Social Studies - Grade 7 World Geography

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Social Studies K-8

Social Studies - Grade 7 World Geography

Goals and Descriptions

Basic Geographic Literacy | Human Characteristics of Places/Regions | Interactions Between People and Places | Physical Characteristics Places/Regions

Basic Geographic Literacy

Geographic Tools: Explain
The learner will be able to explain geographic tools and their uses: Development and use of geographic tools, Geographic information systems [GIS], Population pyramids, Cartograms, Satellite-produced images, Climate graphs, Access to computer-based geographic data (e.g., Internet, CD-ROMs)· Construction of maps, Projections, Scale, Symbol systems, Level of generalization, Types and sources of data, Geographic representations to track spatial patterns, Weather, Migration, Environmental change (e.g., tropical forest reduction, sea-level changes), Mental maps to organize and understand the human and physical features of the United States.

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

GIS: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the development and use of Geographic information systems [GIS].

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

Geographic Representations: Explain
The learner will be able to explain geographic representations to track spatial patterns: Weather, Migration, Environmental change (e.g., tropical forest reduction, sea-level changes).

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

Population Pyramids: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the development and us of Population pyramids.

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

Cartograms: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the development and use of cartograms.

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

Satellite-Produced Images: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the development and us of satellite-produced images.

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

Climate Graphs: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the development and use of climate graphs-and construct climographs of nations.

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

Computer Data: Geographical/Explain
The learner will be able to explain access to computer-based geographic data (e.g., Internet, CD-ROMs).

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

Maps: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the construction of maps (Projections, Scale, Symbol systems, Level of generalization, Types and sources of data.

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

Mental Maps: Explain
The learner will be able to explain mental maps to organize and understand the human and physical features of the United States and the World.

Strand	Scope	Source
Geographic Tools	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.1.9.A

Locate Places and Regions: Explain
The learner will be able to explain and locate places and regions: How regions are created to interpret Earth's complexity (i.e., the differences among formal regions, functional regions, perceptual regions), How characteristics contribute to regional changes (e.g., economic development, accessibility, demographic change), How culture and experience influence perceptions of places and regions, How structures and alliances impact regions, Development (e.g., First vs. Third World, North vs. South), Trade (e.g., NAFTA, the European Union), International treaties (e.g., NATO, OAS), How regions are connected (e.g., watersheds and river systems, patterns of world trade, cultural ties, migration).

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Features	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.1.9.B

Regions Created: Explain
The learner will be able to explain how regions are created to interpret Earth's complexity (i.e., political regions, physical regions, cultural regions).

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Features	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.1.9.B

Regional Changes: Explain
The learner will be able to explain how characteristics contribute to regional changes (e.g., economic development, impact on cultures, demographic change).

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Features	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.1.9.B

Culture: Influence/Explain
The learner will be able to explain how culture and experience influence perceptions of places and regions.

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Features	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.1.9.B

Alliances: Impact/Explain
The learner will be able to explain how structures and alliances impact regions: Development (e.g., First vs. Third World, Characteristics of First and Third World) Trade (e.g., NAFTA, the European Union, Gatt, Cafta), International treaties (e.g., NATO, OPEC).

Strand	Scope	Source
Human Features	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.1.9.B

Regions: Explain/Connected
The learner will be able to explain how regions are connected (e.g., watersheds and river systems, patterns of world trade, cultural ties, migration).

Strand	Scope	Source
Human Features	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.1.9.B

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Physical Characteristics Places/Regions

Physical Characteristics: Identify
The learner will be able to explain the physical characteristics of places and regions including spatial patterns of Earth's physical systems: Climate regions: Landform regions.

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Characteristics	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.A

Climate Regions: Explain
The learner will be able to explain climate regions-Focus on Humid Continental, Marine, Tropical Rainforest,Polar.

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Characteristics	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.A

Landform Regions: Explain
The learner will be able to explain landform regions.

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Characteristics	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.A

Physical Processes: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the dynamics of the fundamental processes that underlie the operation of Earth's physical systems: Wind systems, Water cycle, Erosion/deposition cycle, Plate tectonics, Ocean currents, Natural hazards.

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Processes	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.B

Wind Systems: Explain
The learner will be able to explain wind systems.

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Processes	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.B

Water Cycle: Explain
The learner will be able to explain water cycle.

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Processes	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.B

Erosion/Deposition Cycle: Explain
The learner will be able to explain erosion/deposition cycle.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth's Basic Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.B

Plate Tectonics: Explain
The learner will be able to explain plate tectonics.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth's Basic Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.B

Ocean Currents: Explain
The learner will be able to explain ocean currents.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth's Basic Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.B

Natural Hazards: Explain
The learner will be able to explain natural hazards.

Strand	Scope	Source
Earth's Basic Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.2.9.B

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Human Characteristics of Places/Regions

Places/Regions: Characteristics/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the human characteristics of places and regions by their population characteristics, Spatial distribution, size, density and demographic characteristics of population at the state and National level· Demographic structure of a population (e.g., life expectancy, fertility rate, mortality rate, infant mortality rate, population growth rate, the demographic transition model) · Effects of different types and patterns of human movement, Mobility (e.g., travel for business), Migration (e.g., rural to urban, short term vs. long term, critical distance).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.;A

Spacial Distribution: Explain
The learner will be able to explain spatial distribution, size, density and demographic characteristics of population at the state and National level.

