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Social Studies — Grade 7

Goal 7: The learner will assess the connections between historical events and contemporary issues in Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Objective 7.01. Identify historical events such as invasions, conquests, and migrations and evaluate their relationship to current issues.

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Trekking to Timbuktu—student version
In the eight lessons of this EDSITEment curriculum unit, students will learn about the geography of Mali and the cultures and economies along the Niger River, find out about the three kingdoms that evolved in ancient and medieval West Africa, discover how... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
Provided by: EDSITEment
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
Fighting injustice by studying lessons of the past
Using an online Venn Diagram tool, students study the experience of European Jews during the Holocaust, and then compare their experience to those of the Cherokees during the Trail of Tears and the Japanese–Americans during World War II. Students write... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Children of war
This ARTSEDGE lesson explores the realities and effects of war on children by examining diaries, journals, and letters written by children during times of war. Through class discussion and studying various texts of actual events, students examine the similarities... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education)
Provided by: ArtsEdge
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