1. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Advisement Students will be split Advisors will Advisors will briefly Advisors will present Advisement will be
into groups of four by present students introduce the topic information on the extended to 1 hour
their homeroom with information of malaria. various tribes that today so students
teacher. These will be on drought. Students will learn remain in Africa. may complete their
their cooperative Students will then how the disease is Students will learn Museum Boxes. All
learning groups for the brainstorm what spread, the effects about elements from the
week in all classes. effects they believe it has on humans, characteristics that checklist must be
These groups will drought has on an and how it can be define tribes met in order for
become their “tribe” environment. How treated. including: language, groups to present
for the week, and they will environmental religion, roles in the during African
will complete work in conditions affect community, art, Culture Day.
each class to help the economy? Will music, etc. Students
them develop their people be able to will need to create
tribal identity. Today, farm, or will they defining
they will also be need to find other characteristics for
assigned a geographic natural resources their tribe, and
region/biome in Africa to make money? include it on the
(desert, grasslands, Throughout the Museum Box.
mountains or tropical day, students will
forest) that they will learn about the
explore in Social effects and
Studies and Science. compare them with
Students will complete their previous
a Museum Box assumptions.
presentation that will
be used on Friday
during the African
Culture Day to help
display information
about their tribe.

2. Science Science: 7.E.1.2 Science: 7.E.1.2 Science: 7.L.2.2 Science: 7.L.2.2
Explain how the Explain how the Infer patterns of Infer patterns of
cycling of water in and cycling of water in heredity using heredity using
out of the atmosphere and out of the information from information from
and atmospheric atmosphere and Punnett squares Punnett squares and
conditions relate to atmospheric and pedigree pedigree analysis.
the weather patterns conditions relate to analysis. 7.L.2.3
on earth. the weather Explain the impact Social Studies:
patterns on earth. of the environment 7.H.2.4 Analyze the
ELA: 7.W.3.a. Engage and lifestyle economic, political,
and orient the reader Social Studies: choices on and social impacts
by establishing a 7.G.2.1 Construct biological of disease (e.g.
context and point of maps, charts, and inheritance (to smallpox, malaria,
view and introducing a graphs to explain include common bubonic plague,
narrator and/or data about genetic diseases) AIDS and avian flu)
characters; organize geographic and survival. in modern societies.
an event sequence phenomena (e.g.
that unfolds naturally migration patterns Social Studies: Math: 7.SP.5
and logically. and population and 7.H.2.4 Analyze the Understand that the
resource economic, political, probability of a
Social Studies: 7.G.1.1 distribution and social impacts chance event is a
Explain how patterns). of disease (e.g. number between 0
environmental smallpox, malaria, and 1 that expresses
conditions and human bubonic plague, the likelihood of the
response to those AIDS and avian flu) event occurring.
conditions influence in modern Larger numbers
modern societies and societies. indicate greater
regions (e.g. natural likelihood. A
barriers, scarcity of Math: 7.SP.5 probability near 0
resources and factors Understand that indicates an unlikely
that influence the probability of a event, a probability

3. settlement). chance event is a around 1/2 indicates
number between 0 an event
and 1 that that is neither
expresses the unlikely nor likely,
likelihood of the and a probability
event occurring. near 1 indicates a
Larger numbers likely event.
indicate greater
likelihood. A
probability near 0
indicates an
unlikely event, a
probability around
1/2 indicates an
event
that is neither
unlikely nor likely,
and a probability
near 1 indicates a
likely event.
English ELA: 7.L.2 Social Studies: ELA: 7.L.2 ELA: 7.SL.1.c Pose ELA: 7.SL.1.Engage
Language Demonstrate 7.C.1.2 Explain how Demonstrate questions that elicit effectively in a range
Arts command of the cultural expressions command of the elaboration and of collaborative
conventions of (e.g. art, literature, conventions of respond to others’ discussions (one-on-
standard English architecture and standard English questions and one, in groups, and
capitalization, music) influence capitalization, comments with teacherled) with
punctuation, and modern society. punctuation, and relevant diverse partners on
spelling when writing. spelling when observations and grade 7 topics, texts,
7.RI.1 Cite several Information and writing.7.RI.1 Cite ideas that bring the and issues, building
pieces of textual Technology: several pieces of discussion back on on others’ ideas and

4. evidence to support 7.TT.1.1 Use textual evidence to topic as needed. expressing their own
analysis of what the appropriate support analysis of 7.L.2. Demonstrate clearly. 7.SL.1.a.
text says explicitly as technology tools what the text says command of the Come to discussions
well as inferences and other explicitly as well as conventions of prepared, having
drawn from the text. resources to access inferences drawn standard English read or researched
7.W.2.a Introduce a information. from the capitalization, material under
topic clearly, text.7.W.1.a punctuation, and study; explicitly
previewing what is to Introduce claim(s), spelling when draw on that
follow; organize ideas, acknowledge writing. 7.W.9. Draw preparation by
concepts, and alternate or evidence from referring to
information, using opposing claims, literary or evidence on the
strategies such as and organize the informational texts topic, text, or issue
definition, reasons and to support analysis, to probe and reflect
classification, evidence logically. reflection, and on ideas under
comparison/contrast, research.7.RL. 3. discussion. 7.SL.5. 5.
and cause/effect; Science: 7.L.2.3 Analyze how Include multimedia
include formatting Explain the impact particular elements components and
(e.g., headings), of the environment of a story or drama visual displays in
graphics (e.g., charts, and lifestyle interact (e.g., how presentations to
tables), and choices on setting shapes the clarify claims and
multimedia when biological characters or plot). findings and
useful to aiding inheritance (to emphasize salient
comprehension. include common Social Studies: points.
7.W.2.b. Develop the genetic diseases) 7.C.1.2 Explain how
topic with relevant and survival. cultural expressions
facts, definitions, (e.g. art, literature,
concrete details, Information and architecture and
quotations, or other Technology: music) influence
information and 7.TT.1.1 Use modern society.
examples. 7.W.3. appropriate
Write narratives to technology tools

