7th Grade Curriculum

Unit: Early Humans (Printable Version)

Highlighted Questions - Thematic Essential Questions focused on during this unit.

Early Humans Unit Website

GSTEQ

History Alive!

Textbook

Supplemental

Assessments

Standards*

1. Why do people live and move where they do?

 

Five Themes of Geography pg. 226-227

- Geography – Old History Alive! (5th grade version) & Create Mapping Skills

 

 

RIGSE: 5-1 – Many ways Earth’s people are interconnected

RIGSE: 5-2 – Interconnected World

RIGSE: 5-3 – Choices Interconnected world

RIGSE HP 2

Era 1 WH 1,2

Era 2 WH 1,2,3

Era 4 WH 5,6,7

Era 5 WH 1

2. Why do people live the way they do?

3.1 From Paleolithic to Neolithic: Identifying Changes in Daily Life [2-3 days]

Ch. 1 Section 2 “Pre-History”

- Charlie’s Chart from Guns, Germs, and Steel – Human organization [1 day]

 

RIGSE G&C 1-4
RIGSE HP 1-3

Era 1 WH 1,2

Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4

Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5

Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Era 5 WH 1,2

3. How and why do human societies organize the way they do?

3.1 From Paleolithic to Neolithic: Identifying Changes in Daily Life *

3.2 Neolithic Social Organization: Heirarchical or Egalitarian? [1 day]

4.1 Discovering How Sumerian City-States Emerged [3 days]

Ch. 1 Section 3 “Beginnings of Civilizations”

- Charlie’s Chart from Guns, Germs, and Steel – Human organization

 

RIGSE – G&C 1-2, 4

Era 1 WH 2

Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4

Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5

Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5,6

Era 5 WH 1,2

4. How does technology affect people’s lives?

1.2 Understanding our Place in History (modified version – no calendar) [1 day]

4.2 Sumerian Achievements: Reflections of Civilization [3 days]

 

Charlie’s paradigm

 

RIGSE – G&C 5

RIGSE – HP1

Era 1 WH 1,2

Era 2 WH 1,2,3,4

Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5

Era 4 WH 1,2,6

Era 5 WH 1,2

5. How has conflict and cooperation shaped human history?

 

 

 

 

RIGSE – G&C 1,3,5

RIGSE – HP1,2,3

Era 2 WH 1,3

Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5

Era 4 WH 1,2,3

Era 5 WH 1,2

6. How has the quest for resources affected human history?

 

 

 

 

RIGSE – G&C 1,5
RIGSE – HP 1,2,3

Era 1 WH 1,2

Era 2 WH 1,2,3

Era 3 WH 1,2,3,5

Era 4 WH 1,2,3,4,5

Era 5 WH 1,2

7. How do we know what we know about human history?

1.1 Experiencing the Challenge of Interpreting the Past [2 days]

1.3 Investigating the Past – Assembling an Archeological Team [5 days]

2.3 Understanding Why Paleolithic Art was Created (Modified – include “Mysteries of Cave Art” video) [2 days]

 

-Catal Hoyuk Virtual Tour

-Video Walking with Caveman, Kennewick Man

 

RIGSE – HP 1,2,3

Era 1 WH 1,2

Era 3 WH 1,4

Era 4 WH 1,5,6

8. Why do civilizations rise & decline?

4.2 Sumerian Achievements: Reflections of Civilization [3 days]

 

 

 

RIGSE – G&C 1,5
RIGSE – HP 1,2,3

Era 2 WH 1,2,3

Era 3 WH 1,2,3,4,5

Era 4 WH 1,2,3,5,6,7

Era 5 WH 1,2

*The RI Grade Span Expectations for Government and Civics and Historical Perspectives & the National Standards for History have been aligned considering the entire 7th – 8th program.

 

Assessment Ideas?

 

Paradigm List – Charlie’s

History Alive! Culminating Project

 

Key:

Red = Time Frame

Orange = Need to create