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History alive textbook grade 7

How does urban sprawl affect people and the planet? How does where you live influence how you live? How did social class affect daily life in
ancient Egypt? How did geography affect early settlement in India? In an Experiential Exercise, students experience the challenges facing various
groups as they compete to acquire and control the same territory, and compare their experience to the competition over Jerusalem during the
Middle Ages. The Age of Exploration Essential Question: Where are primate cities located, and why are they important? Launching the New
Republic Forming a New Nation 8. To what extent should the United States have become involved in world affairs in the early s? Islam in
Medieval Times 7. They then examine how settlers changed the West and impacted other American Indian groups. How did the Etruscans and
Greeks influence the development of Rome? In a Writing for Understanding activity, students explore the origins and spread of Islam by taking on
the role of Arab nomads, listening to a recording about the origins of Islam, and creating an illuminated manuscript retelling the story of the origins
of Islam. In a Writing for Understanding activity, students analyze quotations and examine images to discover how African Americans faced slavery
and discrimination in the mids. In a Visual Discovery activity, students analyze images of Christian sacraments, worship, and holidays to learn about
the key beliefs and practices of Christianity. To what extent does ancient Rome influence us today? Civilizations of the Americas A Modern Nation
Emerges Consumption Patterns in the United States: How do geographers show information on maps? Why was there an American Revolution? In
a Writing for Understanding activity, students gather information from maps, charts, and their reading to determine which of the nation-states
formed after the breakup of the Soviet Union are most likely to be politically and economically successful. In what ways do the cultural
achievements of West Africa influence our culture today? They learn how a Japanese aristocrat might act in certain situations, and then write a
diary entry describing a day in the life of a Heian noble. How well did feudalism establish order in Europe in the Middle Ages? How did geography
affect life in ancient China? In an Experiential Exercise, students use the principles of monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy to select and
play music for the class, as a way to examine the various forms of government in ancient Greece that led to the development of democracy. How
did the Silk Road promote an exchange of goods and ideas? The Reconstruction Era Essential Question: How did Confucianism, Daoism, and
Legalism influence political rule in ancient China? The Aztecs Essential Question: In an Experiential Exercise, students work in groups to role-play
Incan chasquis messengers to communicate information about aspects of Incan culture to their classmates. In a Problem Solving Group activity,
students listen to a griot tell the story of Sundjata and create a griot performance of scenes from the story. In a Response Group activity, students
explore the effects of population trends by creating and analyzing population pyramids for three countries with different levels of growth. Latin
America In this Mapping Lab, students work in pairs to complete a series of geography challenges that spiral in difficulty. The Shang Dynasty
Essential Question: How do people adapt to living in a mountainous region? In an Experiential Exercise, students learn about Confucianism,
Daoism, and Legalism under classroom conditions that reflect the main beliefs of each philosophy. How might having a valuable natural resource
affect a region? Leading Figures of the Renaissance Essential Question: What was life like in medieval European towns?

