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Theme 1 Human Beginnings to Early River Civilizations

10 Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Citizens
- SS.7.1.10.1 Describe the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations in shaping people's lives.
- SS.7.1.16.1 Investigate how cultural diffusion occurs and causes complex societies to interact and spread from one region to another.
  - The Neolithic Period (7-M.1)
  - Pre-contact Native peoples: introduction (7-CC.1)
- SS.7.1.16.2 Analyze how geographical features, climate, and available resources influenced the development of distinct cultures and societies.
  - The Neolithic Period (7-M.1)
  - Pre-contact Native peoples: introduction (7-CC.1)
- SS.7.1.16.3 Discuss how people adapted to environments, recognizing the influence of geography on cultural practices, economies, and social structures.
  - The Neolithic Period (7-M.1)
  - Pre-contact Native peoples: introduction (7-CC.1)
- SS.7.1.16.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the defining characteristics and placement of global regions.
18 Geographic Representations and Reasoning
- SS.7.1.18.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the interactions between the earth, sun, moon, tides, and seasons both locally and globally.
- SS.7.1.18.2 Describe the geographical features, climate, natural resources, and ecosystems that define physical attributes of different locations.
  - Identify Earth's land features using photographs (7)
  - Identify Earth's land features using satellite images (7)
- SS.7.1.18.3 Identify the components and characteristics of the earth's physical systems, and explain how they affect each other.
  - Identify Earth's land features using photographs (7)
  - Identify Earth's land features using satellite images (7)
- SS.7.1.18.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the formation of landforms, including erosion, deposition, glaciation, and tectonic and volcanic processes.
21 Perspectives
- SS.7.1.21.1 Analyze multiple points of view to create a multifaceted interpretation of prehistory.
  - Pre-contact Native peoples: introduction (7-CC.1)
22 Historical Sources and Evidence
- SS.7.1.22.1 Analyze contradictory or conflicting sources and synthesize information to develop well-reasoned conclusions.
  - Identify facts and opinions (7-UU.2)
24 Historical Thinking
- SS.7.1.24.1 Locate primary and secondary sources to investigate perspectives regarding prehistory.
  - The Indus Civilization (7-Q.1)
  - Identify primary and secondary sources (7-UU.1)

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Theme 1 Human Beginnings to Early River Civilizations

10 Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Citizens

SS.7.1.10.1 Describe the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations in shaping people's lives.

SS.7.1.16.1 Investigate how cultural diffusion occurs and causes complex societies to interact and spread from one region to another.

SS.7.1.16.2 Analyze how geographical features, climate, and available resources influenced the development of distinct cultures and societies.

SS.7.1.16.3 Discuss how people adapted to environments, recognizing the influence of geography on cultural practices, economies, and social structures.

SS.7.1.16.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the defining characteristics and placement of global regions.

18 Geographic Representations and Reasoning

SS.7.1.18.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the interactions between the earth, sun, moon, tides, and seasons both locally and globally.

SS.7.1.18.2 Describe the geographical features, climate, natural resources, and ecosystems that define physical attributes of different locations.

SS.7.1.18.3 Identify the components and characteristics of the earth's physical systems, and explain how they affect each other.

SS.7.1.18.4 Demonstrate an understanding of the formation of landforms, including erosion, deposition, glaciation, and tectonic and volcanic processes.

21 Perspectives

SS.7.1.21.1 Analyze multiple points of view to create a multifaceted interpretation of prehistory.

22 Historical Sources and Evidence

SS.7.1.22.1 Analyze contradictory or conflicting sources and synthesize information to develop well-reasoned conclusions.

24 Historical Thinking

SS.7.1.24.1 Locate primary and secondary sources to investigate perspectives regarding prehistory.

Theme 2 Ancient Civilizations and the Development of World Religions

8 Processes, Rules, and Laws

SS.7.2.8.1 Assess how people address public problems through the use of rules and laws.

SS.7.2.8.2 Compare and contrast modern rules and laws with historical systems.

18 Geographic Representations and Reasoning

SS.7.2.18.1 Construct and use different types of maps and graphs to represent and analyze religions.

SS.7.2.18.2 Construct and use mental maps and infographics to represent and analyze the cultural, religious, and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from each other.

19 Human Populations: Spatial Patterns and Movements

SS.7.2.19.1 Construct maps to represent the spread of people and ideas over time.

SS.7.2.19.2 Describe the characteristics of a civilization and connect that information to real-world examples.

SS.7.2.19.3 Display knowledge of complex and diverse characteristics of cultures across time and place.

SS.7.2.19.4 Investigate the arrangement and distribution of populations over time.

SS.7.2.19.5 Demonstrate an understanding of how humans impact their environment.

SS.7.2.19.6 Create and interpret timelines that clearly demonstrate key periods in the development of human societies.

24 Historical Thinking

SS.7.2.24.1 Analyze the causes and effects of events and societal developments in the past.

SS.7.2.24.2 Construct arguments utilizing new evidence that allows for new interpretations.

Theme 3 Post-Classical (Medieval and Mesoamerica)

7 Participation and Deliberation

SS.7.3.7.1 Explain the connection between politics and religion in complex early societies.

10 Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Citizens

SS.7.3.10.1 Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens and noncitizens within different forms of government.

16 Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

SS.7.3.16.1 Analyze how the physical features of regions and their location influence the conflicts and alliances that arise during wars.

SS.7.3.16.2 Evaluate changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources over time due to forces of cooperation and conflict.

SS.7.3.16.3 Analyze how geographical features, climate, and available resources influenced the historical development of cultures and societies and how they adapted to their environments.

SS.7.3.16.4 Examine how human cooperation and conflict have influenced the division and control of the Earth's surface throughout human history.

21 Perspectives

SS.7.3.21.1 Evaluate the social, economic, and cultural structures of civilizations and their impact on modern societies.

23 Change, Continuity, and Context

SS.7.3.23.1 Identify patterns of continuity and change over time in various aspects of human history.

Theme 4 Globalization and Exploration

14 The Global Economy

SS.7.4.14.1 Evaluate the role of international trade, production versus importation, and the impact of local events on the global economy.

16 Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

SS.7.4.16.1 Examine how human cooperation and conflict have influenced the division and control of the Earth's surface throughout human history.

SS.7.4.16.2 Analyze the relationships between countries and regions in the global economy.

17 Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns

SS.7.4.17.1 Detect patterns in how Earth's physical features and biomes are distributed across its surface.

SS.7.4.17.2 Investigate the characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems and biomes on Earth's surface.

SS.7.4.17.3 Investigate the interconnectedness of ecosystems of the Earth.

22 Historical Sources and Evidence

SS.7.4.22.1 Explain how the perspectives of people in the present shape interpretations of the past.

23 Change, Continuity, and Context

SS.7.4.23.1 Analyze the factors that contribute to the evolution of societies and civilizations.

SS.7.4.23.2 Explore the cultural and societal implications of cultural diffusion.

24 Historical Thinking

SS.7.4.24.1 Develop skills in chronological reasoning and understanding cause-and-effect relationships in history.