Grade 7 Social Studies

Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	2,3,4	5,6,7,8,	9,10,11,12,13,14	15	16,17	18,19	20,21	22,23
Content Theme	Lost Colony of Roanoke	Jamestown	JR102C	New England Colonies	Pilgrims	Mayflower Compact	The Real First Thanksgiving	Review and Test
Objectives	Investigate the settlement at Roanoake.	Explain how investors raised money to start colonies.	The students will create a solution to the mystery as to who shot Jamestown Rediscovered 102C.	The students will understand the names and geographic location of the New England Colonies.	Explain why the Pilgrims left England to come to America. Describe how the Native Americans helped Plymouth survive.	To explore the importance that this Compact had on the settlers and had later on the foundation of our governmental system.	To understand and formulate our own opinion based upon historical research of what actually occurred at the "first Thanksgiving."	On the New England Colonies
Skills	6.4 D,E,F	6.4 D,E,F	6.4 D,E,F	6.6 B	6.4 D,E,F	6.2 A, 6.4 D,E,F	6.4D,E,F6.6 D	6.4 D,E,F
Assessment		Test and quizes on Jamestown.	Written solution as to what happened to JR102C.	Map quiz	Discussion, homework and quiz.	Quiz and personal government plan.	Round table discussion and written journal as to what they believe occurred at the "first" Thanksgiving.
Key Resources	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.




Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	24,25	26-31	32	33,34	35,36	37,38	39,40	41
Content Theme	Massachusetts Bay Colony	Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the New Hampshire colonies.	Conflict with Native Americans	Review and Test	New York	New Jersey	Pennsylvania	Review and Test
Objectives	Explain why the Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded.	Describe how the Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the New Hampshire colonies began.	Examine colonists' conflicts with Native Americans.	Review and Test	Identify Big Tub and Silvernails and their impact on New York.	Identify the origin of our state and it's history and to uncover the meaning behind many of our state's symbols.	To describe the formation of Pennsylvania.	Test
Skills	6.4 D,E,F	6.4 D,E,F	6.4 D,E,F6.6D	XXX	6.4 D,E,F	6.4 6.6B	6.4 D,E,F	XXX
Assessment	Discussion, homework and quiz.	Discussion, map,Journal entry, homework and quiz.	Discussion, homework and quiz.		Discussion, character sheet and journal, homework and quiz.	Discussion, Create a Jersey symbol activity sheet and explanation, homework and quiz.	Discussion, homework and quiz.	Test
Key Resources	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.		Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.
Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	42-44	45	46	47	48-51	52,53	54	55-57	58-60
Content Theme	William Penn 4-Box	Maryland	The Carolinas	Georgia	Southern Poems	Review & Test	A Nasty Triangle (Prep for Roots)	Roots	French and Indian War
Objectives	To research using the 4-Box method on the founder of Pennsylvania.	To highlight and understand why the Southern Colonies were established writing couplets about each.	To highlight and understand why the Southern Colonies were established writing couplets about each.	To highlight and understand why the Southern Colonies were established writing couplets about each.	Complete the combination of each colony's couplet.	Review & Test	Define the triangular trade and explain how it affected American society; to understand how the regions in the colonies differed from one another, to explain why the use of enslaved workers increased in the colonies.	Define the triangular trade and explain how it affected American society; to understand how the regions in the colonies differed from one another, to explain why the use of enslaved workers increased in the colonies.	Expain how the wars in Europe spread to the American colonies; to understand the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union; explain how the British fortunes improved after William Pitt took direction of the war.
Skills	6.4 D,E,F	6.4 D,E,F	6.4 D,E,F	6.4 D,E,F	6.4 D,E,F	XXX	6.5 B 6.6D	6.5B 6.6D	6.5B 6.6D
Assessment	4-Box	Southern Colonies Couplet	Southern Colonies Couplet	Southern Colonies Couplet	Southern Colonies Couplet	Participation in test review and test.	Discussion	Video Activity Sheet	Journal entries, quizes and homework
Key Resources	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, blank 4-box with questions, William Penn resources, construction paper, computer paper, colored pencils, glue.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, Rhyming dictionary.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, Rhyming dictionary.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, Rhyming dictionary.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, Rhyming dictionary.	Making 13 Colonies; The American Republic; computer, Rhyming dictionary.	Selected readings (journals, magazine articles, etc.) from various sources dealing with slavery from the 1600s and today.	Edited video of Roots.	From Coloniesto Country; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, American Revolution Video, VCR, Activity sheets,

Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	6 1	62-64	65-72	73,74	75
Content Theme	Pontiac's War	PEDLIG for Taxation Without Representation	Road to Revolution 1764-1775	Review	Test
Objectives	Describe how chief Pontiac united his people to fight for their land.	To understand the people, events, documents, laws, ideas and groups that we will be discussing in this topic area.	To understand the main people, events, documents, laws, ideas and groups that led to the American Revolution.	Review	Test
Skills	6.4 D,E,F 6.6D	6.4 D,E,F 6.2 E	6.4 D,E,F 6.3E	XXX	XXX
Assessment	Discussion and completion of homework.	Completion, quiz and discussion of PEDLIG.	Series of quizes, test and individual projects, along with the completion of homework.	Participation in test review.	Test
Key Resources	From Colonies to Country; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.	The American Republic; Blank PEDLIG.	From Colonies to Country; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, American Revolution video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.
Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	76,77	78-95
Content Theme	Lexington and Concord 4-Box	American Revolution
Objectives	To research using the 4-Box method on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.	To gain an in depth understanding of tha American Revolution through the eyes of those that lived it.
Skills	6.3E 6.4 D,E,F	6.3 E
Assessment	Lexington and Concord 4-Box	Series of quizes, test and individual projects, along with the completion of homework.
Key Resources	Resources for Lexington and Concord, Blank 4-Box, Video April Morning	From Colonies to Country; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, American Revolution video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.
Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	96-109	110-114
Content Theme	American Revolution	Revolutionary War Newspaper
Objectives	To gain an in depth understanding of tha American Revolution through the experiences and eyes of those that lived it.	To role-play as a reporter for a Revolutionary War newspaper.
Skills	6.3 E6.4 E 6.2 A	6.3 E 6.4E
Assessment	Series of quizes, test and individual projects, along with the completion of homework.	Revolutionary War Newspaper
Key Resources	From Colonies to Country; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, American Revolution video, VCR, Activity sheets, blank map.	Library, computer, research materials, 4-box, The Minuteman Printshop, 4-box rubric, expectation sheet
Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	115-118	119-122	123-126	123-126	127-129	130-131	132-135
Content Theme	Newspaper	State Testing	Articles of Confederation	Articles of Confederation	Const. Convention	Review and Test	New Plan of Govt.
Objectives	To role-play as a reporter for a Revolutionary War newspaper.		Explain how the A of C gave state governments more power than the national government; to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the A of C and offer solutions.	Identify the problems the nation faced under the A of C; Exlain how the Northwest Ordinance provided for growth in the West.	Discuss why large and small states argued over plans for a new Constitution; Outline the compromises in the Constitution; to investigate what ideas helped influence the forming of the Constitution.	Review and Test	Explain how the Constitution divides power between federal and state governments.
Skills	6.2C 6.3 E 6.4E	XXX	6.2 A	6.3E 6.4 E	6.2C 6.3E 6.4 E	XXX	6.2C
Assessment	Revolutionary War Newspaper		T-chart and Venn Diagram	Discussion and completion of homework.	Series of quizes, test, and outline and journal entry with a solutions to the problems along with the completion of homework.		Division of Power Activity Sheet
Key Resources	Library, computer, research materials, 4-box, The Minuteman Printshop, 4-box rubric, expectation sheet		The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, Documents of Destiny video, VCR, Activity sheets, T-chart and Venn Diagram.	The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, Documents of Destiny video, VCR, Activity sheets, T-chart and Venn Diagram.	The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, Documents of Destiny video, VCR, Activity sheets, T-chart and Venn Diagram.		The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, Documents of Destiny video, VCR, Activity sheets, T-chart and Venn Diagram.
Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	136-138	139-141	142-144	145-147	148-151
Content Theme	Goals of the Constitution	Federal Government	Citizens Rights and Responsibilities	Review and Test	George as President
Objectives	To explain the basic principles and breakdown of the Constitution	To understand the role and responsibilities of each branch of government according to the Constitution.	To gain a greater undedrestanding of the rights and responsibilities the citizens of America must adhere to.	Review and Test	Describe what actions were taken to launch the new government; to explain how Hamilton solved the economic problems of the new country.
Skills	6.2C 6.4 E	6.2 A,C	6.2 A,C,D	XXX	6.3 E, 6.4 E
Assessment	Preamble and description of each principle	Graphic Organizer	Discussion and Journal		Individual economic plan
Key Resources	From Colonies to Country; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.	From Colonies to Country; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.	From Colonies to Country; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, VCR, Activity sheets.		From Colonies to Country; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, video, VCR, Activity sheets.
Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	152-154	155-156	157-159	160-163	164-166	167-169	170-171
Content Theme	Political Parties	Republicans Take Power	The Louisiana Purchase	The Corps of Discovery	Review and Test	A Time of Conflict	War of 1812
Objectives	Describe how political parties got started and what position they supported.	Discuss how the election of 1800 was resolved; explain how the Supreme Court was strengthened.	Discuss how the United States expanded in the early 1800s.	To explore the Louisiana Territory through the eyes and journals of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery		Explain why Tecumseh built a Native American confederency; discuss why the War Hawks wanted to go to war.	List the challenges the U.S. faced in the War of 1812; discuss the campaigns and outcomes of the War of 1812.
Skills	6.2 A,C	6.2 A,D	6.3E 6.4E	6.3E 6.4 E	XXX	6.3E 6.4E 6.6D	6.3E 6.4E
Assessment	Debates	Discussion and completion of homework.	Map, homework and quiz	Lewis and Clark Activity Sheets		Debate	Map, journal entries, T-chart
Key Resources	The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, Activity sheets	The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming video, Activity sheets	The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, Activity sheets	Journals of Lewis and Clark, PBS lesson site, DVD Lewis and Clark		The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, Activity sheets	The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming videos, Activity sheets
Great Meadows Middle School		Seventh Grade	Social Studies
	1 7 2	173-174	175-180
Content Theme	War of 1812	Review and Test	End of the Year Culminating Activity
Objectives	List the challenges the U.S. faced in the War of 1812; discuss the campaigns and outcomes of the War of 1812.	The War of 1812	To understand the military preperation and strategies of war through a water balloon re-enactment.
Skills	6.2E, 6.4E	XXX	6.2E 6.4E
Assessment	Map, journal entries, T-chart		Participation
Key Resources	The New Nation; The American Republic; computer, PowerPoint Presentation, projector, streaming videos, Activity sheets		Water balloons, hoses, sling-shots,cardboard, wooden stakes, hammer, staple gun, containers, paint, chalk