7th Grade History

In the middle grades, students study a wide range of history from ancient civilizations to the early history of the United States. These grades include challenging topics like religion, slavery, war, and human oppression. But those topics are also necessary for understanding the world that we live in today. The framework places a great deal of emphasis on students learning through exposure to primary sources, studying history through the words of the people who lived it.

 

The seventh grade course focuses on medieval and early modern world history. This year provides students with opportunities to study the rise and fall of empires, the diffusion of religions and languages, and significant movements of people, ideas, and products. Although societies were quite distinct from one another, there were more exchanges of people, products, and ideas with every passing century.

 

The focus is on questions that get at those larger geographical, historical, economic, and civic patterns. To answer these questions, students study content-rich examples and case studies rather than surveying topics superficially. (https://www.scoe.net/castandards/Documents/parent_overview_hss_6-8.pdf)