Social Studies Curriculum

7th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Students will evaluate rules and laws at municipal, state, and federal levels in order to examine their societal impact and take action within our community.

Outcomes and Components:

SS.7.1 Students will construct an analysis of the problems and effects of the Articles of Confederation.

Pacing  

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Component Code

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Standard(s)
  SS.7.1.1 Analyze the purposes, implementation, and consequences of public policies in historic and contemporary settings of the Articles of Confederation. SS.CV.6.6-8.MC
  SS.7.1.2 Organize and critique applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the past and cite all sources utilized with correct formatting.

SS.6-8.H.4.MC

SS.6-8.IS.5.LC
  SS.7.1.3 Analyze and compare multiple factors that influenced the perspectives of people during different historical eras to include the opposing views of federalists and anti-federalists.

SS.6-8.H.2.MdC

LA.7.4

 
  SS.7.1.4 Analyze how a problem can manifest itself , identify the individuals and communities impacted by a problem, and the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address it. SS.6-8.IS.8.LC
  SS.7.1.5 Describe and evaluate the roles and powers and responsibilities of citizens, political parties, interest groups, and the media. SS.6-8.CV.1.MC
  SS.7.1.6 Describe and analyze the roles of political, civil, and economic organizations from a national to local scale in impacting multiple individuals and communities. SS.6-8.CV.1.MdC

Academic Vocabulary: analyze, organize, describe, evaluate

Content Vocabulary: usurpations, unalienable, impel, assent, mercenary, plunder, jurisdiction, sovereign, federalists, anti-federalists, lobbyist, special, interest groups, veto, checks and balances