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7th Grade Social Studies at a Glance
1st 9 weeks
1st Semester
Unit of Study/Theme
Unit 1: First Global Age
(~1450-1650 AD)
 The Renaissance (broad overview end
of 6th grade)
 The Reformation
o Martin Luther, John Calvin, Henry
VIII, and Elizabeth I
o Conflicts: Inquisition and the
Catholic Reformation
o Impact of printing press on cultural
values, traditions and philosophies
 Age of Discovery
o Trade Patterns/ Goods exchanged
o Describe the influence of religion
o Motivations of explorers
o Columbian Exchange/ Triangle Trade
o Migration from Europe to the
Americas
o Slavery
 Global Trade on regional civilizations
o Ottoman Empire, Mughal (India),
East Asia, Africa, Commercial
Revolution and mercantilism
(Europe)
Focus/ Clarifying Standards
7. H.1.1-3: Use historical
thinking to analyze various
modern societies.
7. H.2.1-4: Understand the
implications of global
interactions.
7.G.1.1-3: Understand how
geography, demographic
trends, and environmental
conditions shape modern
societies and regions
7. G.2.1-2: Apply the tools of
a geographer to understand
modern societies and
regions.
7. E.1.1: Understand the
economic activities of
modern societies and
regions.
7. C&G.1.4: Understand the
development of government
in modern societies and
regions.
7.C.1.1-2: Explain how
culture unties and divides
modern societies and regions
Essential Questions
1. What were the artistic, literary, and intellectual
ideas of the Renaissance?
2. Where were the five world religions located
around 1500 A.D.?
3. What were the regional trading patterns around
the 1500s and why were they important?
4. What were the problems and issues that
provoked religious reforms in Western
Christianity?
5. What were the major economic, political, and
theological issues involved in the Reformation?
6. What was the role of the printing press in the
spread of new ideas?
7. Why were Europeans interested in discovering
new lands and markets?
8. How did the expansion of European empires into
the Americas, Africa, and Asia affect religion in
those areas?
9. What were the effects of European migration
and settlement on the Americas, Africa, and
Asia?
10. What was the impact of the Columbian
Exchange between European and indigenous
cultures?
11. What was the triangular trade?
12. Where was the Ottoman Empire located, and
how did it expand?
13. What were the contributions of the Mughal
emperors of India?
14. How did the Mughal Empire trade with European
nations?
15. How did the Chinese and Japanese attempt to
limit the influence of European merchants?
16. How did Africa become involved in foreign
trade?
17. What were the roles of the Commercial
Revolution and mercantilism in the growth of
European nations?
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7th Grade Social Studies at a Glance
2nd 9 weeks
1st Semester
Unit of Study/Theme
Unit 2: Age of Revolution
(~1650-1900 AD)
 Scientific Revolution
 Enlightenment
 Age of Absolutism (Louis XIV and Peter
the Great)
 Impact of the English Civil War and
Glorious Revolution on democracy
 French Revolution
o Impact of American and French
Revolution on Latin America
o Contribution of Toussaint L’Ouverture
and Simon Bolivar
o Monroe Doctrine
o Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
 Arts, philosophy, literature, and new
technology
 Industrial Revolution
o Emergence of capitalism as a
dominant economic pattern, and the
subsequent development of socialism
and communism
o The evolution of the nature of work
and the labor force, including its
effects of families, the status of
women and children, the slave trade,
and the labor union movement
o Rise of industrial economies and their
link to imperialism and nationalism
o Impact of European economic and
military power on Asia and Africa
o Diseases- smallpox
Focus/ Clarifying Standards
7. H.1.1-3: Use historical
thinking to analyze various
modern societies.
7. H.2.1, 2.3: Understand the
implications of global
interactions.
7.G.1.2-3: Understand how
geography, demographic
trends, and environmental
conditions shape modern
societies and regions
7. G.2.1-2: Apply the tools of
a geographer to understand
modern societies and
regions.
7. E.1.1, 1.3: Understand the
economic activities of
modern societies and
regions.
7. C&G.1.1-4: Understand the
development of government
in modern societies and
regions.
7.C.1.1-2: Explain how
culture unties and divides
modern societies and regions
Essential Questions
1. What were some of the effects of the new
scientific theories and discoveries?
2. What effect did absolute monarchs have on their
countries?
3. How did philosophers of the Enlightenment
influence thinking on political issues?
4. How did the Enlightenment promote revolution
in the American colonies?
5. How did the ideas of the Enlightenment
contribute to causing the French Revolution?
6. What effect did the composers, artists,
philosophers, and writers have on the modern
society?
7. How did the American and French Revolutions
influence Latin American independence
movements?
8. How did the Monroe Doctrine impact revolutions
in Latin America?
9. What was the legacy of Napoleon?
10. How did nationalism and democracy influence
national revolutions?
11. Why did the spread of industrialism to Europe
and the U.S. accelerate colonialism and
imperialism?
12. How did the Industrial Revolution produce
changes in culture and society?
13. What was the role of capitalism and market
competition in the Industrial Revolution?
