7th Grade
Assignments/Projects/Extra Credit
Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-10, 11-15, Exam
Chapter 1
Assignment Sheet
Review Sheet
PowerPoint Presentation
Five Themes of Geography PowerPoint Presentation
Document Based Questions/ Primary Source Assignment #1
Projects/ Activities:
Mapping Project
Themes of Geography Project
State Project
Lengths of Rivers Project
Educational Review Websites:
NYC Pizza Delivery- Cardinal Directions
Conquer the Continents
Coast to Coast
Where in the World is Mr. Nussbaum
Virtual Archeological Dig
Educational Films:
WMHT- Geography Principles: Themes of Geography
WMHT- The Ultimate Geography Starter Collection: What is Geography?
WMHT- Geography Principles: Detail of Climate & Weather
Chapter 2
Assignment Sheet
Review Sheet
PowerPoint Presentation
Document Based Questions/ Primary Source Assignment #2
Clever Coyote- A Native American Legend
Native American Influences on American Culture Powerpoint
Projects/ Activities:
Cave Art
Native American Dwellings
Constructing a Dream Catcher
Totem Pole Activity
Native American Folklore Activity
Native American Dictionary
Tenochtitlan: Building An Aztec Capital
Native American Culture
Appreciating the Camel
Who is Behind the Masked Native American Dancer?
Making Harmony with Native American Instruments
Native American Clothing
Knots on a Counting Rope Activity
Native American Recipes:
Corn Chowder
Popcorn Balls
Native American Legend: No Face Doll
Making a Corn Husk Doll
Educational Review Games:
Native Americans- Fling the Teacher
Native American Dwellings
More Native American Dwellings
Chapter 3
Assignment Sheet
Review Sheet
PowerPoint Presentation
Document Based Questions/ Primary Source Assignment #3
95 Theses of Martin Luther
Projects/Activities:
Boat Races
Columbus Day
The Columbian Exchange
Destination of Enslaved Africans
Illustrating the Law of Indies & Society in New Spain
The Need for a Strong Vessel
Creating a Thanksgiving Menu
Pilgrim Recipes:
Golden Harvest Pumpkin Bread
Early Household Tools: How to Make a Wood Broom
Educational Photographs:
Balboa
Hernando Cortes
Pocahontas
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
John Rolfe
John Smith
Bartolomo De Las Casas
Ponce DeLeon
Educational Films:
Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
New World
Educational Websites:
Rags to Riches: Jamestown Game show
Stories of a Nation, Surviving Jamestown- The Voyage
Stories of a Nation, Surviving Jamestown- The Native American Tribes
On the Trail of Captain John Smith
Virtual Tour- Jamestown Fort
Virtual Tour- Jamestown Church
Virtual Tour- Jamestown Site
Exploring Jamestown
Jamestown & Chesapeake Bay Video
Fantastic Voyages
Learn the Parts of Leif Ericson's Norseman, Gokstad Viking Ship
A Vikings Quest
Chapter 4
Assignment Sheet
Review Sheet
PowerPoint Presentation
Document Based Questions/ Primary Source Assignment #4
Projects/ Activities:
Educational Gazette
Race to Colonize Board Game
Colonial Life Model
Trade Winds
Influences of Geography
Word Origin
Fashionable Wigs
Good Ol' Ben
A Simple Country Life
Speaking Gullah
Colonial Recipes:
How to Tap a Maple Tree to make Maple Syrup
Boston Brown Bread
Churned Butter
Ice Cream
Educational Websites:
Liberty, Daily Life in the Colonies
Triangular Trade
Gullah Tales
Virtual Tour- Colonial Life
How Would You Have Survived in the Colonial Life
Voices Long Unheard- Interviewing Colonists
Building a Plantation
Plymouth Pictures
Colonial Williamsburg Town Tour
Colonial Tools
The Ben Franklin Story- Part I & II
Educational Films:
WMHT- Thirteen Colonies: Northern Colonies
WMHT- Thirteen Colonies: Middle & Southern Colonies
WMHT- Colonial America: Saints & Strangers
Chapter 5
Assignment Sheet
Review Sheet
PowerPoint Presentation
Document Based Questions/ Primary Source Assignment #5
Projects/ Activities:
What Could You Live Without?
Taxes- A Financial Burden or an Extreme Necessity
Taxation Time Line
Expressing Concern Through Cartoons
Another Tax??
Colonial Occupations
Colonial Recipes:
Molasses Doughnuts
Muster Gingerbread
Providence Cake
Swamp Yankee Applesauce Cake
Educational Websites:
The Shot Heard Around the World
Paul Revere, Messenger of the Revolution
Paul Revere's Ride- Interactive Map
Revolutionary Storyline: An Online Role Playing For Learning History
Educational Films:
Last of the Mohicans (Edited Version)
Johnny Tremain