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Social Studies — Grade 7

Goal 1, Objective 1.03

Goal 1

The learner will use the five themes of geography and geographic tools to answer geographic questions and analyze geographic concepts.

Objective 1.03

Use tools such as maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases, models, and artifacts to compare data on different countries of Africa, Asia, and Australia and to identify patterns as well as similarities and differences.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Famous boundaries
Students label boundaries (between states or countries) on a map and then think about the boundaries they are familiar with near their homes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Cities in Asia
In this Xpeditions lesson, students identify the characteristics of cities and analyze the influence of geography on patterns of urban settlement. They explore the role geography plays in the types of cities that develop. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Can the chiru be saved?
In this Xpeditions lesson, students are introduced to the chiru of Tibet. A small deerlike animal, the chiru is endangered because it is hunted and killed for its luxurious wool. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Assessing political boundaries
In this Xpeditions lesson, students are introduced to the changing nature of political boundaries in Asia. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
The Aral Sea: Then and now
Students consider what happens when a sea shrinks and to compare pictures of the Aral Sea at different times. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Animals of the nomads
In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn about nomadic pastoralism by examining the roles of animals and the relationship between available natural resources and nomadic life in Central Asian societies. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Africa's struggle with AIDS
In this Xpeditions lesson, students come to understand the enormity of the impact of AIDS on the population of Africa by comparing its effect there with its effect on the population of the world in general, and especially on that of the United States. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic

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