7th Grade English Language Arts Checklist
L.7.1c - I can use phrases and clauses in my sentences. I can recognize and fix dangling modifiers.
L.7.1a - I can explain the function of phrases and clauses.
L.7.5a - I can understand figures of speech in context.
RL.7.1 - I can correctly cite many pieces of evidence from what a text states explicitly, as well as from what can be inferred from a text.
RL.7.2 - I can find the theme or main idea of a text. I can explain how the theme develops throughout the text. I can give a summary of a text without inserting my personal opinion.
RL.7.3 - I can explain how elements in a piece of literature interact with other elements.
RL.7.4 - I can tell you the meaning of words and phrases that I have read. I can explain figurative and connotative meanings. I can evaluate how rhymes and alliteration affect pieces of literature.
RL.7.5 - I can explain how the structure of a poem or play contributes to its meaning.
RL.7.6 - I can explain how an author develops different points of view in a text.
RL.7.7 - I can explain the similarities and differences between a written a piece of literature, and an audio, video, multimedia, or live version of the same piece of literature. I can describe the techniques that are used in each form of medium, such as lighting, color, and sound.
RL.7.9 - I can talk about similarities and differences between fictional and historical accounts of the same person, place, or event. I can discuss how authors use and change history to tell their stories.
RL.7.10 - I can read grade level literature. I understand what I am reading
RI.7.1 - I can correctly cite many pieces of evidence to support what the text says, as well as what the text implies through inferences.
RI.7.2 - I can figure out the main ideas of a text and explain how these ideas develop throughout the text. I can summarize a text without including my opinions and judgments.
RI.7.3 - I can give an in-depth analysis about the interactions between people, events, and ideas in a text.
RI.7.4 - I can tell you the figurative, connotative, and technical meanings of words in the texts I am reading. I can discuss the impact of these word choices.
RI.7.5 - I can examine the way a text is structured. I can tell you how this helps to develop the ideas in texts such as public documents.
RI.7.6 - I can tell you about an author's point of view and purpose. I can explain how one author's point of view is different from another author's point of view.
RI.7.7 - I can explain the similarities and differences between a written text, and an audio, video, or multimedia version of the same text. I can analyze how the subject is presented in each type of medium.
RI.7.8 - I can assess the effectiveness of an argument by determining which claims use sound reasons and evidence to support their claims and which do not.
RI.7.9 - I can compare and contrast the way two different authors present information on the same topic. I can discuss how the authors interpret the information differently.
RI.7.10 - I can read and understand grade-level informational text.
W.7.1 - I can write arguments. I can support my arguments with reasons and evidence.
W.7.1a - I can introduce a claim. I can acknowledge and refute opposing viewpoints. I can clearly organize my reasons and evidence.
W.7.1b - I can support my claims and counterarguments with reasons and evidence. I can use reliable sources and show that I understand the topic.
W.7.1c - I can explain the relationships between claims, reasons, and evidence using appropriate words, phrases, and clauses.
W.7.1d - I can use a formal style in my writing.
W.7.1e - I can write a conclusion that supports the argument I presented.
W.7.2 - I can write informative/explanatory texts in order to study a topic. I can choose and organize relevant information to go along with my topic.
W.7.2a - I can clearly introduce my topic/thesis and organize my ideas. I can use various strategies such as providing definitions, comparing/contrasting, discussing cause/effect, and using text features to help the reader understand the topic.
W.7.2b - I can include facts, definitions, examples, quotations, details, and other information to develop my topic.
W.7.2c - I can use transitions to tie my ideas together.
W.7.2d - I can use academic vocabulary to write about my topic.
W.7.2e - I can write using a formal style.
W.7.2f - I can write a conclusion that follows and supports the information I presented.
W.7.3 - I can write a narrative about a real or imagined experience or event. I can use proper techniques, descriptive details, and a clear sequence of events in my writing.
W.7.3a - I can involve my reader by effectively introducing my narrator and characters, and by establishing a point of view. I can organize my writing so that the events occur in a logical sequence.
W.7.3b - I can develop my story using the narrative techniques of dialogue, description, and pacing.
W.7.3c - I can show the shift from one time or setting to another using transitional words, phrases, and clauses.
W.7.3d - I can show action and events in my story using descriptive language, exact words/phrases, and sensory language.
W.7.3e - I can end my writing with a conclusion that follows the narrated story I presented.
W.7.4 - I can create a clear piece of writing that keeps the task, purpose, and audience in mind.
W.7.5 - I can get help from peers and adults to strengthen my writing and make sure that I've focused on my purpose and audience.
W.7.6 - I can get help from technology, the Internet, and other people to produce and publish my writing. I can link to and cite the sources I used.