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How did wealth affect daily life in the Roman Empire? The Union Challenged In a Social Studies Skill Builder, students create playing cards to
study the influences of India, China, and Korea on the development of Japanese culture, and play a game to learn about cultural diffusion in
medieval Japan. How did Alexander build his empire? The Tools of Geography Essential Question: What was life really like in the colonies? The
American Revolution Essential Question: What were the major cultural achievements of Athens? How did the development of agriculture change
daily life in the Neolithic Age? Which events of the mids kept the nation together and which events pulled it apart? Students work in pairs in a
Social Studies Skill Builder to analyze primary and secondary source material to explore eight aspects of life in the American colonies, including
rights of colonists, religion, education, and life for enslaved African Americans. How did ancient Greece contribute to the modern world? In a
Social Studies Skill Builder, students explore how location influences ways of life by looking at population, climate, language, buildings, and
economic activity in the five regions of Canada. The Incas Essential Question: How did the foreign-contact policies of three medieval Chinese
dynasties affect China? Mapping Labs Canada and the United States In this Mapping Lab, students work in pairs to complete a series of
geography challenges that spiral in difficulty. In a Visual Discovery activity, students analyze and bring to life images depicting key events of the
Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and the New Deal. In a Writing for Understanding activity, students learn how the Neolithic development
of agriculture led to a stable food supply, permanent shelters, larger communities, specialized jobs, and trade. What was the role of the samurai in
the military society of medieval Japan? When is it necessary for citizens to rebel against their government? Toward Independence Essential
Question: How did the Age of Exploration change the way Europeans viewed the world? In a Social Studies Skill Builder, students learn how
social scientists reconstruct the lives of prehistoric humans by examining images of cave paintings and other artifacts. Students examine and analyze
thematic maps in a Visual Discovery activity to learn about the physical geography of ancient Greece and how it influenced the development of
Greek civilization. What are the main beliefs and teachings of Buddhism? Tech Workers and Time Zones: In the process, they evaluate the events
that deeply divided the American colonists and eventually caused them to rebel against the British government. In a Social Studies Skill Builder,
students examine photographs of important features along the Nile River that show how the river changes in its journey from source to mouth. How
does urban sprawl affect people and the planet? Early Hominins Essential Question: How do indigenous peoples preserve their traditional culture
while adapting to modern life? In a Problem Solving Group activity, students listen to a griot tell the story of Sundjata and create a griot
performance of scenes from the story. How did Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism influence political rule in ancient China? How do people
adapt to living in a mountainous region? The Kingdom of Kush Essential Question: Why does spatial inequality exist in urban areas? What do
Shang artifacts reveal about this civilization? In a Writing for Understanding activity, students create scrapbooks illustrating what life was like for
immigrants in the early s. How did geography affect early settlement in Egypt, Kush, and Canaan? In a Response Group activity, they debate the
extent to which grievances from the Declaration of Sentiments have been redressed today. To what extent have the contributions of ancient Rome
influenced modern society? In a Writing for Understanding activity, students explore the origins and spread of Islam by taking on the role of Arab
nomads, listening to a recording about the origins of Islam, and creating an illuminated manuscript retelling the story of the origins of Islam.

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Textboom did African Americans hrade slavery and discrimination in the mids? The United States Through Hiwtory. Life in the Colonies Essential
Question: What were the effects of the Reformation? In an Experiential Exercise, students examine the factors that led to the creation of a stronger
central government under the U. In a Social Studies Skill Builder, students work in history alive textbook grade 7 to complete puzzles by
correctly matching a climagraph, a climate map, a photograph, and a list of effects of and adaptations to that climate for four cities in South Asia. In
a Response Group activity, students respond to three possible situations faced by early West African societies, and then read to learn what really
happened in each situation. The Aztecs Essential Question: African Americans in the Mids Essential Question: Textboook a Visual Discovery
activity, students analyze textbok series of images that represent key scientists, inventions, and discoveries of the Scientific Revolution. Europe and
Russia How did the first Americans adapt to their environments? Students act as archaeologists in an Experiential Exercise and examine artifacts
from Mohenjodaro to learn about daily life in the Indus valley civilization. Athens and Sparta Essential History alive textbook grade 7 How was
the Continental army able to win the war for independence from Great Britain? In a Response Group activity, students learn about the rise of
Macedonia after the Peloponnesian War and debate the degree of success Alexander the Great had in uniting the diverse peoples of his empire.
How did the Age of Exploration change the way Europeans viewed the world? In a Visual Discovery activity, history alive textbook grade 7
learn about the origins of the Aztecs and the growth of their empire by analyzing images representing key stages in the development of the Aztec
Empire and by using information they have learned through historical reenactments. Europe Enters the Modern Age History alive textbook
grade 7 were the motives, hardships, and legacies of the groups history alive textbook grade 7 moved west in the s? In a Response Group
activity, students explore the effects of population trends by creating and analyzing population pyramids for three countries with different levels of
growth. How did History alive textbook grade 7 unify the Mauryan Empire and spread Buddhist values? Life in the Central Andes: Where are
primate cities located, and why are they important? The Rise of Democracy Essential Question: What were the most important achievements of the
Mesopotamian empires? How do American consumption patterns affect people and the planet? In a Response Group activity, students consider
the benefits and drawbacks of foreign contact during three Chinese dynasties and evaluate the effects on China of their foreign-contact policies. In
a Response Group activity, students learn how responses to geographic challenges resulted in the formation of complex Sumerian city-states. In a
Visual Discovery activity, students analyze and bring to life images depicting European exploration and settlement to discover how European
nations explored and established settlements in the Americas. What important innovations and adaptations did medieval Muslims make? A Modern
Nation Emerges

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