Grade 7 U.S. Studies

Topic outline

• General
  

  General

  • Announcements Forum
  • Course Feedback/Report an Issue Page
  • U.S. Studies Glossary
• Geography
  

  Geography

  • Geographer's Vocabulary Assignment
  • Latitude, Longitude- Where are you? Assignment
  • Exploring and Using Thematic Maps with Online tools Assignment
  • Geography Assessment Assignment
• Expansion and Reform: 1792-1861
  

  Expansion and Reform: 1792-1861

  • Foreign Policy in the Early 1800s

  • Foreign Policy of our First Five Presidents Assignment
  • Tecumseh's War Assignment
  • War of 1812 Assignment
  • Andrew Jackson and a changing America

  • Who was Andrew Jackson Assignment
  • Jackson and the Common Man Assignment
  • Jackson and Bank Nulification Assignment
  • Jacksonian Political Cartoons: Who were Jackson's enemies? Assignment
  • Trail of Tears- Fact Find Sheet Assignment
  • Trail of Tears - Video and Recording Sheet Assignment
  • How did Manifest Destiny help and hurt Americans?

  • Map Territorial Expansion of US Through 1853 Assignment
  • Manifest Destiny: How did the US get all this land? Assignment
  • Westward Ho! Assignment
  • Differences In A Changing Country

  • Reform - What needed improvement Assignment
  • Interview with a Reformer Assignment
  • Differences Vocabulary Activity Assignment
  • Differences of Geography, Economy, Transportation, and Society Assignment
  • Northern Labor: Life in the Mills Assignment
  • Southern Labor - Life as a Slave Assignment
  • Final Unit Assessment

  • Expansion and Reform Final Summative Assessment Assignment
• Civil War and Reconstruction: 1850-1877
  

  Civil War and Reconstruction: 1850-1877

  • The Debate Over Slavery

  • The Debate Over Slavery NOTES Assignment
  • Acts and Compromises: The Politics of Slavery Page
  • Political Cartoon - Acts and Compromises of Slavery Assignment
  • Comparing the Civil War: Political and Millitary

  • Civil War Source Material Page
  • The Civil War: A Children's Book Assignment
  • Mapping the Civil War Assignment
  • Movers and Shakers of the Civil War Trading Cards Assignment
  • Graphing the Civil War Assignment
  • Union vs. Confederacy Venn Diagram Assignment
  • Great Civil War Battles: Newspaper Front pages Assignment
  • Effects of the Civil War

  • Reconstruction Notes Assignment
  • The Effects of the Civil War on Women, Ex-Slaves, Ex-Slave Holders and Native Americans Page
  • The Effects of the Civil War on Women, Ex-Slaves, Ex-Slave Holders and Native Americans Assignment
  • Civil War: What if the South had won? Assignment
  • Civil War Reconstruction Study Guide Assignment
  • Civil War and Reconstruction - Test Assignment
• Development of Industrial U.S.: 1870-1920 Part I
  

  Development of Industrial U.S.: 1870-1920 Part I

  • You Say You Want a Revolution...But Why?

  • Intro to Industrial Revolution Assignment
  • Transcontinental Railroad Assignment
  • Industrial Revolution Vocabulary Assignment
  • Cities Spring Up Assignment
  • Industrial Revolution

  • Big Business: How did Business get so big? Assignment
  • Workers: Life at the factory and at home Assignment
  • Unions Develop Assignment
  • Immigration: Where did all of these workers come from? Assignment
  • The Great Migration Assignment
  • Roosevelt and the Square Deal Assignment
  • Making Change: The Reform Movement Assignment
  • Summative Assessment

  • The Good, The Bad, The Industrial Revolution- Summative Assessment Assignment
• Development of Industrial U.S.: 1870-1920 Part II
  

  Development of Industrial U.S.: 1870-1920 Part II

  • Expansion Beyond the Continental U.S. Assignment
  • Why Did The Great War Start? Why Did The U.S Join? Assignment
  • WWI Tactics and Strategy Assignment
  • WWI Homefront Page
  • Outcomes of WWI Assignment
  • Summative Assessment

  • Summative Assessment- US Expansion of Global Influence Assignment
• The Great Depression and World War II: 1920-1945
  