W.7.7 - I can complete short research projects. I can use several sources to answer a question and produce questions for further research.
W.7.8 - I can use search terms, gather information from more than one source, and determine if my sources are credible and accurate. I can take notes without plagiarizing and cite appropriately.
W.7.9 - I can get evidence from different texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
W.7.9a - I can apply the reading standards to literature.
W.7.9b - I can apply the reading standards to literary non-fiction.
W.7.10 - I can write for long and short time frames. I can write for different tasks, purposes, and audiences.
SL.7.1 - I can participate in class discussions in different sized groups and with different partners. I can listen thoughtfully and build on others' ideas about a variety of topics and issues.
SL.7.1a - I can prepare for discussions ahead of time by learning about the material in advance. I can cite evidence, ask questions, and reflect during the discussion.
SL.7.1b - I can follow rules for discussions by choosing individual roles, setting goals and deadlines, and tracking progress.
SL.7.1c - I can ask, answer, and expand on specific questions and comments during discussions. I can help refocus the discussion if need be.
SL.7.1d - I can accept information provided by other speakers. I can change their views as appropriate.
SL.7.2 - I can understand ideas and details presented in different ways. I can explain how the information clarifies the topic we are studying.
SL.7.3 - I can identify a speaker's arguments, claims, and attitudes towards their topic. I can describe the claims that are supported by evidence and those that are not.
SL.7.4 - I can deliver an oral report to present my claims and findings. I can clearly focus, organize, and support my ideas with facts and details. I can speak at a good pace, at a reasonable volume, and I can use appropriate eye contact.
SL.7.4a - I can deliver an oral argument that supports a claim, organizes evidence clearly and logically, states counterarguments, uses transitions, and contains a conclusion.
SL.7.5 - I can use multimedia components and visuals to make the claims and main points in my presentation clear.
SL.7.6 - I can use appropriate speech, including formal English, for different situations.
L.7.1 - I can effectively use standard English grammar when writing or speaking.
L.7.1b - I can pick between simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to show relationships between ideas.
L.7.2a - I can use commas to coordinate adjectives.
L.7.2b - I can spell words correctly.
L.7.3 - I can use what I know about language when speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
L.7.3a - I can choose just the right words to express ideas without being repetitive or too wordy.
L.7.4 - I can figure out the correct meaning of words/phrases by using different strategies.
L.7.4a - I can use the context of a word to figure out the meaning of a word.
L.7.4b - I can use Greek or Latin root words and affixes as clues to determine what a word means.
L.7.4c - I can use an online or print dictionary, glossary, or thesaurus to help with finding the correct pronunciation, part of speech, meaning, or etymology of a word.
L.7.4d - I can confirm the initial determination of the meaning of a word/phrase. I can do this by checking the inferred meaning in a dictionary or in context.
L.7.5b - I can use the relationship between certain words (part/whole, item/category) to better understand the individual words.
L.7.5c - I can distinguish meanings of words (denotations) from similar associations (connotations).
L.7.6 - I can find and use grade-level academic words, phrases, and vocabulary to aid in comprehension.
7th Grade Math Checklist
7.NS.1d - I can add and subtract rational numbers by applying the properties I have learned.
7.NS.2c - I can multiply and divide rational numbers by applying the properties I have learned.
7.RP.1 - I can find a unit rate using fractions that deal with lengths, areas, and other types of quantities.
7.RP.2 - I can recognize and show proportional relationships.
7.RP.2a - I can figure out if two quantities have a proportional relationship by testing them through tables and/or graphs.
7.RP.2b - I can find the unit rate in tables, graphs, equations, diagrams, and verbal descriptions.
7.RP.2c - I can show proportional relationships using equations.
7.RP.2d - I can explain what a point on a graph of a proportional relationship means. I can pay special attention to (0,0) and (1, r) where r is the unit rate.
7.RP.3 - I can use what I know about proportional relationships to solve multi-step, real-world problems.
7.NS.1 - I can add and subtract rational numbers. I can show addition and subtraction on horizontal and vertical number line diagrams.
7.NS.1a - I can talk about situations in which opposite quantities combine to make 0.
7.NS.1b - I can explain p + q as the number located a distance |q| from p, in the positive or negative direction, depending on whether q is positive or negative. I know that a number and its opposite have a sum of 0. I can talk about sums of rational numbers by describing real-world situations.
7.NS.1c - I can subtract rational numbers. I can show that the distance between two rational numbers on a number line is the absolute value of their difference. I can apply what I've learned to real-world situations.
7.NS.2 - I can multiply and divide rational numbers using what I have learned about multiplication, division, and fractions.