14. How did the Industrial Revolution impact the
lives of women, children, and the family?
15. Why did workers organize into labor unions?
16. Why did European countries participate in
imperialism and a race for colonies?
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7th Grade Social Studies at a Glance
3rd 9 weeks
2nd Semester
Unit of Study/Theme
Unit 3: Era of Global Wars
(~1900-1945)
 Impact of World War I
o Economic causes, political causes,
major events and leaders (Woodrow
Wilson and Kaiser Wilhelm II)
o Explain the outcomes and global
effect of the war and the Treaty of
Versailles
o Causes and consequences of the
Russian Revolution
 Inter War Period
o League of Nations and mandate
system
o Causes and assessing impact of
worldwide depression in the 1930s
o Examine events related to the rise,
aggression, and human costs of
dictatorial regimes in the Soviet
Union, Germany, Italy, and Japan and
identifying their major leaders (Joseph
Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini,
Hirohito, and Hideki Tojo
 Impact of World War II
o Economic and political causes, major
events, and leaders (Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur,
George C. Marshall, Winston
Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler,
Hideki Tojo, and Hirohito
o Holocaust and other examples of
Genocide in the twentieth century
o Terms of peace, war crimes trials,
division of Europe, rebuilding
Germany and Japan, creation of
international cooperative organization
and the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
Focus/ Clarifying Standards
7. H.1.1-3: Use historical
thinking to analyze various
modern societies.
7. H.2.1-3: Understand the
implications of global
interactions.
7. G.1.1-2: Understand how
geography, demographic
trends, and environmental
conditions shape modern
societies and regions.
7. G.2.1-2: Apply the tools of
a geographer to understand
modern societies and
regions.
7. E.1.1: Understand the
economic activities of
modern societies and
regions.
7. C&G.1.1-4: Understand the
development of government
in modern societies and
regions.
7.C.1.1: Explain how culture
unties and divides modern
societies and regions
(religious conflict)
Essential Questions
1. What were the factors that produced World War
I?
2. What were the outcomes and global effects of
World War I?
3. What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
4. Why did Russia erupt in revolution while fighting
in World War I?
5. What was the League of Nations and why did it
fall?
6. Why did the world experience depression in the
1930s and what political changes resulted from
the depression?
7. What factors influenced the rise of dictatorial
governments after World War I?
8. What were the causes of World War II?
9. Why did the Holocaust occur?
10. What are other examples of genocide in the 20th
century?
11. What were the outcomes of World War II?
12. What were the international cooperative
organizations created after World War II?
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7th Grade Social Studies at a Glance
4th 9 weeks
2nd Semester
Unit of Study/Theme
Unit 4: Post War Era (1945-present)
 Cold War
o Competition between the American
and Soviet economic and political
system
 Nuclear weaponry impact on conflict
and cooperation since 1945
 Conflicts and revolutionary movements
in eastern Asia (in China, Vietnam, and
their leaders Mao Tse-tung (Zedong),
Chaing Kai-shek, and Ho Chi Minh)
 Contributions of selected world leaders
(Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher,
Mikhail Gorbachev, and Deng Xiaoping)
 Struggles for self-rule (Gandhi’s
leadership in India, democracy in India,
Jomo Kenyatta’s leadership of Kenya,
Nelson Mandela’s role in South Africa
(Apartheid), end of the mandate
system and the creation of states in the
Middle East (roles of Golda and Gamal
Abdul Nasser)
 World religions (Judaism, Christianity,
Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism)
 Contemporary issues (migration of
refugees, ethnic/religious conflicts, and
the impact of technology (chemical and
biological technologies))
 Economic development and global
population growth on the environment
and society (link between economic
and political freedom)
 Economic interdependence (rise of
multinational corporations,
international organizations, and trade
agreements)
 Impact of terrorism
 Impact of disease (AIDS and avian flu)
 Natural disasters (floods, tsunamis,
earthquakes, and monsoons)
Focus/ Clarifying Standards
7.H.1.1-3:Use historical
thinking to analyze various
modern societies.
7.H.2.1-4: Understand the
implications of global
interactions.
7.G.1.1-3: Understand how
geography, demographic
trends, and environmental
conditions shape modern
societies and regions
7.G.2.1-2: Apply the tools of
a geographer to understand
modern societies and
regions.
7.E.1.1-4: Understand the
economic activities of
modern societies and
regions.
7.C&G.1.3-4: Understand the
development of government
in modern societies and
regions.
7.C.1.1: Explain how culture
unties and divides modern
societies and regions.
Essential Questions
1. What events led to the Cold War?
2. What was the impact of nuclear weapons?
3. What were the outcomes of the Indian
independence movement?
4. Why did independence movements in Africa gain
success after World War II?
5. What was Nelson Mandela’s leadership role in
South Africa?
6. What was the role of Golda Meir and Gamal
Abdul
7. Nasser in the creation of the states in the Middle
East?
8. What are some characteristics of the five major
world religions?
9. What new technologies have created
opportunities and challenges?
10.
How does the developing world compare
with the developed world in terms of economic,
social, and population characteristics?
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