Gr. 7
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Social Studies Research
Social Studies Research
🔍 Finding Online Sources
🔍 Finding Online Sources
1. Search Britannica for topics marked with a ✔️ (if there are no results, switch to reading level 3)
2. Click on the hyperlinked (underlined) words to explore other recommended articles.
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3. Google your topic and explore results from museums, organizations, or reliable journalism (PBS, TIME, TEDed...).
🌐 Recommended Online Sources
🌐 Recommended Online Sources
Civil Rights Movement / Black Lives Matter Movement
Overview article: How "Black Lives Matter" became a U.S. protest cry (Newsela)
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U.S. Labor Movement / Workers' Rights Movement
Overview article: The Rise of Organized Labor in the United States (Newsela)
Past Events
Founding of the Knights of Labor (1869)✔️
First celebration of Labor Day (1882)✔️ [Newsela]
Haymarket Affair (1886)✔️
Founding of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (1905)✔️
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) (1935)✔️
Founding of the National Farm Workers Association
Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike (1968)
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)✔️ [Newsela]
Recent/Current People
Additional resources:
LGBTQ+ Rights Movement
Overview article: LGBTQIA+ activists on what progress looks like 6 years after same-sex marriage ruling (Newsela)
Past Events
Founding of the Mattachine Society (1950)✔️[Newsela]
Founding of the Daughters of Bilitis (1955)✔️
Stonewall Riots (June 28, 1969)✔️ [Newsela]
Compton's Cafeteria Riot (1966) [Newsela]
First Gay Pride celebrations (1970)✔️ [Newsela]
Recent/Current Events
Murder of Matthew Shepard (1998)✔️
First same-sex marriage in the US Wedding (in Cambridge, MA, 2004)
Repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy in US military (2010)✔️
Same-sex marriage legalized nationwide Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)✔️ [Newsela]
Past People
Henry Gerber (1892-1972) [Newsela]
Gladys Bentley (1907-1960) [Newsela]
Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992)✔️ [Newsela]
Sylvia Rivera✔️
George Takai✔️
Harry Hay✔️
Harvey Milk✔️ [Newsela]
Recent/Current People
Advocacy Organizations (started in the 1970s and 80's, and still active):
PFLAG✔️
Human Rights Campaign✔️
GLAAD✔️
ACT UP✔️
Lady Gaga (Born this way song)✔️
US soccer star Megan Rapinoe✔️
Emmy-winning actress and transgender activist Laverne Cox✔️
Additional resources:
Climate Change Movement
Overview article: 12 Important Moments in the History of Climate Action: In Photos
Past Events
Earth Day founded (1970) [Newsela]
Start of International cooperation on climate change (1972) [Newsela]
Establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (1988)✔️
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992)✔️
The Kyoto Protocol (1997)✔️
Recent/Current Events
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore released the documentary An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
The Paris Agreement (2015) ✔️ [Newsela]
Youth climate strikes (2019) [Newsela]
UN releases latest climate report (2021) [Newsela]
Earth's hottest year on record (2024)
Los Angeles wildfires (2025) [Newsela]
Additional resources:
Feminism Movement
Overview article: Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2017: "Feminism"
Past Events
1848:Seneca Falls Convention✔️
1913: Women’s Suffrage Parade and 1917 -1919 picket lines [Newsela]
1916:First woman elected to the House of Representatives
1920: U.S. Ratification of the 19th Amendment✔️ [Newsela]
Title IX became law in (1972) ✔️ [Newsela]
Recent/Current Events
Lilly Ledbetter Equal Pay Act (2009)
The #MeToo Movement (2017)
Women's March (2017) [Newsela]
Record numbers of women were elected to U.S. Congress (2018) [Newsela]
U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) reached a $24 million settlement for equal pay (2021) [Newsela]
2022: The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, removing federal protections for abortion rights.✔️ [Newsela]
Recent/Current People
US soccer star Megan Rapinoe✔️
Gloria Steinem ✔️
Malala Yousafzai ✔️ [Newsela]
Angela Davis✔️ [Newsela]
Emma Watson✔️ [Newsela]
Tarana Burke ✔️
Additional resources:
Immigration Movement
Overview articles: The History of European Immigrants in the United States (Newsela), Issue Overview: History of the Mexico border (Newsela)
Past Events
Irish and German Immigration (1840's-1850's)
Chinese Immigration and the Gold Rush (1849-1850)
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)✔️ (Newsela)
Statue of Liberty✔️ and Ellis Island (1800's)✔️
Angel Island (1800's)✔️
Cuban Immigration (1959-1960's)
Immigration Act of 1924 (Newsela)
Operation Wetback deportations✔️, the Bracero Program✔️, and the Immigration and Nationality Act (1950's-1965) (Newsela)
Recent/Current Events
Past People
Oscar Handlin [Newsela]
Oscar Hijuelos
Recent/Current People
Additional resources:
Voting Rights
Overview articles: Issue Overview: Voting rights (Newsela)
Recent/Current Events
1964: 24th Amendment✔️
1965: Voting Rights Act (VRA)✔️
Recent/Current People
Additional resources:
World Peace / Religion (and gun reform if desired)
Overview articles:
Past Events
The first modern Olympic Games (1896)✔️ [Newsela]
1919: Founding of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom✔️
1945: Founding of the United Nations✔️ [Newsela]
1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights✔️
Protests during the Vietnam War (1955-1975) [Newsela]
1978: Camp David Accords✔️
1993: Oslo Accords✔️
Recent/Current Events
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, adopted (1993)✔️
March for Our Lives (2018) [Newsela]
Ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas (2025)
Recent/Current People
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