  The Great Depression and World War II: 1920-1945

  • Causes of the Great Depression

  • The Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression TEXT Page
  • The Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression Questions To Ponder Assignment
  • Great Depression and Banking Reader's Guide Page
  • The Stock Market Crash TEXT Page
  • The Stock Market Crash: Graphing the Data Assignment
  • The Dust Bowl: A Black Blizzard Assignment
  • Government Response to the Great Depression

  • Programs of the New Deal Page
  • Programs of the New Deal Assignment
  • Dear Mrs. Roosevelt Assignment
  • Dear Mrs. Roosevelt - Your Turn! Assignment
  • Prelude to War

  • Prelude to War Reader's Guide TEXT Page
  • Pre World War II and the Beginning of the War TEXT Page
  • Prelude to War Questions to Ponder Assignment
  • Pearl Harbor Versus 911 TEXT Page
  • Pearl Harbor vs. 911 Assignment
  • Americans in WWII Video Page
  • Rationing on the Home Front during WWII Assignment
  • Propaganda in World War II Assignment
  • Key people, battles, and events of World War II

  • The Life and Death of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin Assignment
  • Biographical information on FDR, Churchill, and Stalin Page
  • Major WORLD WAR II Battles Assignment
  • Major World War II Battle Resources Page
  • The Segregated Military in World War II TEXT Page
  • The Segregated Military during World War II Questions to Ponder Assignment
  • Holocaust Webquest Assignment
  • Japanese Internment Webquest Assignment
  • The Development and Deployment of the Atomic Bomb Assignment
  • Study Guide: The Great Depression and World War II Assignment
  • Summative Assessment: The Great Depression and World War II Assignment
  • The Great Depression and World War II Glossary Terms
• Post-World War II: 1945-1989
  

  Post-World War II: 1945-1989

  • Movements that Shaped America

  • Civil Rights Movement: Timeline Project Assignment
  • Civil Rights Movement: Research Links Page
  • Civil Rights Movement: Video Page
  • Civil Rights Movement: Analyze Photos Assignment
  • Women's Rights Movement: New York Times article and questions Assignment
  • American Indian Movement: Video and Questions Assignment
  • Assessment: Movements that Have Shaped America Assignment
  • The Cold War

  • Cold War: New York Times questions Assignment
  • Cold War: Wordle Assignment
  • Berlin Airlift: Introduction article, video, and questions Assignment
  • Berlin Airlift: "No Rescue Yet for Airport that Saved Berlin" Assignment
  • Article: Joseph McCarthy is Condemned URL
  • McCarthyism: Is McCarthyism still happening today? Assignment
• New Global Age: 1980-present
  

  New Global Age: 1980-present

  • NAFTA Agreement Page
  • Free Trade Agreement (Handout A) Page
  • The Ups and Downs of NAFTA (Handout B) Page
  • NAFTA Questions (For Handout A) Assignment
  • NAFTA Questions (For Handout B) Assignment
  • Pioneers of Technology Page
  • Table Comparing Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg Assignment
  • Pioneer Hall of Fame Assignment
  • Saving Lives with Soap: Open-ended Response Questions Assignment
  • Persian Gulf War (student handout) Page
  • Persian Gulf War: Comprehension Questions Assignment
• Economics
  

  Economics

  • An Introduction to Economics Assignment
  • Student Assignment: Introduction to Economics Vocabulary
  • Vocabulary Terms: Student Handout Page
  • Quizlet Page
  • Scarcity and Opportunity Cost: Student Handout Page
  • Survival in the Jungle: Student Reading Page
  • Survival in the Jungle: Group questions Assignment
  • Survival in the Jungle: Individual Student Questions Assignment
  • Lemonade Stand: Prior Knowledge Questions Assignment
  • Lemonade Stand: Chart to use with Interactive Game Page
  • Lemonade Stand: Interactive Game Assignment
  • Lemonade Stand: Comprehension Questions Assignment
  • With Economics Comes Responsibility: Student Reading and Video Page
  • Cost of Fashion: Day One Questions Assignment
  • Cost of Fashion: Lesson Plan Day Two (and on) Page
  • Cost of Fashion: Note Taking Assignment
  • Cost of Fashion: Researching Issues and History Page
  • Cost of Fashion: Research the Solutions Page
  • Cost of Fashion: Write a Proposal Assignment
  • Cost of Fashion: Write a Persuasive Letter Assignment
  • Cost of Fashion: Additional Activities Page
  • Vocabulary Assessment Assignment