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Curriculum Map for Quarter 2
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7th Grade Social Studies Curriculum Map
Quarter 2
Civil War
Objectives:
1. To understand the series of events
and resulting conditions that led to
the American Civil War
2. To understand how different experiences, beliefs, values, traditions,
and motives cause individuals and
groups to interpret historic events
and issues from different
perspectives
3. To participate in a negotiating and
compromising role-playing activity
that mirrors the attempts at political
compromise in the 1850s
Content Outline:
A. Territorial expansion and slavery
1. The secession of Texas, 1836
2. The Mexican War, 1846-1848
3. Oregon Territory
4. The westward movement and
its effects on the physical,
social, and cultural
environments
B. The emotional impact of slavery
1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
2. John Brown’s raid on Harper’s
Ferry
3. Fugitive slave laws
C. Failure of political compromise
1. Compromise of 1850
2. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
3. Founding of the Republican
Party, 1854-1856
4. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
5. Lincoln-Douglas debate, 1858
6. Election of 1860
7. Firing on Fort Sumter, 1861
Content Standards Concepts/Themes Connections
Change
Geography
Diversity
Decision
Making
Change
Decision
Making
ESSENTIALQUESTIONS:
- What political, social, and economic Weeks 1 & 2
factors caused the Civil War?
- What were the conflicting perspectives Week 3
on slavery?
- What kind of nation did the founding Week 4
fathers create?
- What is to be done with the institution
of slavery?
- Must sectionalism ultimately lead to
disunion?
CLASSROOM IDEAS/ASSESSMENTS:
• Categorize the causes of the Civil War.
• Define the northern and southern perspectives on these issues.
• Map the westward movement and its
effects.
• Use primary sources to examine art, literature, and documents relevant to the
pre-Civil War period.
• Compare/Contrast the compromises and
debates in essay format.
Suggested Document: Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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