7th Grade Social Studies

Instructional Guide

Revised July 2016

Quarter 1

Power Standards:
*Review of basic history and geography terms.
*Students analyze the legacy of the Roman Empire and consequences of the fall of the Roman Empire.
*Students analyze the continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire Byzantine Empire.
*Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, social, and religious structures of the Middle Ages in Western Europe.
7th grade Standards
Essential Writings
Primary Documents
Important Vocabulary from the TN Standards
Discuss the legacy of the Roman Empire.
Fall of Rome:
Rome 7.17.2
Fall of the Roman Empire
(7.1)
Legacy
(to read):
Consequences
Middle Ages 7.32
Excerpts from Eusebius of
Discuss
the
fall
of
the
Western
Roman
Significance
7.42
Caesarea, Ecclesiastical
Empire include: continuation of the
AND 7.49
History, that describes
Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine
Middle Ages:
(First 3 weeks
Constantine
Empire), Justinian, and the importance of
Papacy
Quarter 1 last 3
Constantinople. (7.2)
Monarchs
Middle Ages in Western
weeks in Quarter 2)
Democratic Thought
Europe:
Examine the Norman Invasion, Battle of
Representative Institutions
(to read)
Correlating
Hastings, and the impact of William the
Political Institutions
Excerpts from The Life of
Conqueror on England and Northern
Chapters
Intellectual Institutions
France. (7.35)
Charlemagne: The Emperor
Aesthetic Institutions
Himself, Einhard; selected
Ch. (1, 2)*, 3, 10
Clergy
Examine the spread of Christianity north of accounts of the Black Death;
Monastic Order
the Alps after the fall of the western half of excerpts from Summa
Chapters 1 & 2 are a
Mendicant Order
the
Roman
Empire
and
the
roles
played
by
review from last year
Theologica, Thomas Aquinas
the
early
church
and
by
monasteries.
(7.37)
Classical Philosophy
and should only take
(to consider)
Modern Economy
1-2 days.
Excerpts from Frank-land:
Explain the importance of the Catholic
Commerce
An Islamic View of the West,
Church
as
a
political,
intellectual
and
Iberian Peninsula
Chapter 4 has no state
Al-Qazwini; excerpts from
aesthetic institution during the Middle
standards teach a
Theology
Walter of Henleys Husbandry
Ages. (7.39)
religion graphic
Synthesis
(describes manor life)
organizer to use as a
Emergence
student reference
through out the
course.
C = Culture

Analyze and discuss various resources on

Henry V, Joan of Arc and the Hundreds
Year War. (7.49)
E = Economics

G = Geography

P = Politics, Government, and Civics

Preservation
Culiminated
Judiciary

H = History

T = TN Connections

Quarter 2

Power Standards:
*Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, social, and religious structures of the Middle Ages in Western Europe.
*Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, social, and religious structures of the civilization of Islamic world, Africa, and China.
7th grade Standards
Essential Writings
Primary Documents
Important Vocabulary from the TN Standards
Islamic World
China
**First 3 Weeks
Islamic World
Conquests
Geographical Features
Write an explanatory text to describe the (to consider):
finish Middle
Cultural
Diffusion
Reunification
Shah Abbas and how his policies led to Excerpts from The Hadith,
Ages see info
Arabic
Language
Cultural Diffusion
the Golen Age and the rise of the
Muhammad; excerpts from
from Quarter 1
Merchants
Kinship
7.32 7.42
Safavid Empire. (7.12)
The Book of Golden
Taj Mahal
Hierarchy
AND 7.49
Meadows, Masoudi
Cultural Blending
Agricultural, commerical,
Analyze the development of the West
Expansion
technological developments
Islam 7.3 7.12
African states and cities include the
Africa
Origins
Conquests
Africa 7.13- 7.18
importance of family, labor
(to read):
Sect
Imperial State
China 7.19 7.26 specialization, and regional commerce.
Excerpts from Sundiata: An
Scholar Official Class
(7.16)
Epic of Old Mali
Isolationism
Africa
Cultural
Correlating
Characteristics,
Analyze
the
contributions
made
during
China
Chapters
Oral Traditions,
the Ming Dynasty: building projects,
(to read):
Labor Specialization,
Forbidden City, the reconstruction of the Excerpts from The Analects,
Ch 10
Regional Commerce,
Great Wall, isolationism, and sea
Confucius
Ch. 5, 6, 8
Pilgrimage,
voyages. (7.26)
Indigenous,
Transmission,

