7th grade Social Studies
U.S. History
Unit 1: Exploring Identity in the United States
What is it about the history of the United States that leads to different ideas about what American identity really is?
Unit 2: Colonial Life
What were the similarities and differences among the colonies in North America?
Unit 3: Toward Independence
Why was there an American Revolution?
What principles of government are expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
Unit 4: The American Revolution
How was the Continental army able to win the war for independence from Great Britain?
Unit 5: Forming a New Nation
How has the Constitution created “a more perfect Union”?
What freedoms does the Bill of Rights protect and why are they important?
Unit 6: Launching a New Republic
How did the Federalist and Republican visions for the United States differ?
How did political parties emerge?
To what extent should the United States have become involved in world affairs in the early 1800s?
Unit 7: Life in the mid-1800s
How justifiable was U.S. expansion in the 1800s?
How was life in the North different from life in the South?
How did African Americans face slavery and discrimination in the mid-1800s?
Unit 8: A Dividing Nation
Which events of the mid-1800s kept the nation together and which events pulled it apart?
Unit 9: The Civil War
What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?
Unit 10: The Reconstruction Era
Curriculum: We use a variety of resources for our Social Studies curriculum including: History Alive, Facing History and Ourselves, Teaching Tolerance, Junior Scholastic and Up Front.
Please use the following link to access our textbook online: History Alive!
All assignments, homework and projects will be found on Google Classroom.
Late Policy
If you are submitting an assignment after it has been graded, you must:
1.) Print out the assignment
2.) Fill out a late slip
3.) Have it signed by a parent
4.) turn in to the late bin located in the front of the classroom.
Unit 1: Exploring Identity in the United States
What is it about the history of the United States that leads to different ideas about what American identity really is?
Unit 2: Colonial Life
What were the similarities and differences among the colonies in North America?
Unit 3: Toward Independence
Why was there an American Revolution?
What principles of government are expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
Unit 4: The American Revolution
How was the Continental army able to win the war for independence from Great Britain?
Unit 5: Forming a New Nation
How has the Constitution created “a more perfect Union”?
What freedoms does the Bill of Rights protect and why are they important?
Unit 6: Launching a New Republic
How did the Federalist and Republican visions for the United States differ?
How did political parties emerge?
To what extent should the United States have become involved in world affairs in the early 1800s?
Unit 7: Life in the mid-1800s
How justifiable was U.S. expansion in the 1800s?
How was life in the North different from life in the South?
How did African Americans face slavery and discrimination in the mid-1800s?
Unit 8: A Dividing Nation
Which events of the mid-1800s kept the nation together and which events pulled it apart?
Unit 9: The Civil War
What factors and events influenced the outcome of the Civil War?
Unit 10: The Reconstruction Era
Curriculum: We use a variety of resources for our Social Studies curriculum including: History Alive, Facing History and Ourselves, Teaching Tolerance, Junior Scholastic and Up Front.
Please use the following link to access our textbook online: History Alive!
All assignments, homework and projects will be found on Google Classroom.
Late Policy
If you are submitting an assignment after it has been graded, you must:
1.) Print out the assignment
2.) Fill out a late slip
3.) Have it signed by a parent
4.) turn in to the late bin located in the front of the classroom.