Grade: 7th Grade
Content Area Social Studies
*All maps, biographies, primary source documents, and skilled activities are located within Textbook or CRF
Timeline
Forth Nine
Weeks
(week 28 & 29)
Big Idea
How did life in
Europe change
after the fall of
Rome?
(Chapter 17)
Next
Generation
CSO
SS.7.C.3
SS.7.G.1
SS.7.G.2
SS.7.G.4
SS.7.G.5
SS.7.H.CL1.2
SS.7.H.CL2.1
SS.6-8.L.2
SS.6-8.L.4
SS.6-8.L.7
SS.6-8.L.9
SS.6-8.L.10
SS.6-8.L.15
SS.6-8.L.16
SS.6-8.L.17
Student I Can
Statement(s) /
Learning Target(s)
Explain that after the
Roman Empire fell,
Europe became an
unstable and violent
place
Discuss how feudalism
emerged as a new
social order of the
Middle Ages.
Academic
Vocabulary
role
elements
Strategies/
Activities/
Resources
Assessments
*Evaluating Sources
Pg. 494
Formative:
Complete reading
check questions
following each
passage to check for
understanding.
Online quizzes
following each
section
Teacher created
section quiz
Section assessments
Graphic organizers
Writing
Interactive Student
Notebook
Building vocabulary
Textbook
Chapter Resource
File
Read aloud using
digital textbook
Timelines
Guided Reading
Workbook for reteach/intervention
Co-operative groups
Graphic Organizers
Videos
PowerPoint
*Life on a Manor
p.508
*Interpreting
Diagrams p. 516
Summative:
Chapter Review
Chapter 17
Assessment; (include
DOK level questions
1-4: see Exam View)
Modified Test (for
differentiated
planning)
*Performance task
assessments
Notes / Self Reflection
Maps:
Europe physical
The Spread of
Christianity
Charlemagne’s
Empire
Invasions of Europe
AD 800-1000
Biography:
Patrick
Charlemagne
Eleanor of
Aquitaine
Charles Martel
Leif Ericsson
William the
Conqueror
Primary Source:
The Benedictine
Rule
The end of
Charlemagne’s Life
*Task Driven
Instruction
Fourth Nine
Weeks
(week 30 & 31)
How did religion
affect Europe’s
political and
social life during
the later Middle
Ages?
(Chapter 18)
SS.7.C.1
SS.7.C.3
SS.7.E.5
SS.7.G.2
SS.7.G.4
SS.6-8.L.5
SS.7.H.CL1.1
SS.7.H.CL2.2
SS.6-8.L.2
SS.6-8.L.4
SS.6-8.L.7
SS.6-8.L.9
SS.6-8.L.10
SS.6-8.L.15
SS.6-8.L.16
SS.6-8.L.17
Explain that during
feudalism popes of
the Roman Catholic
Church and kings
dominated society
Discuss the Crusades,
the bubonic plague,
and the Hundred
Years’ War as
important events that
shook European
society.
authority
policy
*Stereotypes and
Bias in History pgs.
522-523
Interactive Student
Notebook
Building vocabulary
Textbook
Chapter Resource
File
Read aloud using
digital textbook
Timelines
Guided Reading
Workbook for reteach/intervention
Co-operative groups
Graphic Organizers
Formative:
Complete reading
check questions
following each
passage to check for
understanding.
Online quizzes
following each
section
Teacher created
section quiz
Section assessments
Graphic organizers
Writing
Videos
PowerPoint
*The Black Death
Pgs. 544-545
*Video: Traders
carry the Plague
*Understanding
Transportation
Maps pg. 550
Summative:
Chapter Review
Chapter 18
Assessment; (include
DOK level questions
1-4: see Exam View)
Modified Test (for
differentiated
planning)
*Performance task
assessments
*Multicultural
Connections: The
Crusades pgs. 553554
Maps:
Europe 1000
The Major Crusades
The Reconquista
Biography:
Richard I
Saladine
Frances of Assisi
Thomas Aquinas
Queen Isabella
Blanche of Castille
Christine de Pisan
Primary Sources:
Use of Power
Magna Carta
The Siege and
capture of Nicea
The Black Death
Strikes Sicily
Fourth Nine
Weeks
(weeks 32 &
33)
What political
and economic
changes led to
the
SS.7.C.3
SS.7.E.5
SS.7.G.1
SS.7.G.2
Point out that
feudalism provided a
social and political
structure in Europe
classical
affect
agreement
*Task Driven
Instruction
*Greek and Latin
Word Roots pgs.
556-557
Formative:
Complete reading
check questions
following each
Renaissance?
(Chapter 19)
SS.7.G.4
SS.7.H.CL2.3
SS.7.H.CL3.1
SS.7.H.CL3.2
SS.6-8.L.2
SS.6-8.L.4
SS.6-8.L.5
SS.6-8.L.7
SS.6-8.L.10
SS.6-8.L.15
SS.6-8.L.16
SS.6-8.L.17
during the Middle
Ages.
State that Roman
Catholicism was the
dominant religion.
Explain that
renaissance means
rebirth and list what
sort of rebirth Europe
might have
experienced after the
Middle Ages.
Interactive Student
Notebook
Building vocabulary
Textbook
Chapter Resource
File
Read aloud using
digital textbook
Timelines
Guided Reading
Workbook for reteach/intervention
Co-operative groups
Graphic Organizers
Videos
PowerPoint
passage to check for
understanding.
Online quizzes
following each
section
Teacher created
section quiz
Section assessments
Graphic organizers
Writing
*Understanding
Graphs p. 578
Summative:
Chapter Review
Chapter 19
Assessment; (include
DOK level questions
1-4: see Exam View)
Modified Test (for
differentiated
planning)
Maps:
Major Trading Cities
*Performance task
assessments
Biography:
William
Shakespeare
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Miguel de
Cervantes
Joann Gutenberg
Jeanne d’Albret
Primary Source:
The Prince
Luther’s 95 Theses
Portrait of Giuliano
de Medici
Letter to the Grand
Duchess of Tuscany
by Galileo Galilei
*Task Driven
Instruction
Fourth Nine
Weeks
(weeks 34-35)
Fourth Nine
Weeks
(week 36)
To demonstrate
comprehensive
content
knowledge
mastered
through Project
Based Learning.
Progress
Assessment
SS.6-8.L.15
SS.6-8.L.16
SS.6-8.L.17
SS.6-8.L.18
Will demonstrate
mastery of content
knowledge by
constructing a project.
Complete post-test
with 70% mastery or
above.
N/A
Research
Analyze information
Co-operative
learning
Rubric
Post-test
Textbook/Teacher
created Post-test