Social Systems-7th Grade

Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States. Understand religious aspects of social systems with an emphasis on the United States

Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions, and institutions. Compare characteristics of religious culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions, and institutions.  Select and describe beautiful artifacts from different times and cultures. CSDS1 Value the cultural inheritance the Church provides us yesterday and today. CSGS3 Value the unique qualities and characteristics of different cultures in order to pursue peace and understanding, knowledge and truth. CSDS6 (7&8)

Understand the roles and interactions of individuals and groups in society. Understand the roles and interactions of individuals and groups in society and their role in the Church. Value the diversity among students in the classroom and school community as children of God. CSDS3 Analyze stories of important Catholic figures and saints who through their examples re-awaken that period’s moral sense. CSGS3 (7&8) Discuss how religious and moral knowledge is a requisite for understanding the dram of human grandeur throughout history. CSGS4 (7&8 Value one’s own role and dignity in God’s plan and creation. CSGS5 (7&8)

Understand how social systems form and develop over time. Understand how religious/Church social systems form and develop over time. Value the significance and impact of the Catholic Church throughout history. CSDS5 (K-6 CS) Value history as a medium to assist in recognizing and rejecting contemporary cultural values that threaten human dignity and are contrary to the Gospel message. CSDS5 (7-12 CS) Value unique qualities and characteristics of different cultures in order to pursue peace and understanding, knowledge and truth. CSDS6 (7& 8)

Describe what is studied within the field of anthropology.

Describe how a culture is reflected in its art, music, and/or architecture and institutions.

Explain how technology and the media have impacted how culture is expressed within society.

Analyze examples of patterns within literature, art, music, and/or architecture being transmitted from place to place. 

Analyze how the Catholic Church has influenced literature, art, music, and architecture.

Define and describe what is studied within the field of sociology.

Define and describe what is studied within the field of psychology.

Identify examples of how social, political, and economic institutions work together; give examples of how religious institutions work together.

Analyze the reasons why social institutions change over time.

Identify how an individual may influence institutional or group behavior.

Analyze the roles that various public and private institutions play as agents of socialization (e.g., schools).

Outline the benefits of Catholic Schools on society.

Define the concept of diversity.

Assess the impact that commonly held beliefs have had on social groups in the United States over time.

Describe the contributions of significant individuals and groups to the common belief system of the United States.

Describe how citizens and government can cooperate or have cooperated to solve an important social problem.

Predict what social problems will become more pressing in the future.

Predict what social problems will become more pressing today and in the future and how they relate to the creation of all human beings and the equal love God has for them.

List the ways they can help others; incorporate the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.