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Social Studies — Grade 7

Goal 3, Objective 3.03

Goal 3

The learner will analyze the impact of interactions between humans and their physical environments in Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Objective 3.03

Examine the development and use of tools and technologies and assess their influence on the human ability to use, modify, or adapt to their environment.

Resources aligned to this objective

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I, the basket: Writing a first-person story as an inanimate object
In this interdisciplinary lesson for grade seven, students explore the first-person point of view through children's literature and images of Nepal. Students exhibit their understanding of first-person narrative by writing a children's story from the perspective of an inanimate object.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)
By Edie McDowell.
Asian, African, or Australian inventors & inventions
The lesson integrates both Social Studies and Language Arts in a research and a creative writing component. The student will further understand inventors or inventions from Asia, Africa, and Australia, the focused continents in the 7th grade Social Studies curriculum, as well as have the opportunity to develop his/her writing, reading, and oral communication skills. The project also incorporates mathematics with an emphasis on percentages and graphing.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Information Skills, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
By Jeff Rachlin and Melissa Reid.

Resources on the web

Trekking to Timbuktu—student version
Students take the role of the makers of a TV travel adventure show and research Timbuktu as a potential location for an episode of the series. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
Interpreting the evidence
This lesson, the second of a two-part series from Science NetLinks, offers useful information and activities to help students understand how scientists learn about civilizations that have disappeared. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science and Social Studies)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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