5. develop real or and other
imagined experiences resources to access
or events using information.
effective technique,
relevant descriptive
details. 7.W.6.Use
technology, including
the Internet, to
produce and publish
writing and link to and
cite sources as well as
to interact and
collaborate with
others, including
linking to and citing
sources. 7.W.7
Conduct short
research projects to
answer a question,
drawing on several
sources and
generating additional
related, focused
questions for further
research and
investigation.
Social Studies: 7.C.1.2.
Explain how cultural
expressions (e.g. art,
literature, architecture

6. and music) influence
modern society.
Information and
Technology: 7.TT.1.1.
Use appropriate
technology tools and
other resources to
access information.
Social Social Studies: Social Studies: Social Studies: Social Studies: Social Studies:
Studies 7.G.1.1. Explain how 7.G.1.1. Explain 7.G.1.1. Explain 7.G.1.3. Explain how 7.C.1. Understand
environmental how environmental how environmental natural disasters how cultural values
conditions and human conditions and conditions and (e.g. flooding, influence
response to those human response to human response to earthquakes, relationships
conditions influences those conditions those conditions monsoons and between individuals,
modern societies and influences modern influences modern tsunamis), groups and political
regions (e.g. natural societies and societies and preservation efforts entities in modern
barriers, scarcity of regions (e.g. regions (e.g. and human societies and
resources and factors natural barriers, natural barriers, modification of the regions. 7.C.1.2.
that influence scarcity of scarcity of environment (e.g. Explain how cultural
settlement). resources and resources and recycling, planting expressions (e.g. art,
factors that factors that trees, deforestation, literature,
Science: 7.E.1.4. influence influence pollution, irrigation architecture and
Predict weather settlement). settlement). systems and climate music) influence
conditions and 7.E.1.1. Explain 7.H.2.4. Analyze change) affect modern society.
patterns based on how competition the economic, modern society and
information obtained for resources political, and social regions. 7.C.1.1.
from: affects the impacts of disease Explain how culture
-Weather data economic (e.g. smallpox, unites and divides
collected from direct relationship among malaria, bubonic modern societies

7. observations and nations (e.g. plague, AIDS and and regions (e.g.
measurement (wind colonialism, avian flu) in enslavement of
speed and direction, imperialism, modern societies. various peoples,
air temperature, globalization and caste system,
humidity and air interdependence). Science: 7.L.2.3 religious conflict and
pressure). Explain the impact Social Darwinism).
-Weather maps, ELA: 7.SL.5. 5. of the environment
ELA: 7.W.7.
satellites and radar Include multimedia and lifestyle
Conduct short
-Cloud shapes and components and choices on
research projects to
types and associated visual displays in biological
answer a question,
elevation presentations to inheritance (to
drawing on several
clarify claims and include common
sources and
Information and findings and genetic diseases)
generating
Technology: 7.TT.1.1 emphasize salient and survival.
additional related,
Use appropriate points. ELA: 7.RL.2. focused questions
technology tools and Determine a theme for further research
other resources to Information and or central idea of a and investigation.
access information. Technology: text and analyze its
7.RP.1.1 Implement a 7.TT.1.1 Use Information and
development over
collaborative research appropriate Technology:
the course of the
process activity that is technology tools 7.TT.1.2 Use
text; provide an
group selected. and other appropriate
objective summary
7.TT.1.3 Use resources to technology tools
of the text. 7.SL.4.
appropriate access information. and other resources
4. Present claims
technology tools and 7.TT.1.3 Use to organize
and findings,
other resources to appropriate information (e.g.
emphasizing salient
design products to technology tools graphic organizers,
points in a focused,
share information with and other databases,
coherent manner
others (e.g. resources to design spreadsheets, and
with pertinent
multimedia products to share descriptions, facts, desktop publishing).
presentations, Web information with details, and

8. 2.0 tools, graphics, others (e.g. examples; use
podcasts, and audio multimedia appropriate eye
files). presentations, Web contact, adequate
2.0 tools, graphics, volume, and clear
podcasts, and pronunciation.
audio files). Information and
Technology:
7.TT.1.1 Use
appropriate
technology tools
and other
resources to access
information.
Other Information and
Technology:
7.TT.1.3 Use
appropriate
technology tools
and other resources
to design products
to share information
with others (e.g.
multimedia
presentations, Web
2.0 tools, graphics,
podcasts, and audio
files).