Welcome to 7th Grade World Cultures

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Welcome to 7th Grade World Cultures

• Ms. Holinsky

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World Cultures

• This year you will be studying the following
• What is Culture?
• Africa
• Middle East
• Europe
• Central Eurasia

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Grades

• III. Grading Policy Reminder grades are not
  given they are earned
• 90-100A 80-89B
• 70-79C 60-69D
• The grading policy is based in the following
  percentages
• 50-Class work
• 25-Homework
• 25-test/Quizzes/projects
• If you have not read and signed the course
  syllabus please contact me as soon as possible.

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Text Books and Other Resources

• The main text book for the course is the World
  Cultures and Geography
• Additional text include Regional Studies
  series, World Explorer series, Global Mosaic,
  and computer resources

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Bench Marks and Final Exam

• Once a month students will take benchmarks or
  short-cycle assessments
• These Benchmarks are accumulative exams.
• Students will be given test dates in advance.
• Benchmark exams are written by the county not Ms.
  Holinsky

• The World Cultures program is a two year
  accumulative program. At the end of 7th grade
  students will take a county wide final exam.
• Students will be tested on information for the
  entire school year.

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Franklin Middle SchoolWiki pages

• Please go to http//franklinms.bcps.org/
• Click on Get your Teacher's Homework Online!
• Go to Social Studies and you will find my wiki
  page

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Best way to Contact Ms. Holinsky

• The number one way to contact me is through email
  at rholinsky_at_bcps.org
• If you have not yet emailed me to be a part of
  the distribution list, please do so. I will be
  sending out my first news letter next week.

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What is Culture?

• What is Culture is a review of 6th grade World
  Cultures.
• The Five Themes of geography
• Components of Culture
• Criteria for Civilization
• Amazon rainforest
• Social Scientist

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AfricaThe Objective of the unit is How have
geography and history influenced the development
of a diverse Africa? What is the relationship
between tradition and change in contemporary
Africa?

• Geography of Africa.
• Ancient African kingdoms
• Interaction between Africa, Middle East, and
  Europe

• Colonization and independence movements in Africa
• history of Apartheid in South Africa
• Economic development of selected African nations

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Middle EastThe objective of the unit is Why is
the Middle East defined as a cultural crossroads?
What challenges face the people of the Middle
East?

• Geography of the Middle East and determine why it
  is a region.
• History of this region and the main religions of
  the region

• Students will spend several weeks examining the
  Palestinian/Israeli conflict

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EuropeObjective of the unit is How did diverse
civilizations and systems develop in Europe?

• Political and physical features of Europe.
• History of specific European countries.
• European society during the Middle Ages

• Democratic principals in England
• WWI and WWII

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Central EurasiaThe objective of the unit is
How have geography and political traditions
affected the people of Central Eurasia? What
factors contributed to the instability of Central
Eurasia

• Regional characteristics of Central Eurasia
• Major political events

• Political, and economic stability in the former
  Soviet Union
• Students will examine the cause and effects of
  the dissolution of the Soviet Union