Social Studies · Grade 7

U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction: scope and sequence

Historical Inquiry & Indigenous Nations · Colonial Worlds & New York · Empire, Revolution & Independence · Constitutional Government & Its Limits · Early Republic, Markets & Migration · Expansion, Slavery & Reform · Sectional Crisis & Civil War · Emancipation, Reconstruction & Historical Inquiry

There is no fixed calendar for this course. Over a 36-week year the 44 hours work out at roughly 1.2 hours a week, and the units are written to be taken in order at whatever pace suits.

The units, in order

#	Unit and what it covers	Lessons	Hours
1	Historical Inquiry & Indigenous Nations How do maps, sources, and community histories help explain a diverse continent?	5	—
2	Colonial Worlds & New York How did geography, trade, government, and coerced labor shape different colonial experiences? 7.1 · 7.2	5	6
3	Empire, Revolution & Independence How did disputes over authority develop into independence, and whose freedom changed? 7.3	5	6
4	Constitutional Government & Its Limits How did a new framework combine capacity, restraints, representation, and exclusions? 7.4 · 7.5	5	6
5	Early Republic, Markets & Migration How did political and economic choices change authority, work, transport, and communities? 7.4 · 7.5	5	6
6	Expansion, Slavery & Reform How did competing claims about land, labor, and rights affect people’s choices and institutions? 7.6 · 7.7	5	6
7	Sectional Crisis & Civil War How did slavery, territorial decisions, and political action produce a crisis and war? 7.8 · 7.9	5	7
8	Emancipation, Reconstruction & Historical Inquiry How did legal change, people’s agency, and enforcement reshape freedom and participation? 7.8 · 7.9	5	7

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