Grade 7 Social Studies Alaska standards Standards

Informed Civic Discourse and Engagement

Communicate and Critique Conclusions

Develop Claims

Evaluate Sources and Evidence

Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

Formulate clear and focused questions that require investigation about a variety of topics.

Use curiosity and interests to develop questions that explore disciplinary concepts.

Develop inquiries that address real‐world problems.

Analyze complex issues from multiple perspectives.

Differentiate between reliable and unreliable sources.

Evaluate sources of information by examining origin, author, context, and content.

Determine between primary sources produced during the time period being studied and secondary sources written from multiple perspectives.

Cite primary and secondary sources to support a well‐ constructed argument.

Formulate evidence‐based claims that acknowledge multiple perspectives and counterarguments.

Utilize evidence to construct arguments that address historical events and societal changes.

Evaluate the significance of historical events by considering their impact on the development of societies and cultures.

Synthesize evidence to draw conclusions about cause‐and‐ effect relationships, patterns, and trends.

Reflect on the connection of historical knowledge to contemporary challenges, fostering an understanding of how the past informs the present.

Express ideas clearly and concisely in both written and verbal forms.

Actively engage in discussions, asking clarifying questions and responding thoughtfully.

Articulate and defend viewpoints in respectful discussions.

Collaborate with others to find common ground and propose solutions to civic issues.

Consequences

Conquest and Conquer

Conflict and Wars

Human Systems

Politics and Religion

Rise and Fall of Civilizations

World Religions

Evolution of Governance

Historical Significance

Agricultural Revolution and Technological Innovations

Culture and Societies

Geographic Regions

Earth’s Systems

Human Migration Theory

Prehistory (formerly human environment interaction)

Human Beginnings to Early River Civilizations

Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Citizens

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

Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

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

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

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

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

Geographic Representations and Reasoning

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

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

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

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

Evaluate Sources and Evidence

Evaluate the impact of the Agricultural Revolution and early technological innovations using a variety of primary and secondary sources.

Compare and contrast hunter‐ gatherer societies and early farming societies.

Perspectives

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

Historical Sources and Evidence

Analyze contradictory or conflicting sources and synthesize information to develop well‐reasoned conclusions.

Historical Thinking

Locate primary and secondary sources to investigate perspectives regarding prehistory.

Ancient Civilizations and the Development of World Religions

Geographic Representations and Reasoning

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

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.

Human Populations: Spatial Patterns and Movements

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

Describe the characteristics of a civilization and connect that information to real‐world examples.

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

Investigate the arrangement and distribution of populations over time.

Demonstrate an understanding of how humans impact their environment.

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

Historical Thinking

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

Construct arguments utilizing new evidence that allows for new interpretations.

Processes, Rules, and Laws

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

Compare and contrast modern rules and laws with historical systems.

Post-Classical (Medieval and Mesoamerica)

Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Citizens

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

Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

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

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

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

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

Perspectives

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

Change, Continuity, and Context

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

Participation and Deliberation

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

Globalization and Exploration

The Global Economy

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

Human Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

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

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

Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns

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

Investigate the characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems and biomes on Earth’s surface.

Investigate the interconnectedness of ecosystems of the Earth.

Historical Sources and Evidence

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

Change, Continuity, and Context

Change, Continuity, and Context

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

Explore the cultural and societal implications of cultural diffusion.

Historical Thinking

Develop skills in chronological reasoning and understanding cause‐and‐effect relationships in history.