Grade 7 Social Studies
5 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Geography: Human Systems and Interactions. Assess how worldview and culture influence identity.
- History: Events and Peoples. Research historically diverse regions of the world.
- Civics: Rights and Responsibilities. Examine selected issues relating to human rights legislation around the world.
- Civics: Civic Engagement. Take age-appropriate actions to demonstrate an understanding of responsibilities as global citizens.
- Wabanaki: Identity. Discuss the worldviews, languages, cultures, and traditions of Wabanaki Peoples with respect.
- Economics: Systems. Analyze the effects of the distribution of wealth around the world.
Units
Unit 1
World Beliefs
Where and when major religions and philosophies began (Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, Islam), their key figures, texts and ideas, described respectfully and factually.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Human Systems and Interactions · how worldview and culture influence identity
Unit 2
Wabanaki Worldviews & Cultures
Practises Wabanaki worldviews, languages, cultures and traditions, with respect for living communities. The content is light, in the present tense, and needs review by Wabanaki partners. It follows the Grade 7 social studies skill descriptors on Wabanaki identity and on culture and identity in the New Brunswick curriculum.
Skill descriptor: Wabanaki: Identity, Geography: Human Systems and Interactions · the worldviews, languages, cultures and traditions of Wabanaki Peoples, and how worldview and culture influence identity
Unit 3
Comparing Societies
Children compare societies in Asia, Africa and Australasia: what all societies have in common, how culture, art, westernization and Indigenous ways of life shape daily life, and why diversity is valuable.
Skill descriptor: Geography: Human Systems and Interactions · the importance of cross-cultural understanding
Unit 4
Where Civilizations Grew
How geography shaped Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley and Shang China along their rivers, plus Greece, Rome and the Maya. Includes a reading passage about the Nile flood.
Skill descriptor: History: Events and Peoples · researching historically diverse regions of the world
Unit 5
Rights of Children
Practises the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and selected child rights issues around the world, including those of Indigenous children in Canada. Questions are gentle and focus on what people can do to help.
Skill descriptor: Civics: Rights and Responsibilities · human rights and the rights of children around the world
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