Social Studies Grade 7 Curriculum Guide

Preface

Acknowledgments

Why Use Essential Questions?

Instructional Supports: Processing Information, Comprehension of Text, Learning Vocabulary, Increasing Long-Term Memory

Reading with TCI

Strategies to Support Struggling Readers

Vocabulary Strategies

Pre-Assessment Strategies

Compacting Tools

How to Compact with History Alive

Independent Learning Contract

Working Conditions

Independent Daily Work Log

Also see Enrichment/Compacting Resources (in the top section of the main part of the page and within each unit section)

Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

Flawed Metaphor

Curriculum Guide Study Guide

Link to Assessments and Keys for Modifed Lesson Plans

Guide to the Guide

Year Long Calendar

Desk Atlas Correlation

Comparing Governments Matrix

Writing Opportunities in History Alive! Chart

Desk Atlas Writing Connections Chart

Social Science Analysis and Global Connections Through Time Lesson:

Land Rights in Guatamala: These student journal pages were written to support a Mercy Corps Action Center online resource at http://www.mercycorps.org/education_content

Just sign in with the usual information about yourself that helps Mercy Corps know about who is using the site and how they are using it.

Choose a case study, click on the picture, make sure your sound is on, and follow the lesson! Excellent! Students can use the journal pages to record their listening, thinking, and learning. Here are the Social Science Analysis and Global Connections Through Time standards that the lesson addresses.

Social Science Analysis Embedded in Daily Instruction Examples with Suggested Writing Products

Take your class to the Action Center for a field trip! http://www.actioncenter.org/train_for_action

Enrichment/Compacting Resources