Iowa 7th Grade Social Studies Standards

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I Inquiry

• Constructing Compelling Questions
  • SS.7.1 Compare disciplinary concepts and ideas associated with a compelling question.
• Constructing Supporting Questions
  • SS.7.2 Create supporting questions to help answer the compelling question in an inquiry.
• Gathering and Evaluating Sources
  • SS.7.3 Gather relevant information from primary and secondary sources using the origin, authority, structure, and context of the sources to guide the selection.
  • SS.7.4 With guided practice, evaluate the credibility of primary and secondary sources by determining their relevance and intended use.
• Developing Claims and Using Evidence
  • SS.7.5 With guided practice, identify evidence that draws information from multiple perspectives and sources to support claims, noting evidentiary limitations.
  • SS.7.6 With guided practice, develop claims and counterclaims while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both.
  • SS.7.7 With guided practice, construct arguments using claims and evidence from multiple sources.
• Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions
  • SS.7.8 Independently construct responses to compelling questions supported by reasoning and evidence.
  • SS.7.9 Present original arguments based on credible sources using a variety of media to authentic audiences.
  • SS.7.10 With guided practice, analyze disciplinary arguments of peers for credibility.
• Taking Informed Action
  • SS.7.11 Explain the challenges people face and opportunities they create in addressing local, regional, and global problems at various times and places.
  • SS.7.12 Apply a range of deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions and take action in classrooms, schools, and communities.

BS Behavioral Sciences

• Examine Factors that Led to Continuity and Change in Human and Group Behavior
  • BS.SS.7.13 Identify social, political and economic factors that can influence our thoughts and behavior.
• Recognize the Interaction Between Individuals and Various Groups
  • BS.SS.7.14 Examine what causes inequalities and how they exist within a society.

CG Civics/Government

• Analyze Civic and Political Institutions
  • CG.SS.7.15 Distinguish and apply the powers and responsibilities of global citizens, interest groups and the media in a variety of governmental and nongovernmental contexts.
  • CG.SS.7.16 Examine the origins, purposes, and impact of laws, treaties, and international agreements.
  • CG.SS.7.17 Describe the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations in shaping people’s lives.

E Economics

• Engage in Economic Decision Making
  • E.SS.7.18 Explain and evaluate how economic decisions affect the wellbeing of individuals, businesses, and society.
• Critique Exchange and Markets
  • E.SS.7.19 Explain how external benefits, costs, supply and demand, and competition influence market prices, wages, and outcomes.
• Assess the Global Economy
  • E.SS.7.20 Investigate the impact of trade policies and barriers on a nation and its citizens.

G Geography

• Analyze Human Population Movements and Patterns
  • G.SS.7.21 Evaluate the push and pull factors involved in human population movement and patterns.
• Analyze Global Interconnections
  • G.SS.7.22 Explain how the relationship between the environmental characteristics of places and production of goods influences the spatial patterns of world trade.
  • G.SS.7.23 Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use in particular areas.

H History

• Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context
  • H.SS.7.24 Analyze connections among historical events and developments in contemporary global issues.
• Compare Perspectives
  • H.SS.7.25 Explain how and why perspectives on various contemporary issues have changed over time.
• Justify Causation and Argumentation
  • H.SS.7.26 Explain multiple causes and effects of various contemporary global events and developments.
• Iowa History
  • H.SS.7.27 Analyze the role that Iowa plays in contemporary global issues.

FL Financial Literacy

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