Grade 7 Social Studies BC Learning Standards Standards

Big Ideas

Social Studies

Curricular Competency

Content

anthropological origins of humans

Use Social Studies inquiry processes and skills to ask questions; gather, interpret, and analyze ideas; and communicate findings and decisions

Geographic conditions shaped the emergence of civilizations.

human responses to particular geographic challenges and opportunities, including climates, landforms, and natural resources

Assess the significance of people, places, events, or developments at particular times and places(significance)

Religious and cultural practices that emerged during this period have endured and continue to influence people.

features and characteristics of civilizations and factors that lead to their rise and fall

Identify what the creators of accounts, narratives, maps, or texts have determined is significant (significance)

Increasingly complex societies required new systems of laws and government.

origins, core beliefs, narratives, practices, and influences of religions, including at least one indigenous to the Americas

Assess the credibility of multiple sources and the adequacy of evidence used to justify conclusions(evidence)

Economic specialization and trade networks can lead to conflict and cooperation between societies.

scientific, philosophical, and technological developments

Characterize different time periods in history, including periods of progress and decline, and identify key turning points that marked periods of change(continuity and change)

interactions and exchanges between past civilizations and cultures, including conflict, peace, trade, expansion, and migration

Determine which causes most influenced particular decisions, actions, or events, and assess their short- and long-term consequences(cause and consequence)

social, political, legal, governmental, and economic systems and structures, including at least one indigenous to the Americas

Explain different perspectives on past or present people, places, issues, or events, and compare the values, worldviews, and beliefs of human cultures and societies in different times and places(perspective)

Make ethical judgments about past events, decisions, or actions, and assess the limitations of drawing direct lessons from the past(ethical judgment)

Ethical Judgement

Perspectives

Continuity and Change

Cause and Consequence

Evidence

Significance

Inquiry Skills

Simplified Curricular Competencies for Socials