Ascension School

          Chesterfield, MO

Seventh Grade Curriculum

Social Studies 

                    GOALS: 

The students of Ascension School will: 

·                    Identify & use Social Studies words and terms and define words by context clues and glossary use

·                    Explain the migration of nomads

·                    Identify major explorers from Spain, France, England

·                    Discuss colonial life

·                    Give reasons for the French and Indian War

·                    Name significant people and events of the American Revolution

·                    Explain the development of American foreign policy

·                    Discuss westward expansion

·                    Name the important details of the Civil War

·                    Explain the elements of the Great Depression

·                    Discuss the Louisiana Purchase

·                    Explain the change from agricultural to industrial society 

CONTENT: 

·                    Social Studies words and terms

·                    Nomadic migrations

·                    Colonial life

·                    European explorers

·                    American Revolution

·                    Civil War

·                    American foreign policy

·                    Great Depression

·                    Louisiana Purchase

·                    Agricultural and industrial societies