7.1  The learner will demonstrate an understanding of the political and social developments of world regions. The student should be able to:

Reading Process and Comprehension
Goal: The student will draw upon a variety of strategies to comprehend, interpret, analyze, and evaluate what he or she reads.

• 7-R1.4  Demonstrate the ability to summarize, paraphrase, analyze, and evaluate what he or she reads.
  
• 7-R1.12  Demonstrate the ability to use graphic representations such as charts, graphs, pictures, and graphic organizers as information sources and as a means of organizing information and events logically.
  
• 7-R1.13  Demonstrate the ability to use skimming and scanning techniques.
  
• 7-R1.14  Demonstrate the ability to compare and contrast his or her findings on a particular topic after having extracted that information from two or more pieces of graphic or written material.  
  

The Writing Process
W1 The student will apply a process approach to writing.

• 7-W1.2 Demonstrate the ability to generate drafts that use a logical progression of ideas to develop a topic for a specific audience and/or purpose.
• 7-W1.3 Demonstrate the ability to develop an extended response around a central idea, using relevant supporting details.
• 7-W1.4 Demonstrate the ability to revise writing for clarity, sentence variety, precise vocabulary, and effective phrasing through collaboration, conferencing, and self-evaluation.
• 7-W1.5  Demonstrate the ability to edit for language conventions such as spelling, capitalization, punctuation, agreement, sentence structure (syntax), and word usage.
• 7-W1.6.3 Demonstrate the ability to write essays, reports, articles, and proposals.

Writing Purpose
W2 The student will write for a variety of purposes.

• 7-W2.3 Continue writing to persuade, analyze, and transact business.

Legibility
W4 The student will create legibile texts.

• 7-W4.2 Continue using keyboarding skills to produce texts.

Communication: Speaking
C1  The student will use speaking skills to participate in large and small groups in both formal and informal situations.

• 7-C1.1 Demonstrate the ability to face an audience, make eye contact, use the appropriate voice level, use appropriate gestures, facial expressions, and posture when making oral presentations.
• 7-C1.2 Demonstrate the ability to use  language, vocabulary, and presentation techniques appropriate for the purpose and audience.
• 7-C1.3 Demonstrate the ability to express and explain ideas orally with fluency and confidence.
• 7-C1.5 Demonstrate the ability to give brief presentations, demonstrations, and oral reports.

Research
Goal:  The student will access and use information from a variety of appropriately selected sources to extend his or her knowledge.
RS2: The student will gather information from a variety of sources.

• 7-RS2.1 Demonstrate the ability to use a variety of resources, including technology, to access information.
• 7-RS2.2 Continue documenting sources by using a standardized system of documentation.
• 7-RS2.3 Demonstrate the ability to conduct independent research using available resources, including technology.
• 7-RS2.5 Demonstrate the ability to summarize the information that he or she has gathered.