| Galena City School District | ||
| Standards and Skills | ||
| SS.07 | Social Studies - Grade 7 | |
| SS.07.01 | compare federal, state, and local government. | |
| SS.07.01.01 | - identify the roles, responsibilities, and structure of the federal government. | |
| SS.07.01.02 | - identify the roles, responsibilities, and structure of state government. | |
| SS.07.01.03 | - identify the roles, responsibilities, and structure of local government. | |
| SS.07.02 | explain the balance of power under the constitution. | |
| SS.07.02.01 | - identify examples of the executive branch of local, state, and federal governments. | |
| SS.07.02.02 | - identify examples of the legislative branch of local, state, and federal governments. | |
| SS.07.02.03 | - identify examples of the judicial branch of local, state, and federal governments. | |
| SS.07.02.04 | - identify examples of the working of the balance of power at each level. | |
| SS.07.03 | apply the Bill of Rights to everyday life. | |
| SS.07.03.01 | - identify the rights found in the Bill of Rights. | |
| SS.07.03.02 | - identify examples of the Bill of Rights functioning in everyday life. | |
| SS.07.03.03 | - differentiate the rights and protections of citizens from government. | |
| SS.07.03.04 | - identify the limits of powers of president, governor, mayors. | |
| SS.07.04 | analyze decision-making in a participatory democracy. | |
| SS.07.04.01 | - diagram the process of decision-making in local government. | |
| SS.07.04.02 | - identify examples of how a citizen can affect government decisions. | |
| SS.07.04.03 | - define public opinion. | |
| SS.07.04.04 | - analyze how public opinion can affect government action. | |
| SS.07.04.05 | - identify opinion surveys. | |
| SS.07.04.06 | - evaluate the results of opinion surveys on multi-bar graphs. | |
| SS.07.04.07 | - draw conclusions about public opinion from primary sources (letters, surveys). | |
| SS.07.05 | compare types of government. | |
| SS.07.05.01 | - define and identify examples of democracy. | |
| SS.07.05.02 | - define and identify examples of dictatorships. | |
| SS.07.05.03 | - define and identify examples of monarchies. | |
| SS.07.05.04 | - define and identify examples of fascism. | |
| SS.07.05.05 | - categorize historic governments. | |
| SS.07.05.06 | - categorize modern governments. | |
| SS.07.06 | analyze the impact of a global economy. | |
| SS.07.06.01 | - identify examples of the connectiveness of global economies. | |
| SS.07.06.02 | - identify global resource issues and problem. | |
| SS.07.06.03 | - define and apply concept of trade. | |
| SS.07.06.04 | - define and apply concept of export/import. | |
| SS.07.06.05 | - define and apply concept of trade balance. | |
| SS.07.07 | analyze the economies of different countries and regions. | |
| SS.07.07.01 | - evaluate graphs and charts to make inferences about the economy of countries and regions. | |
| SS.07.07.02 | - draw conclusions from data about regional economies. | |
| SS.07.07.03 | - compare the economies of different countries, states, and regions. | |
| SS.07.08 | define the function and purpose of advertising and marketing. | |
| SS.07.09 | apply information skills to economic investigation. | |
| SS.07.09.01 | - analyze maps, graphs, and charts to make economic inferences. | |
| SS.07.09.02 | - analyze data to determine trends in employment. | |
| SS.07.09.03 | - analyze data to determine trends in trade. | |
| SS.07.09.04 | - analyze data to determine the effect of competition and cooperation. | |
| SS.07.09.05 | - differentiate fact from opinion in letters, ads, posters, and brochures. | |
| SS.07.10 | evaluate the effect of change on the economy of a community. | |
| SS.07.10.01 | - given a description of a community economy and the change, predict outcome. | |
| SS.07.11 | analyze the effect of movement and migrations on people and history. | |
| SS.07.11.01 | - identify the types of transportation used by people in different migrations. | |
| SS.07.11.02 | - analyze the impact of migrations on history. | |
| SS.07.11.03 | - identify examples of the impact of colonization. | |
| SS.07.11.04 | - analyze the impact of the westward movement on Native peoples of North America. | |
