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Grade 7

• Communication & Collaboration

  • 7.CC
  • 7.CC.1
  • 7.CC.2
  • 7.CC.3
  • 7.CC.4
  • 7.CC.5
  • 7.CC.6
  • 7.CC.7
  • 7.CC.8

• Reading: Comprehension

  • 7.RC
  • 7.RC.1
  • 7.RC.2
  • 7.RC.3
  • 7.RC.5
  • 7.RC.6
  • 7.RC.7
  • 7.RC.8
  • 7.RC.9
  • 7.RC.10
  • 7.RC.11
  • 7.RC.12
  • 7.RC.13

• Writing

  • 7.W
  • 7.W.1
  • 7.W.1.a
  • 7.W.1.b
  • 7.W.1.c
  • 7.W.1.e
  • 7.W.2
  • 7.W.2.a
  • 7.W.2.b
  • 7.W.2.c
  • 7.W.2.d
  • 7.W.2.e
  • 7.W.2.f
  • 7.W.3
  • 7.W.3.a
  • 7.W.3.b
  • 7.W.3.c
  • 7.W.3.d
  • 7.W.3.e
  • 7.W.4
  • 7.W.4.a
  • 7.W.4.b
  • 7.W.5
  • 7.W.5.a
  • 7.W.5.c
  • 7.W.5.d
  • 7.W.5.e
  • 7.W.5.f
  • 7.W.6
  • 7.W.6.b
  • 7.W.6.c
  • 7.W.7
  • 7.W.7.a

Indiana ELA Standard: 7.RC.6

Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events or how individuals influence ideas or events).

Power and Symbols

When does a simple symbol have more power than a word?

Gr 1-8

Indirect Power – Lighthouse vs Magnetism

Students explore the idea of indirect power – which can be both visible (a lighthouse) or invisible (magnetism).

Gr 1-8

Hero or Not A Hero?

Students will determine what makes a hero a hero.

Gr 1-8

The Moon – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about The Moon back into the correct order?

Gr 1-8

What Happens In Your Brain When You’re Worried or Afraid

Allison Edwards explains how blood flow in your brain affects your decision-making

Gr 1-8

A Character’s Playlist

What playlist of songs best goes with a character’s change over time?

Gr 1-8

Analyze Characters Using Philosophy

What is the Brick Pig’s philosophy? How would he apply it to the characters in Harry Potter?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8

Generalization: Change Leads to More Change

Can you think of a time in your life when “Change lead to more change?”

Gr 2-8

Paradox: Crocodile Dilemma

A crocodile makes a deal. But the deal creates a paradox. Can your students untangle a 2,000-year-old logic puzzle?

Gr 1-8

Content Imperatives: Convergence

Add complexity by considering how multiple factors 🔄 Converge within one topic.

Gr 2, 5, 6, 7, 8

Content Imperatives: Contribuition

Pull on one thread and watch the whole topic move. Contribution asks: what single factor is quietly shaping everything else?

Gr 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Content Imperatives: Origin

Take students back to the beginning by using the Content Imperative ⏺️ Origin.

Gr 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Depth and Complexity: ⏳ Change Over Time

Want to get students thinking about how a topic has changed or might change in the future? The ⏳ Change Over Time thinking tool is just what you need!

Gr 2-8

Historic Social Media

How would people from history have interacted online? Students will develop a conversation online between people involved in the same event from history.

Gr 1-8