location
- Place
- Human Environment Intercation
- Movement
- Region
- Latitude, Longitude, parallels,
equator,international Date
Line, Tropics, Prime Meridian
- Distance on a map, map scales,
legends
Renaissance: A Quick review of the Renaissance from
6th grade. Stations and
documents from the time period
Explorers: Diving into the lives of each
Explorer Investigating their Voyages,
accomplishments and why they are remembered today.
Colonization: Which European country explored and colonized where,
for what reason and what was the result?
Migration: PUSH/PULL! Why would someone travel thousands of miles to an
unknown land to completely start their lives over?
Revolution of Philosophy: John Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes - new ideas of Government
Historical Revolutions: American Revolution, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution,
Latin American Revolution. Why Enlightenment sparks a
change in government. An invention creates a wave of new
ideas.
Imperialism: Europeans countries race to Africa and Asia to find natural
and raw resources to feed the frenzy of the Industrial
Revolution.
World At War: Militarism, Nationalism and Imperialism lead to war. New
inventions change the way the wars are fought.
Modern Era: Connecting topics in class to the Modern World, world
organiztions... WTO, NAFTA, OPEC, European Union...
- Location
- Place
- Human Environment Intercation
- Movement
- Region
- Latitude, Longitude, parallels,
equator,international Date
Line, Tropics, Prime Meridian
- Distance on a map, map scales,
legends
Renaissance: A Quick review of the Renaissance from
6th grade. Stations and
documents from the time period
Explorers: Diving into the lives of each
Explorer Investigating their Voyages,
accomplishments and why they are remembered today.
Colonization: Which European country explored and colonized where,
for what reason and what was the result?
Migration: PUSH/PULL! Why would someone travel thousands of miles to an
unknown land to completely start their lives over?
Revolution of Philosophy: John Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes - new ideas of Government
Historical Revolutions: American Revolution, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution,
Latin American Revolution. Why Enlightenment sparks a
change in government. An invention creates a wave of new
ideas.
Imperialism: Europeans countries race to Africa and Asia to find natural
and raw resources to feed the frenzy of the Industrial
Revolution.
World At War: Militarism, Nationalism and Imperialism lead to war. New
inventions change the way the wars are fought.
Modern Era: Connecting topics in class to the Modern World, world
organiztions... WTO, NAFTA, OPEC, European Union...