Seventh Grade Lesson Plans
World History and Geography:
The Middle Ages to the Exploration of the Americas
World History and Geography:
The Middle Ages to the Exploration of the Americas
7.52 - Locate and identify the European regions that remained Catholic and those that became Protestant and how the division affected the distribution of religions in the New World.
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The Columbian Exchange from PBS Learning Media
7.74 - Examine the impact of the exchanges of plants, animals, technology, culture, ideas, and diseases among Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries...
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Tale of Genji Close Reading Task: Email us if you are looking for more activities like this!
tale_of_genji_close_reading_task.pdf |
Links to Primary Documents and Supporting Texts
7th_grade_primary_documents_and_supporting_texts_6_15.pdf |
Social Studies Primary Resources and Maps
This series of activities that blend Primary Source materials to a set of maps that directly reflect the 7th grade social studies standards. The PowerPoint has a digital image of the maps and the map title contains a hyperlink to map Internet origins.
7th_grade_social_studies_primary_resources_and_maps.zip |
TED ED Lessons:
18 lessons featured on TED-Ed. You can create lessons from scratch around any YouTube video to “flip” your class and help jump-start classroom discussions. Please preview the lessons and see if you find them suitable for your school community’s values. I encourage you to take the TED-ED TOUR prior to viewing any of the following lessons. If you like the lessons, please think about making your own: CREATE A TED-ED LESSON.
7th_grade_ed.ted_lessons.pdf |
Discovery Education Interactive Investigations:
Discovery Education (DE) partners with 201 schools districts in Tennessee; providing services to 1116 schools. The TGA wants to highlight over 20 special features available of those online services provided. These DE resources are curated via Greentech Media are available even though you should use a DE account to access them. For those that have a DE account the Interactive Investigations Library can be found HERE (Login required).
7th_grade_discovery_education_interactive_investigations.pdf |
USEFUL WEBSITES
Tennessee Social Studies Standards: www.tn.gov/education/standards/index.shtml
Japan Lessons (7.31) - http://japan.mrdonn.org/
Comparing New Spain, New France, and British North America (7.71) - http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/HIST103-1.1.3-ComparingSettlementPatterns-FINAL.pdf
Mariner's Museum (for exploration 7.73) - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php
USA Cities Data - www.city-data.com
Twitter & World Cup Soccer - sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/twitter-lights-up-worldwide-with-every-world-cup-goal-185246136.html
Population Reference Bureau - www.prb.org
Daily Satellite Photo - www.overv.eu
Religious Statistics - religions.pewforum.org - www.thearda.com
Zip Code Descriptions - www.esri.com/data/esri_data/ziptapestry
World Development - www.gapminder.org
Download Videos from Youtube - savefrom.net
Census Data - www.census.gov
Mapping 2010 Census Data - projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map
Germany Information - www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/top/enindex.htm
Outline Maps - www.eduplace.com/ss/maps
Rich and Poor US Counties - storymaps.esri.com/stories/richpoor_embed
Where is My Milk From - whereismymilkfrom.com
USA Migration - www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html
USDA Agriculture Maps - www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps
USA Economic Maps - clustermapping.us
USA Presidential Election Atlas - atlas.esri.com/Atlas/VoterAtlas.html
USA Immigration Maps - www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?_r=0
USA Census Ancestry PDF - www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/pdf/9_Ancestry.pdf
USA and Mexico Border - apps.npr.org/borderland
USA Foreign-born Workers - www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/04/07/us/20090407-immigration-occupation.html
9/11 - www.wherewereyouon911.com
Twitter Languages - bigthink.com/strange-maps/539-vive-le-tweet-a-map-of-twitters-languages
Names - names.whitepages.com
Where Children Sleep - jamesmollison.com/books/where-children-sleep
International Waters Map - donutholes.ch
Common Core Companion: http://www.socialstudiescms.com/
Tennessee Social Studies Standards: www.tn.gov/education/standards/index.shtml
Japan Lessons (7.31) - http://japan.mrdonn.org/
Comparing New Spain, New France, and British North America (7.71) - http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/HIST103-1.1.3-ComparingSettlementPatterns-FINAL.pdf
Mariner's Museum (for exploration 7.73) - http://ageofex.marinersmuseum.org/index.php
USA Cities Data - www.city-data.com
Twitter & World Cup Soccer - sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/twitter-lights-up-worldwide-with-every-world-cup-goal-185246136.html
Population Reference Bureau - www.prb.org
Daily Satellite Photo - www.overv.eu
Religious Statistics - religions.pewforum.org - www.thearda.com
Zip Code Descriptions - www.esri.com/data/esri_data/ziptapestry
World Development - www.gapminder.org
Download Videos from Youtube - savefrom.net
Census Data - www.census.gov
Mapping 2010 Census Data - projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map
Germany Information - www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/top/enindex.htm
Outline Maps - www.eduplace.com/ss/maps
Rich and Poor US Counties - storymaps.esri.com/stories/richpoor_embed
Where is My Milk From - whereismymilkfrom.com
USA Migration - www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html
USDA Agriculture Maps - www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps
USA Economic Maps - clustermapping.us
USA Presidential Election Atlas - atlas.esri.com/Atlas/VoterAtlas.html
USA Immigration Maps - www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?_r=0
USA Census Ancestry PDF - www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/pdf/9_Ancestry.pdf
USA and Mexico Border - apps.npr.org/borderland
USA Foreign-born Workers - www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/04/07/us/20090407-immigration-occupation.html
9/11 - www.wherewereyouon911.com
Twitter Languages - bigthink.com/strange-maps/539-vive-le-tweet-a-map-of-twitters-languages
Names - names.whitepages.com
Where Children Sleep - jamesmollison.com/books/where-children-sleep
International Waters Map - donutholes.ch
Common Core Companion: http://www.socialstudiescms.com/