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Introduction
Introduction
Year 7 History introduces students to our ancient past, its people, and its societies by studying the historical time periods of the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. Students will also be introduced to structures for writing paragraphs in historical arguments. These structures will be introduced to students gradually, becoming more complex as the year goes on.
Introduction
Introduction
This Unit explores the question, "What is history?" by connecting stories of people's lives to broader metanarratives. First, students will be introduced to stories as a way of recording and understanding history since time immemorial to the present day. Next, students will explore history as the study of people over time in three main ways: geological epochs, historical ages, and family generations. Finally, students will be introduced to the two main types of sources in historical study.
Student project: Dream Journal
Student project: Dream Journal
Ways of Knowing
Ways of Knowing
This Unit explores the question, "How do we know about the past?" Students will be introduced to three types of primary sources: stories, archaeology, and writings. First, students will explore types of stories and how they help us understand the past. Next, students will discuss types of archaeological sources, and their strengths and weaknesses. Finally, students will learn about types of early writings and why they came about.
Student project: Our Own Fables and Folktales
Student project: Our Own Fables and Folktales
Ways of Living
Ways of Living
This Unit explores the question, "How did early people live?" Students will be introduced to three subtopics: how early people lived with others, how early people lived with nature, and how early people lived with spirits. Within each subtopic, students will analyse various primary and secondary sources that help us understand the lives of early people. We will end the Unit with the Last Ice Age and the beginning of agriculture.
Student project: Design a Board Game
Student project: Design a Board Game
Ways of Building
Ways of Building
This Unit explores the question, "How did the transition to farming impact people's lives?" We will explore this question through the theme of building. Within that theme, students will be introduced to three subtopics: building farms, building families, and building communities. Within each subtopic, students will analyse various sources that help us understand the lives of people in different parts of the world during the Neolithic revolution.
Ways of Controlling
Ways of Controlling
This Unit explores the question, "How and why did early states come to be?" We will explore this question through the theme of control. Within that theme, students will be introduced to the idea of a state, what early states had in common, what early states required, how states made people obedient, and why early states collapsed. Students will then study early states in four parts of the world from Mesopotamia in the Fertile Crescent, to ancient China, to the Indus Valley Civilization, and finally to ancient Egypt.
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