Welcome to 7th Grade Social Studies!

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Welcome to 7th Grade Social Studies!

• The Eastern Hemisphere
• Mr. Corbett

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Area of Study The Eastern Hemisphere

• Geography Review
• The Middle East
• Africa
• Asia
• Just like in 6th gradeeach unit will include
  physical geography, culture, history, government,
  and economics along with application of material
  to present times (less focus on GOV/ECON if you
  prove that you remember what you learned last
  year).

• Goals Writing through the curriculum
  (preparation for Honors and AP courses)
  Exceeding standards on standardized testing
• Current Events discussions (Student News is a
  great conversation starter for this)
• Stock Market Game
• Global Awareness
• Art/S.S. connection

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Physical Geography

• Basic map and globe skills
• Map quizzes
• Global Awareness
• Physical and Human geography
• Download TapQuiz if you have IOS devices
• Use Lizardpoint or Sheppard Software (links on
  our blogs handout) if you prefer
• Bookmark the CIA World Factbook page on your
  computer (online atlas) or download from IOS

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The Middle East

• Geography, culture, history, religions
• Historic conflicts
• Oil/Economics
• Common misconceptions
• Current conflicts
• Model UN-type debates/activities

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Africa

• History, culture, geography
• Change/ Progress
• Colonialism and its impact
• We will work in groups to build our own empires
• 4 unique regions
• North Africa
• Eastern/Central Africa
• West Africa
• Southern Africa

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Asia

• Geography
• Focus on India Pakistan, China, Japan, North
  and South Korea, Vietnam
• Spotlight on famous historic world leaders from
  Asia
• We end the year with a big modern history
  unit20th Century US/Asian relations
• Pacific Theater WW11, Korean War, Vietnam War,
  modern issues (pollution, population, policies)

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Writing Through the Curriculum

• SAT/ACT
• College entrance exams
• Preparation for high school honors or AP history
  courses
• Life skill ?
• Application of language arts/writing skills to a
  given area of study to encourage future success
• Expect written responses/essay questions on just
  about every test

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Stock Market Game

• Students will compete against their classmates
  along with other students across the state of
  Georgia in the grades 7-12 category.
• Begins the first week of October
• Application of economic terms in real-world
  situations
• Social Studies/Math/Business Connection
• Fun game with possible prizes!

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The Key to Success in Advanced Social Studies

• Application of knowledge
• Motivation/effort
• Work completion
• The Above and Beyond factor
• Organization of your work and especially time
  management are extremely important!

• Check the blog and write the agenda daily
• Ask questions if you need to dont wait!

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• Along with learning many important skills this
  year, students will see that learning about the
  world around us is FUN! ?
• and a little scary. I encourage all of my
  students to talk with you about anything we cover
  in class.