7.NS.2a - I can explain how properties of operations must be followed when working with multiplication, fractions, signed numbers, etc. I know how to multiply rational numbers in real-world situations.
7.NS.2b - I can explain that integers (with a non-zero divisor) can be divided. I know that the quotient of integers (with a non-zero divisor) is a rational number. I can describe real-world situations involving the quotients of rational numbers.
7.NS.2d - I can use long division to change a rational number into a decimal. I can explain how rational numbers end in 0s or eventually repeat.
7.NS.3 - I can use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve real-world problems involving rational numbers.
7.EE.1 - I can use what I know about operations to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions.
7.EE.2 - I can understand that rewriting an expression in a different way can show how numbers in the problem are related.
7.EE.3 - I can calculate real-world math problems using positive and negative rational numbers, including whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. I can convert between different number forms. I can use estimation to make sure my answers are reasonable.
7.EE.4 - I can use variables while solving real-world math problems. I can create equations and inequalities to solve problems.
7.EE.4a - I can solve word problems involving equations such as px+q=r and p(x+q)=r, where p, q, and x are rational numbers. I can compare algebraic and arithmetic solutions and can figure out the order of operations to use.
7.EE.4b - I can solve word problems involving inequalities such as px+q>r or px+q< r, where p, q, and r are rational numbers. I can graph the inequality.
7.G.1 - I can use scale drawings of geometric shapes to solve problems. I can figure out actual lengths using scale drawings. I can create a scale drawing of a different size than one I am given.
7.G.2 - I can draw geometric shapes when given information about the shape. I can draw triangles when I am given information about their angles or sides. I can realize when the shape drawn will be a unique triangle, more than one triangle, or no triangle.
7.G.3 - I can talk about 2D figures that are formed when 3D figures (right rectangular prisms, right rectangular pyramids) are sliced.
7.G.4 - I can tell you the formulas for area and circumference of a circle and can use these formulas to solve problems. I can discuss how circumference and area of a circle are related.
7.G.5 - I can use what I know about angles (supplementary, complementary, vertical, adjacent) to solve multi-step problems. I can figure out the measure of an unknown angle using simple equations.
7.G.6 - I can solve real-world problems involving area, volume, and surface area of 2D and 3D shapes made up of triangles, quadrilaterals, cones, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
7.SP.1 - I can discuss the purpose of using statistics. I can understand how generalizations can be made using random and representative samples.
7.SP.2 - I can make inferences about data using random samples. I can use samples to estimate or make predictions.
7.SP.3 - I can figure out how two sets of data compare to each other and how much the two sets overlap. I can find the difference between their centers.
7.SP.4 - I can use what I know about measures of center and variability to infer information about two populations.
7.SP.5 - I can understand what 0, 1/2, and 1 mean in terms of probability. I can identify likely, unlikely, and neither unlikely nor likely when discussing probability.
7.SP.6 - I can approximate the probability of a chance event happening and make predictions about chance events.
7.SP.7 - I can make and use probability models. I can compare models to actual probabilities and explain any major differences.
7.SP.7a - I can create and use a uniform probability model to figure out the probability of events.
7.SP.7b - I can create a probability model by looking at the data that results from a chance process.
7.SP.8 - I can use lists, tables, tree diagrams, and simulations to find probabilities.
7.SP.8a - I can explain that the probability of a compound event is the fraction of the outcomes in the given sample space.
7.SP.8b - I can use lists, tables, tree diagrams, and simulations to show sample spaces for compound events. I can point out possible outcomes.
7.SP.8c - I can simulate frequencies for compound events.
7th Grade Science Checklist
MS-LS1-6 - I can explain how photosynthesis is involved in the movement of matter. I can talk about how energy moves into and out of living things.
MS-LS1-7 - I can make a model to show how the molecules in food get rearranged during chemical reactions. I know that energy is released when this happens.
MS-LS2-1 - I can look closely at data. I can give evidence that shows how available resources affect organisms in an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-2 - I can predict how organisms will interact with each other.
MS-LS2-3 - I can create a model that shows the way energy flows in living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-4 - I can look closely at evidence. I can use this evidence to discuss the ways that different types of changes affect populations in an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-5 - I can talk about different solutions that could be used to maintain biodiversity and preserve ecosystems.
MS-ESS2-2 - I can discuss how plate motions and natural disasters have contributed to changes in Earth's surface.
MS-ESS2-3 - I can use data from fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of past plate motions.
MS-ESS3-1 - I can discuss the events that have led to uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources.
MS-ESS3-2 - I can use information that I have learned about natural disasters in the past to come up with ideas for limiting the potential destruction that they can cause in the future.
