British Columbia · Grade 7

Social Studies

The ancient world to the 7th century

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

BIBig Ideas

Geography shaped the emergence of civilizations; religious and cultural practices from this era still influence us; complex societies needed laws and government; trade brought conflict and cooperation

CCCurricular Competencies

Inquiry and historical and geographical thinking: significance, evidence, continuity and change, cause and consequence, perspective, ethical judgment

CContent

Human origins; features of early civilizations and their decline; origins of religions, including one Indigenous to the Americas; science and technology; trade; social, political and legal systems