C = Culture

E = Economics

G = Geography

P = Politics, Government, and Civics

H = History

T = TN Connections

Quarter 3
Power Standards:
*Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, social, and religious structures of the civilization of Japan.
*Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance and the historical developments of the Reformation.
*Students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolution and its lasting effect on religious, political, and cultural institutions.
*Students analyze political, social, and economic change as a result of the Age of Enlightenment in Europe.
7th grade Standards

Japan 7.27- 7.31

Renaissance and
Reformation 7.437.48
7.50- 7.58
(7.49 taught with
Middle Ages)

Enlightment and
Scientific
Revolution 7.59
7.63

Correlating
Chapters
Ch. 9
Ch. 11
Ch. 13

C = Culture

Essential Writings
Discuss the importance of Florence,
Italy and the Medici Family in the early
stages of the Renaissance and how the
independent trading cities were
important to the spread of Renaissance
ideas. (7.44)
Describe how humanism led to a
revival of classical learning and
fostered a new interest in the arts
including a balance between intellect
and religious faith. (7.46)
Discuss how the growth of literacy, the
spread of printed books, and the
explosion of knowledge affected the
Catholic Church. (7.53)
Analyze how the Catholic CounterReformation revitalized the Catholic
Church and discuss the forces that
forstered the movement including: St.
Ignatius, the Jesuits and the Council of
Trent. (7.57)

E = Economics

G = Geography

Primary Documents

Japan
(to read):
Excerpts from The Tale of Genji
The Renaissance and Reformation:
(to read)
excerpts from Ninety-Five Theses,
Martin Luther;
excerpts from The Travels of Marco
Polo
(to consider)
Excerpts from In Praise of Folly,
Erasmus; selected pieces from William
Shakespeare; excerpts from The Prince,
Machiavelli
The Enlightenment and Scientific
Revolution:
(to read)
Excerpts from Two Treatises of
Government, John Locke; excerpts from
The Spirit of Law, Montesquieu
(to consider)
Excerpts from Galileo Discovers the
Moons of Jupiter, Galileo Galilei;
excerpts from The Principia and The
Correspondence of Isaac Newton, Sir
Isaac Newton

P = Politics, Government, and Civics

Important Vocabulary from the TN Standards

Japan
Korean Peninsula
Aristocracy
Cultural Perspectives
Prose
Indigenous
Renaissance and Reformation
Italian City-States
Literacy
Internal Turmoil
Democratic Practices
Federalism
Cartography
Vernacular
Disseminating
Implications
Revival
Foster
Discontent
Reconcile
Revitalize
Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution
Epochs
Capitalism
Mercantilism
Cottage Industry
Market Economy
International Trade and Marketing Patterns
H = History

T = TN Connections

Quarter 4

Power Standards:
*Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, religious, social, and economic structures of the Mesoamerican and Andean civilizations.
*Students analyze reasons for movement of people from Europe to the Americas, describing the impact of exploration by Europeans and American
Indians.
7th grade Standards
Essential Writings
Primary Documents
Important Vocabulary from the TN Standards
Age of Exploration
7.64-7.75

Correlating
Chapters
Ch.12, 7

C = Culture

Explain the roles of peoples in the Aztec

and Incan societies including class
structre, family life, society and religion.
(7.67)
Explain why European countries were
motivated to explore including religion,
political rivalry and eonomic gain.
(7.72)

The Age of Exploration:

(to read)
Excerpts from the journals of
Christopher Columbus
(to consider)
Excerpts from Indigenous
Peoples of North America,
James D. Torr

The Age of Exploration

City-States
Class Structure
Dutch = Netherlands
Religion (God), Political Rivarly (Glory), and Economic
Gain (Gold)
Agriculturally Intensive
Architecture
Mesoamerica

In your opinon what were the effects of

exploration on the indigenious
American cultures, (Cite supporting
evidence). 7.75

E = Economics

G = Geography

P = Politics, Government, and Civics

H = History

T = TN Connections