7th Grade Social Studies

Teacher:  Mrs. Catherine Kollars, ckollars@stclarepdx.org

Curriculum:  American History from 1500s through the Civil War; Current Events

Seventh graders will begin their two-year survey of American history.  Beginning with Native Americans, their course of study will include European Exploration of the Americas, Colonial America, the American Revolution, the early national period, the causes of the Civil War, and finally the American Civil War.  One of the highlights will be the Colonial American town meeting project in which students will research life in colonial America and then dress a part and role play a Colonial American town meeting.

Mrs. Kollars’s
7th Grade Social Studies Plan
2011-2012
This plan is subject to change based on teacher discretion.

Textbook:  America: History of Our Nation Beginnings Through 1877, Prentice Hall 2009

  CURRICULUM   ASSESSMENTS
1st Trimester,
50 days		      
  Geography Unit    Mini Test
  Unit 1:    Test/Mini Project
     Chapter 1  Roots of Am People  
     Chapter 2  Europe Looks Outward   Multi Media Presentation
   Chapter 3 Colonies Take Root   Test
  Unit 2:    
     Chapter 4 Life in the Colonies   Creative Report and Town Meet Roll Play
2nd Trimester,
51 days		      
  Geography Bee Preliminary & School Round  
     Chapter 5 The Road to Revolution   Test
     Chapter 6  The American Revolution   Test
     Chapter 7  Creating the Constitution   Quiz & Project: Creative Report
  Unit 3:    
     Chapter 8  Launching a New Republic    Test
     Chapter 9  The Era of Thomas Jefferson    Test
3rd Trimester,
53 days		      
     Chapter 10  A Changing Nation   Test and Political Cartoon
  Unit 4:  
     Chapter 11  North and South Take Different
   Paths		  
     Chapter 12  Age of Reform Test
     Chapter 13  Westward Expansion   Test and Project/19th Century Poster
  Unit 5:    
     Chapter 14  The Nation Divided    
     Chapter 15  The Civil War   Test(s) and Project: Civil War Museum