| SS.07.11.05 | - analyze the impact of geography on migration. | |
| SS.07.11.06 | - evaluate the long term impact of transportation innovation to a community. | |
| SS.07.12 | analyze global geography. | |
| SS.07.12.01 | - label the regions of the globe: the poles, equator, tropics, and temperate zones. | |
| SS.07.12.02 | - identify the oceans and continents. | |
| SS.07.12.03 | - match the climate, land forms, and environments of each zone. | |
| SS.07.12.04 | - locate on the globe examples of desert. | |
| SS.07.12.05 | - locate on the globe examples of jungles. | |
| SS.07.12.06 | - locate on the globe examples of rain forest. | |
| SS.07.12.07 | - locate on the globe examples of mountain ranges. | |
| SS.07.12.08 | - identify major countries of each continent. | |
| SS.07.12.09 | - define terms for landforms and locate examples on each continent. | |
| SS.07.12.10 | - define terms for bodies of water and locate examples on each continent. | |
| SS.07.13 | evaluate human/environmental interaction. | |
| SS.07.13.01 | - predict the impact of pollution on a society. | |
| SS.07.13.02 | - predict the impact of an increase in development on a community. | |
| SS.07.13.03 | - predict the impact of population growth on a community. | |
| SS.07.14 | apply information skills to geographic investigation. | |
| SS.07.14.01 | - analyze historical maps. | |
| SS.07.14.02 | - analyze product/economic trade maps. | |
| SS.07.14.03 | - analyze political maps. | |
| SS.07.14.04 | - analyze topographic maps. | |
| SS.07.14.05 | - synthesize and make inferences from maps, graphs, and chart data. | |
| SS.07.14.06 | - draw inferences and conclusion from cartoons, posters, and symbols. | |
| SS.07.15 | apply concepts of continuity and change. | |
| SS.07.15.01 | - tell how communication devices have changes from ancient to modern times. | |
| SS.07.15.02 | - identify the major inventions of prehistory (fire, painting, weapons). | |
| SS.07.15.03 | - identify and place on a timeline the major inventions of historic periods. | |
| SS.07.15.04 | - explain the impact on human society of different inventions. | |
| SS.07.16 | evaluate the potential impact of technology human society. | |
| SS.07.16.01 | - predict the impact of technology on trade. | |
| SS.07.16.02 | - predict the impact of technology on agriculture. | |
| SS.07.16.03 | - predict the impact of technology on transportation. | |
| SS.07.16.04 | - predict the impact of technology on communication. | |
| SS.07.16.05 | - connect historical examples to future trends. | |
| SS.07.17 | identify important events in the development of the New World. | |
| SS.07.17.01 | - place migrations on a timeline. | |
| SS.07.17.02 | - identify national groups and their purpose for migration. | |
| SS.07.17.03 | - describe the migrations to North America in the 16-19th centuries. | |
| SS.07.17.04 | - match the early European explorers of the New World to their primary discovery. | |
| SS.07.17.05 | - place the European explorers on a timeline. | |
| SS.07.17.06 | - draw conclusions about the impact of exploration on Native American societies. | |
| SS.07.17.07 | - draw conclusions about the impact of migration on Native American societies. | |
| SS.07.18 | describe the feudal system in Europe. | |
| SS.07.18.01 | - define the feudal system. | |
| SS.07.18.02 | - identify the historical period of the feudal system on a timeline. | |
| SS.07.18.03 | - analyze the structure of feudal society. | |
| SS.07.18.04 | - explain the role of the lord, peasant, soldier, monk. | |
| SS.07.18.05 | - identify and define castle, village, abbey. | |
| SS.07.19 | describe major events and civilizations of World History. | |
| SS.07.19.01 | - arrange major civilizations on a timeline from prehistory to today. | |
| SS.07.19.02 | - identify the contributions and historical figures from historic civilization. | |
| SS.07.19.03 | - identify the contributions and historical figures from each period in world history. | |
| SS.07.19.04 | - draw inferences about ancient civilizations from maps, graphs, and charts. | |
| SS.07.19.05 | - locate on an unmarked globe/map and name the modern country of ancient civilizations. | |
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