Grade 7 Units

Explore Grade 7 unit plans in Science, Social Studies, Math, and Language Arts with standards-aligned lessons that support engaging, rigorous instruction.

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Grade 7 Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 22 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Empires of Faith—Ottomans, Safavids, Mughals

Compare how the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires expanded through trade, art, governance, and tolerance—revealing how power, culture, and diversity shaped everyday life across Afro-Eurasia.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Reformers and Religious Change

Analyze the causes and consequences of the Reformation—how new ideas, power struggles, and civic ideals transformed religion, politics, and everyday life across Europe.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 7 Social Studies): The Printing Press and Information Revolution

Analyze how printing technologies—from paper and block print to movable type and the press—revolutionized communication, reshaped markets, and shifted power across regions in this 7th-grade world history and economics unit.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 7 Social Studies): The Renaissance—Birth of New Ideas

Explore how Renaissance art, humanism, and global knowledge exchange transformed Europe—linking innovation, civic ideals, and Afro-Eurasian connections that reshaped culture, learning, and society.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Midyear Synthesis—Global Interactions Museum

Design a classroom “Global Interactions Museum” where students create exhibits that reveal how trade, belief, and innovation connected continents through diffusion, interdependence, and exchange across the medieval world.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 7 Social Studies): The Black Death and Social Change

Examine how the Black Death reshaped populations, labor systems, and belief structures across Afro-Eurasia—tracing its spread through trade networks and its lasting social and economic effects.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 7 Social Studies): The Crusades and Cultural Exchange

Evaluate the political, economic, and religious motives behind the Crusades and assess their lasting cultural exchanges and consequences across medieval Europe and the Mediterranean.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Medieval Trade and Urban Growth in Europe

Explain how fairs, guilds, and banking systems transformed medieval Europe’s economy—linking producers, consumers, and credit to the rise of prosperous urban centers.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Empires of South and Southeast Asia

Describe how India’s empires used resources, ports, and monsoon trade routes to expand influence across the Indian Ocean, linking geography, economy, and political power.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 7 Social Studies): The Rise of Japan and Feudal Culture

Compare Japan’s geography, feudal government, and samurai code to explain how landforms, climate, and power shaped society and culture in medieval Japan.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Medieval China and Technology

Analyze how Song and Ming innovations in printing, navigation, and paper money transformed society, governance, and trade across East Asia.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 7 Social Studies): The Mongol Empire—Bridge of East and West

Evaluate how the Mongols expanded trade, improved security, and spread culture across Afro-Eurasia while weighing benefits and costs from multiple perspectives.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 7 Social Studies): The Silk Road and Beyond

Trace goods, people, and ideas across Silk Road and Indian Ocean networks to explain diffusion and interdependence using maps and sources.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Midyear Project—Empires and Exchange Atlas

Create thematic maps and evidence-based mini-essays to show how faith, geography, and power shaped Afro-Eurasian empires.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Crossroads of Cultures—Trade and Technology

Investigate how innovations, science, and major trade routes connected Europe, Africa, and Asia, driving the diffusion of goods, ideas, and technologies across the Silk Road, Indian Ocean, and trans-Saharan networks.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Religion and Authority Across Continents

Compare how Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Confucianism shaped governance, law, ethics, and legitimacy—highlighting how belief systems guided rulers’ power and people’s rights across regions and eras.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Medieval Europe—Feudal Life and Power

Describe feudal hierarchies—lords, vassals, serfs, and manors—and explain how land-for-loyalty bonds and the Church’s legal and cultural power shaped medieval European society.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Governance in the Islamic World

Compare how Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbasid caliphates used religious law, courts, and bureaucracy to claim authority and pursue justice, rule of law, and civic equality across diverse communities.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 7 Social Studies): The Rise and Spread of Islam

Analyze Islam’s origins, core beliefs, and expansion through trade, diplomacy, and conquest, highlighting cities of learning and exchange networks across Afro-Eurasia.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Empires and Kingdoms of Africa

Explore how Ghana, Mali, and Songhai grew as powerful trade, learning, and cultural centers—shaped by gold–salt routes, the Niger River, and the spread of Islam across West Africa.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Geography Shapes Culture

Explain how landforms, rivers, and climate shaped medieval settlement, farming, and trade—and how societies adapted or modified environments to support cultural growth.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 7 Social Studies): Mapping the Medieval World

Use latitude/longitude and thematic maps to locate and compare major world regions in 1000 CE, revealing how trade routes, environments, and cultural networks shaped global connections.

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Grade 7 Math Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 7 Math): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

7th graders showcase full-spectrum math mastery through integrated team projects combining ratios, equations, geometry, and probability. They model, compute, and present findings with clear visuals, accurate units, justified reasoning, and evidence-based critique.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 7 Math): Mixed Review—Algebra, Geometry, and Data

7th graders tackle integrated math tasks connecting proportions, algebra, geometry, and probability. They model real scenarios, compute with precision, justify reasoning with units, and communicate data-driven conclusions supported by estimation and evidence.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 7 Math): Proportional Modeling Project—From Data to Decision

7th graders design and analyze proportional situations like recipes, speed, or cost. They collect data, compute unit rates, write equations, and graph y = kx to make predictions, compare options, and justify conclusions with clear assumptions and limits.