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Social Studies — Grade 7

Goal 13: The learner will describe the historic, economic, and cultural connections among North Carolina, the United States, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Objective 13.01. Identify historical movements such as colonization, revolution, emerging democracies, migration, and immigration that link North Carolina and the United States to selected societies of Africa, Asia, and Australia, and evaluate their influence on local, state, regional, national, and international communities.

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Human migration: The story of the cultural landscape
In this Xpeditions lesson, students come to understand key concepts of human migration through the examination of maps and census data. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
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