This document outlines the 7th grade social studies standards and proficiency scale for behavioral science. It includes 4 standards relating to identifying factors that influence thoughts and behavior, examining causes of inequality, evaluating push/pull factors in human migration, and explaining how population changes affect land use. The proficiency scale ranges from advanced to beginning level and describes expectations for student understanding and abilities at each level, including identifying, explaining, analyzing, and predicting social and environmental impacts. Sample assessment items are provided for each level.
This document outlines the 7th grade social studies standards and proficiency scale for behavioral science. It includes 4 standards relating to identifying factors that influence thoughts and behavior, examining causes of inequality, evaluating push/pull factors in human migration, and explaining how population changes affect land use. The proficiency scale ranges from advanced to beginning level and describes expectations for student understanding and abilities at each level, including identifying, explaining, analyzing, and predicting social and environmental impacts. Sample assessment items are provided for each level.
This document outlines the 7th grade social studies standards and proficiency scale for behavioral science. It includes 4 standards relating to identifying factors that influence thoughts and behavior, examining causes of inequality, evaluating push/pull factors in human migration, and explaining how population changes affect land use. The proficiency scale ranges from advanced to beginning level and describes expectations for student understanding and abilities at each level, including identifying, explaining, analyzing, and predicting social and environmental impacts. Sample assessment items are provided for each level.
This document outlines the 7th grade social studies standards and proficiency scale for behavioral science. It includes 4 standards relating to identifying factors that influence thoughts and behavior, examining causes of inequality, evaluating push/pull factors in human migration, and explaining how population changes affect land use. The proficiency scale ranges from advanced to beginning level and describes expectations for student understanding and abilities at each level, including identifying, explaining, analyzing, and predicting social and environmental impacts. Sample assessment items are provided for each level.
7th Grade Social Studies priority Standard 6: Factors that can influence our thoughts and behavior. (content) 7.13 Identify social, political and economic factors that can influence our thoughts and behavior. 7.14 Examine what causes inequalities and how they exist within a society. 7.21 Evaluate the push and pull factors involved in human population movement and patterns. 7.23 Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use in particular areas. Proficiency Scale Advanced The student will/I can: Sample Item: (ADV) ● Predict the social, political and economic factors that would push or pull them in their ● Students create a future plan of their migratory 4.0 lives. pattern based off of specific factors of migration. ● Explain in detail how migration impacts the resources of an environment. ● Highlighting a location, students will explain the ● Describe a specific event in detail that caused inequalities within a contemporary environmental impact of the population. society. ● Students write a narrative about a specific example of ● Analyze social, political and economic factors that can influence our thoughts and inequality. behavior. 3.5 In addition to score 3.0 performance, partial success at 4.0. Meets The student will/I can: Sample Item(s): Expectations ● Identify social, political and economic factors that can influence our thoughts and Students will be identifying the political, social, and economic MET behavior. factors through a variety of different tasks and activities. 3.0 ● Examine what causes inequalities and how they exist within a society. They will also explain, examine, and evaluate the behaviors ● Explain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use short answer, essay, or verbal assessments. in particular areas. ● Evaluate the push and pull factors involved in human population movement and patterns. 2.5 No major errors or omissions regarding 2.0 content and partial success of the 3.0 content. Progressing The student will/I can: Sample Item(s): (PG) Student will understand: Short quizzes over key vocabulary and concepts will be the 2.0 - Vocabulary: social, political, economic, inequalities, distribution primary mode of assessing this level. A variety of different - soncepts: activities and bell ringers will help identify basic knowledge - Push/Pull Factors of student knowledge. - Events influencing behaviors - Distribution patterns - Causes of inequality _________________________________________________ - Land use in areas__________________________________________ Foundational Skill(s) - People move for many different reasons. - People change behavior following events. - Division of wealth in society - Population impacts their environment 1.5 Partial success at 2.0 content but major errors and omissions at the 3.0 score content. Beginning Partial success at 2.0 score content and/or 3.0 score content but with major errors (Beg) and/or omissions at both scores’ content. 1.0