7th Grade

Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

ActivatorThink, Pair, Share

• “1 MINUTE CHALLENGE”• List every movie that you can think of

that has something to do with sports.

Think/Pair/Share

• What does the word “theme” mean? Where have you seen this before?

• How can we find a theme throughout Social Studies that will allow us to connect topics?

7th Grade

Conflict & Change

Culture

Governance

Human Environmental

Interaction

Movement/ Migration

Production, Distribution, Consumption

Location

Time, Change,

Continuity

Conflict & Change

When there is conflict between or within societies, change is the result.

What conflict is this related to and what changed as a result?

Time, Change, Continuity

While change occurs over time, there is continuity to the basic structure of a

society.

Governance

As a society increases in complexity and interacts with other societies, the

complexity of the government also increases.

Production, Distribution, Consumption

The production, distribution, and consumption of goods/services

produced by the society are affected by the location, customs, beliefs,

and laws of the society.

• Why are they moving the Braves stadium?

• Why did they choose to build KIA in West Point?

Human Environmental

InteractionHumans, their society, and the environment affect each other.

Location

Location affects a society’s economy, culture, and development.

Distribution of Power

Distribution of power in government is a product of existing documents and laws combined with contemporary values and beliefs.

Compare life in each of these pictures

Culture

The culture of a society is the product of the religion, beliefs, customs, traditions,

and government of that society.

Movement/ Migration

The movement or migration of people and ideas affects all societies involved.

Where do these concepts fit?• Mohandas Gandhi

• Geography of nations• Geography of physical features

• Partitioning of Africa• Partitioning of Middle East

• Terrorism• Containment of Communism

• Korean War• Vietnam War

• Water pollution• Air pollution

• Scarcity of resources• Government instability

• Civil Wars• Jews vs. Arabs• Impact of trade

• Nationalism

Summarize!(Either/Or)

• Which theme do you think is likely to connect to more topics than the other? Explain your thinking!

1. Culture….or Conflict & Change?

2. Distribution of Power….or Location?

3. Human Environmental Interaction…..or Governance?

4. Time, Continuity, & Change…..or Movement/Migration?