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.7.4 Students will analyze the origins, purposes, and principles of the Illinois Constitution and show cultural and environmental characteristics of Illinois.

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Standard(s)
  SS.7.4.1 Explain the origins, functions, and structure of government with reference to the Illinois Constitution and other systems of government and how they have impacted multiple groups of people.

SS.6-8.CV.2.MdC

105 ILCS5/27-3
  SS.7.4.2 Describe the history of disabilities and the Disabilities Rights Movement in Illinois. 105 ILCS 5/27-23.8
  SS.7.4.3 Construct different representations to explain the spatial patterns of cultural and environmental characteristics of Illinois. SS.6-8.G.1.MC

Academic Vocabulary: explain, describe, construct

Content Vocabulary: General Assembly, gubernatorial, steering, committee, Lieutenant Governor, comptroller, circuit court, primary election, general election, Home Rule, incumbent, retention, referendum, absolute location, relative location