1. SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE SEVEN – THE MIDDLE EAST
What are the main physical features of the Middle East?
Judaism
Geography
The
Middle
East
Religion
Similarities and differences
How do natural resources cause conflict and cooperation?
Christianity
Solutions to problems?
Islam
Current Issues in the
Middle East/Poster
Presentation
Project
Importance of
water and oil
Response of US and/or UN
Religion as a cause of conflict
Major conflicts in Middle East today
Factors contributing to the events on 9/11/2001
Essential Understandings/Concepts:
CT.CK Evaluate the impact of interactions between the United States and other countries/areas worldwide.
CT.CK Analyze how specific individuals and their ideas and beliefs influenced world history.
CT.CK Evaluate the cultural contributions of a variety of past and present civilizations.
CT.CK Analyze how cultural differences sometimes contributed to conflict among civilizations or nations.
CT.CK Identify selected countries and determine the advantages and challenges created by their geography.
CT.CK Examine geographic factors that help explain historical events and contemporary issues.
CT.CK Assess how ideas/religions affected migration in different regions (e.g. Crusades, South African trek, founding of Israel).
CT.CK Analyze how resources or lack of resources influenced a nation/region’s development (e.g. diversification vs. one-crop economies).
CT.CK Identify economic resources in the world and analyze their relationship to international trade.
CT.CK Compare similarities and differences of cultural groups in different world regions (e.g. beliefs, values, traditions, institutions).
CT.CK Analyze the relationship among culture, government and social systems in various countries.
CT.CK Recognize how values, beliefs and attitudes develop in different cultures.
Vocabulary:
Arab Islam Muslim
Jewish Christianity Temple
Mosque Sunni Shiite
Koran Torah Bible
Arabic Sect Fundamentalist
Shabbat Hebrew Pope
Old Testament Monotheism New Testament
Mohammad Jesus Christ Abraham
Jerusalem Holy Trinity Pilgrimage
Mecca Jerusalem Theocracy
Petroleum Desalination Potable
OPEC Al-Qaeda Hydrologic cycle
Westernized Taliban Terrorism
9/11 Iraq War Homeland
Diaspora West Bank Gaza Strip
Shah Ayatollah Secular
Human rights Judaism Irrigation
Drought Refugee Arabian Peninsula
Renewal resource natural resources
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Non-renewable resources