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Geography and Early Civilizations

Lower Dauphin School District

Curriculum Guide

Course Title: Geography and Early Civilizations
Subject: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 7

Synopsis of Curriculum

The first half of this course will examine and analyze the geographic, culture, economics, government and history of Pennsylvania, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The second half of the course will examine several major Early Civilizations by using an interdisciplinary approach stressing geography, archaeology, history, economics, government, reading, and writing

Units of Study Titles

Geography

Geographic Concepts

Physical Geography

Human Geography

Pennsylvania

Europe

Asia and Australia

Africa

Early Civilizations

Archaeology/Prehistory

Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia)

Egypt

Greece