WH07 Essential Skills

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Combined Essential Skills for 7th Grade World History

== First Quarter: == Student will be able to:

identify examples of how various cultures have used calendars to organize and measure time (HIST 1.2).
describe sources of historical information (HIST 2.2).
identify ways different cultures record their history (HIST 2.2).
locate places using latitude and longitude (GEOG 1.2).
describe how natural hazards affect human activities (GEOG 5.2).
identify a region by defining its distinguishing characteristics (GEOG 2.2).
describe the relationships and interactions among regions (GEOG 2.2).
describe different types of government, limited*, unlimited* and absence of government (for example, anarchy, oligarchy, constitutional republic*, authoritarian*, democratic and totalitarian*) (CIV 1.2).
give examples of the role of government in a market economic system, (for example, the government enforces property rights, provisions of contracts and provides a standardized monetary system) (ECON 3.1).
identify different economic goals and give examples of the trade-offs among economic goals (ECON 1.2).

== Second Quarter: == Student will be able to:

describe and give examples of basic elements of culture and social organization (HIST 3.2).
compare how roles of people have differed throughout history based on various factors (for example, gender, age, caste, racial identity, wealth, and/or social position) (HIST 3.2).
describe how ecosystems work (GEOG 3.2).
describe how cultures and cultural landscapes change (GEOG 4.2).
explain how the Constitution divides the powers* of government among the executive*, legislative*, and judicial branches*, and how each branch can check the powers* of another (CIV 2.2).
explain how and why powers* are distributed between local, state, and national governments (for example, shared power such as to tax, borrow money, regulate voting; functions primarily exercised by state governments, such as education, law enforcement, highways; and distribution of power reflects the value of local decision-making and local control) (CIV 2.2).
describe the characteristics of a traditional, command, market, and mixed economic system (ECON 2.1).
explain how different economic systems use different means to produce, distribute, and exchange goods and services (ECON 2.1).

== Third Quarter: == Student will be able to:

explain the significance of the achievements of individual scientists and inventors from many cultures (for example, the impact of germ theory on medical practice and sanitation; the impact of the steamship on transportation and trade; the impact of the printing press on who had access to books and knowledge) (HIST 4.2).
describe and explain how industrialization influenced the movement of people (for example, to and from urban, suburban, and rural areas) (HIST 4.2).
relate differences in technology to differences in how people live in various regions of the world (HIST 4.2).
describe how cooperation and conflict among people contribute to political, economic, and social divisions of Earth's surface (GEOG 4.5).
describe the forces and processes of cooperation that unite people across Earth's surface (for example, the nations of Western Europe have joined together in the European Union) (GEOG 4.5).
explain the powers* the United States Constitution gives to the branches of government in foreign policy* (CIV 3.2).
explain the relationship between United States foreign policy and national interest (CIV 3.2).
identify governmental activities that affect the local, state, or national economy (ECON 3.1).

== Fourth Quarter: == Student will be able to:

identify the ancient and medieval roots of governmental principles and institutions (for example, Hammurabi's Code, Roman Republicanism, Mosaic Law, Greek Democracy, Islamic Law) (HIST 5.2).
describe how various other nations have pursued, established, and maintained democratic forms of government (HIST 5.2).
give examples of how religious and philosophical beliefs have defined standards of right and wrong, good and evil, and justice and injustice (HIST 6.2).
identify and locate physical and human features in their own and nearby communities, in the United States, and in regions of the world (GEOG 1.2).
identify civic responsibilities (for example, accepting responsibility for the consequences of one's actions as a citizen, considering the rights and interests of others, voting, obeying the law, paying taxes, performing voluntary public service, jury service, serving in the armed forces) (CIV 4.2).
describe how different economic systems affect the allocation of resources (for example, steel production in the former Soviet Union was determined by economic planners. This affected the allocation of many resources: coal, labor, etc. In the United States, all of these resources are allocated by the market) (ECON 2.1).

--G.R. McConnell 13:53, 18 June 2008 (MDT)