7th Grade Social Studies

Here is the 7th Grade Social Studies for the create your own curriculum. I’ve added the printable as well.

Physical Geography

Oceans and continents

The Americas: society and environment

Region profile: South America

The Americas: geography

Identify and select countries of Northern and Central America

Name countries of Northern and Central America

Identify and select countries of the Caribbean

Name countries of the Caribbean

Identify and select countries of South America

Name countries of South America

Europe: society and environment

Region profile: Europe

Europe: geography

Identify and select countries of Europe

Name countries of Europe

Africa: society and environment

Region profile: West and Central Africa

Africa: geography

Identify and select countries of Africa

Name countries of Africa

The Middle East: society and environment

Region profile: the Middle East

Asia: geography

Identify and select countries of Asia

Name countries of Asia:

Oceania: geography

Identify and select countries of Oceania

Name countries of Oceania

Prehistory

The Neolithic Period

Ancient Mesopotamia

Early Mesopotamia

Mesopotamian empires

Ancient Egypt and Kush

Ancient Egypt: the Old Kingdom

Ancient Egyptian religion

The kingdoms of Kush

Early China

Ancient China

Early Chinese thought

The Qin Empire

The Han Dynasty

Science and technology in early China

The teachings of Confucius

Ancient South Asia

The Indus Civilization

The Mauryan Empire

The Gupta Empire

Comparing ancient river civilizations

Compare ancient river civilizations: geography and society

Compare ancient river civilizations: achievements and legacy

The Silk Road

The ancient Silk Road: geography and transportation

The ancient Silk Road: goods and ideas

The medieval Silk Road

World religions

Origins of Judaism

Origins of Christianity

Origins of Islam

Origins of Hinduism

Origins of Buddhism

Greece

Classical Athens: geography and society

Classical Athens: government and culture

Comparing Athens and Sparta: part I

Alexander the Great

Rome and the Byzantine Empire

The beginnings of Rome

Early Roman society and politics

Roman government: monarchy to republic

The Roman Republic

Caesar and the end of the Roman Republic

Pax Romana

The fall of the Western Roman Empire

The Byzantine Empire

Islamic empires

Early Islamic conquests

Early Islamic caliphates

African empires

The Ghana Empire

Origins and development of the Mali Empire

The Songhai Empire

Medieval Asia

The Mongol Empire

Medieval Japan

Medieval Europe

Feudal Europe

The Crusades

The Middle Ages after 1100

Early Modern Europe

Renaissance origins

Italian Renaissance: achievements in literature and art

The Reformation

The Enlightenment: origins and natural rights

The Enlightenment: influences on government

Early Americas

Foundations of Maya civilization

Foundations of Inca civilization

Foundations of Aztec civilization

Age of Exploration

The Age of Exploration: origins

Portuguese and Spanish expeditions

French and English expeditions

The Columbian Exchange

Government

Purposes of government

The Legislative Branch

The Executive Branch

The Judicial Branch

Checks and balances

State and local government

International organizations

The Constitution

The Constitution: structure and principles

The Constitution: amendments

The Constitution: interpretation

The Bill of Rights

The legal system

Laws and courts

Citizenship

Citizenship and the naturalization process

Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship

Basic economic principles

What is economics?

Costs and benefits

Opportunity cost

Trade and specialization

What is a market?

Banking and finance

Banks

Supply and demand

Understand quantity supplied and quantity demanded

Understand overall supply and demand

Create and use supply and demand curves

Identify shortage and surplus

Identify shortage and surplus with graphs

Identify shortage and surplus with data

Colonial America

Life as a colonist

Identify the Thirteen Colonies

Select the Thirteen Colonies

Name the Thirteen Colonies

New England Colonies: founding and government

New England Colonies: economy and interactions with Native Americans

Middle Colonies: founding and government

Middle Colonies: economy and society

Southern Colonies: founding and government

Southern Colonies: economy and slavery

The American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution: the French and Indian War

Causes of the American Revolution: politics and society

Causes of the American Revolution: introduction to mercantilism and the Navigation Acts

Causes of the American Revolution: new taxes and colonial response

The Revolutionary War: preparing for war

The Revolutionary War: struggle for independence

The Revolutionary War: turning the tide of war

The Revolutionary War: conclusion and aftermath

Source analysis: the Boston Massacre

Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence

The Early Republic

The Articles of Confederation

The Constitutional Convention

Washington’s presidency

The first party system: Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

The Marshall Court

The Louisiana Purchase

The Jacksonian period

Jacksonian Democracy

Tariff, nullification, and bank war

Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears

The Antebellum period

Industrial and Transportation Revolutions

Comparing the North and the South

Antebellum reform movements

Antebellum immigration

Slavery in the South

The abolitionists

Texas independence and annexation

The U.S.-Mexican War

Causes of the Civil War: Missouri Compromise to Bleeding Kansas

Causes of the Civil War: Dred Scott to secession

The Civil War

The Civil War: the beginning of the war

The Civil War: Bull Run to the Emancipation Proclamation

The Civil War: Gettysburg to the election of 1864

The Civil War: the conclusion of the war

Source analysis: the Gettysburg Address

Reconstruction

Radical Reconstruction

The end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow

The Gilded Age

Industrialization in the Gilded Age

Social studies skills

Identify primary and secondary sources

Identify facts and opinions

Reading and creating timelines with BCE and CE

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