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.A

Population: Structure/Explain
The learner will be able to explain demographic structure of a population (e.g., life expectancy, fertility rate, mortality rate, infant mortality rate, population growth rate, the demographic transition model).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.A

Human Movement: Explain Effects
The learner will be able to explain effects of different types and patterns of human movement: Mobility (e.g., travel for business) and Migration (e.g., rural to urban, short term vs. long term, critical distance).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.A

Cultural Characteristics: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the human characteristics of places and regions by their cultural characteristics: Ethnicity of people at national levels (e.g., customs, celebrations, languages, religions) · Culture distribution (e.g., ethnic enclaves and neighborhoods), Cultural diffusion (e.g., acculturation and assimilation, cultural revivals of language).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.B

Ethnicity: Explain
The learner will be able to explain ethnicity of people at national levels (e.g., customs, celebrations, languages, religions).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.B

Cultures: Explain
The learner will be able to explain culture distribution (e.g., ethnic enclaves and neighborhoods) and Cultural diffusion (e.g., acculturation and assimilation, cultural revivals of language).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.B

Settlement Characteristics: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the human characteristics of places and regions by their settlement characteristics: Current and past settlement patterns in Pennsylvania and the United States, Forces that have re-shaped modern settlement patterns (e.g., central city decline, suburbanization, the development of transport systems) · Internal structure of cities (e.g., manufacturing zones, inner and outer suburbs, the location of infrastructure).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.C

Settlements: Explain
The learner will be able to explain current and past settlement patterns in Pennsylvania and the United States.

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.C

Settlement Patterns: Explain
The learner will be able to explain forces that have re-shaped modern settlement patterns (e.g., central city decline, suburbanization, the development of transport systems).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.C

Cities/Structure: Explain
The learner will be able to explain internal structure of cities (e.g., manufacturing zones, inner and outer suburbs, the location of infrastructure).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.C

Economic Activities: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the human characteristics of places and regions by their economic activities: Spatial distribution of economic activities in Pennsylvania and the United States (e.g., patterns of agriculture, forestry, mining, retailing, manufacturing, services), Factors that shape spatial patterns of economic activity both Nationally and internationally (e.g., comparative advantage in location of economic activities; changes in resource trade; disruption of trade flows), Technological changes that affect the definitions of, access to, and use of natural resources (e.g., the role of exploration, extraction, use and depletion of resources).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.D

Spatial Distribution: Economic/Explain
The learner will be able to explain spatial distribution of economic activities in Pennsylvania and the United States (e.g., patterns of agriculture, forestry, mining, retailing, manufacturing, services).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.D

Economic Activities: Factors/Explain
The learner will be able to explain factors that shape spatial patterns of economic activity both Nationally and internationally (e.g., comparative advantage in location of economic activities; changes in resource trade; disruption of trade flows).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.D

Technological Changes: Explain
The learner will be able to explain technological changes that affect the definitions of, access to, and use of natural resources (e.g., the role of exploration, extraction, use and depletion of resources).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.D

Political Activities: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the human characteristics of places and regions by their political activities, Spatial pattern of political units in the United States, Geographic factors that affect decisions made in the United States (e.g., territorial expansion, boundary delineation, allocation of natural resources), Political and public policies that affect geography (e.g., open space, urban development).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.E

Political Units: Spatial/Explain
The learner will be able to explain spatial pattern of political units in the United States and the World.

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.E

Geographic Factors: Explain
The learner will be able to explain geographic factors that affect decisions made in the United States (e.g., territorial expansion, boundary delineation, allocation of natural resources).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.E

Policies/Geography: Affect/Explain
The learner will be able to explain political and public policies that affect geography (e.g., open space, urban development).

Strand	Scope	Source
Places and Regions	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.3.9.E

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Interactions Between People and Places

Physical Systems: People/Impact
The learner will be able to explain the impacts of physical systems on people: How people depend on, adjust to and modify physical systems on a National scale (e.g., soil conservation programs, projects of The Corps of Engineers), Ways in which people in hazard-prone areas adjust their ways of life (e.g., building design in earthquake areas, dry-farming techniques in drought-prone areas).

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.4.9.A

Physical Systems: People/Explain
The learner will be able to explain how people depend on, adjust to and modify physical systems on a National scale (e.g., soil conservation programs, projects of The Corps of Engineers).

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.4.9.A

Natural Hazards: Explain
The learner will be able to explain ways in which people in hazard-prone areas adjust their ways of life (e.g., building design in earthquake areas, dry-farming techniques in drought-prone areas).

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography 7.4.9.A

Physical Systems: People/Impact
The learner will be able to explain the impacts of people on physical systems: Forces by which people modify the physical environment (e.g., increasing population; new agricultural techniques; industrial processes and pollution)· Spatial effects of activities in one region on another region (e.g., scrubbers on power plants to clean air, transportation systems such as Trans-Siberian Railroad, potential effects of fallout from nuclear power plant accidents).

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.4.9.B

Human Activities: Modify/Environment
The learner will be able to explain forces by which people modify the physical environment (e.g., increasing population; new agricultural techniques; industrial processes and pollution).

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.4.9.B

Spatial Effects: Explain
The learner will be able to explain spatial effects of activities in one region on another region (e.g., scrubbers on power plants to clean air, transportation systems such as Trans-Siberian Railroad, potential effects of fallout from nuclear power plant accidents, Three Gorges Dam).

Strand	Scope	Source
Physical Systems	Master	PA Academic Standards for Geography, 7.4.9.B

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