This site is designed for student and parent use. Eventually there will be an individual page for each curriculum unit that is taught in the seventh grade. Each page will contain the objectives and essential questions for the related unit, as well as related resources and links to websites including interactive activities & sources of information.
While the pages are set up for each unit, I am in the process of building each one. Therefore most of them are currently "empty". It is a work in progress, that is just underway. Please feel free to email me with any ideas, comments, or questions. Email suggestions to [email protected] |
The 7th grade social studies curriculum focuses on how our nation was established. Students will study ten major units:
1. North American Native Cultures 2. European Encounters 3. New World Colonies 4. Life in the English Colonies 5. Colonial Conflicts 6. The American Revolution 7. Revolutionary War 8. Creation of the Constitution 9. The Constitution & U.S. Government Today 10. The Bill of Rights Various other social studies topics, including geography and economics, will be woven into lessons throughout the year. Students will also examine local, U.S., and global current events on a regular basis. |
The study of the Social Studies involves an examination of how humans, in the past and present, have:
• interacted with the physical and cultural environments. • developed philosophic, religious, artistic, economic, & political systems. • used the limited resources for the advantage of individuals/groups. • participated as informed public citizens • gained personal & societal knowledge and applied it in daily living. • made choices both individually & as groups and lived with the consequences • made choices over time and in all regions of the world. Essential Skills for Social Studies include: • Differentiating past, present and future & change over time • Detecting cause & effect, distinguishing fact from opinion, recognizing biases • Evaluating & critiquing varied sources of information & the use of appropriate primary & secondary sources & technology to acquire information • Creating & testing generalizations and theses • Expressing clearly & concisely personal opinion supported by evidence • Calculating effects of decisions & decision making • Solving Individual and group problems |