MS-PS1-2 - I can tell you if a chemical reaction has occurred by looking closely at data on the properties of substances before and after they interact with each other.
MS-PS1-4 - I can make a model that predicts and describes how a pure substance changes when thermal energy is added or taken away.
MS-PS1-5 - I can make and use a model to show that the total number of atoms does not change during a chemical reaction. I know that mass is conserved during a chemical reaction.
MS-PS1-6 - I can build, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes.
MS-ETS1-1 - I can develop a successful solution to a design problem using scientific principles. I can compare the pros and cons of my solution in order to determine if it is reasonable.
MS-ETS1-2 - I can test my design solutions to determine whether or not they will solve the problem.
MS-ETS1-3 - I can use the data gathered from tests to determine which design solution will best solve the problem.
MS-ETS1-4 - I can develop a model of the design that can be tested and modified to create a successful prototype.
MS-LS1-1 - I can provide evidence that living things are made of cells. I can show that some things are made of one cell while others are made of many different numbers and types of cells.
MS-LS1-2 - I can construct a model of a cell that shows how all of the parts work together to help the cell function.
MS-LS1-3 - I can describe the body as a system. I can explain the subsystems that work together so that the body can function. I can discuss the relationships between cells, tissues, and organs.
MS-LS1-4 - I can explain how some animal behaviors help them to successfully reproduce. I can explain how some plant structures allow plants to successfully reproduce. I can back up my explanations with facts.
MS-LS1-5 - I can explain how environmental factors affect the growth of organisms. I can explain how genetic factors affect the growth of organisms. I can back up my explanations with facts.
MS-LS1-8 - I can demonstrate how our senses answer to stimuli by sending messages to the brain causing quick reactions or storage as memories.
MS-LS3-1 - I can create a model to show how genetic mutations on chromosomes can affect an organism's proteins. I can explain that these changes may be helpful, harmful, or have no effect on the organism.
MS-LS3-2 - I can create models (Punnett squares, diagrams, etc.) to explain why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information. I can explain why sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. I can support my explanations with models.
MS-LS4-1 - I can look closely at patterns in fossil records. I know that these records show the existence, diversity, extinction, and changes in life forms throughout history.
MS-LS4-2 - I can make inferences about evolutionary relationships by comparing modern organisms to fossil organisms.
MS-LS4-3 - I can look closely at and compare pictures that show the early growth of different organisms. I can use this information to identify relationships across multiple species.
MS-LS4-4 - I can tell you how and why some traits help an individual survive and reproduce.
MS-LS4-5 - I can talk about the ways that technology has made it possible to increase desired traits in organisms.
MS-LS4-6 - I can use math to help explain how natural selection can lead to more or less of specific traits over time.
MS-ESS2-1 - I can describe the process of weathering and erosion on Earth's surface.
MS-PS1-3 - I can gather and understand information to explain that synthetic materials are actually made from natural resources.
MS-ESS2-4 - I can describe the water cycle. I can explain the role of the energy from the sun and the force of gravity in the water cycle.
7th Grade Social Studies Checklist
7.10.1 - I can talk about why the Scientific Revolution began.
7.1.1 - I can discuss the strengths/contributions (citizenship, rights, art, architecture, engineering, philosophy, Christianity) and weaknesses (autonomous military powers, corruption, slavery, lack of education, distribution of news) of the Roman Empire.
7.1.2 - I can talk about the geography of the Roman Empire, including its borders. I can explain the reasons its territory was threatened.
7.1.3 - I can discuss Constantine, Constantinople, and the development of the Byzantine Empire. I can talk about the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic civilizations, including their views on church-state relations.
7.2 - I can look closely at the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Islam during the Middle Ages.
7.2.1 - I can find and discuss the physical features and climate of the Arabian peninsula, including land and bodies of water. I can discuss nomadic and sedentary ways of life.
7.2.2 - I can describe how Islam began. I can tell you about Muhammad and Islamic teachings. I can describe how Islam is connected to Judaism and Christianity.
7.2.3 - I can tell you that the Qur'an and the Sunnah contain the main beliefs and practices for Muslim people.
7.2.4 - I can explain that Muslim rule expanded through treaties and military conquests. I can tell you how Islam and the Arabic language were spread and accepted.
7.2.5 - I can describe how cities and trade routes grew to Asia, Africa, and Europe. I can talk about the types of goods that were traded at this time and what Arab merchants did.
7.2.6 - I can tell you how Muslim scholars interacted with scholars of Eurasia and Africa. I can talk about the contributions that Muslim scholars made in science, geography, math, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature.
7.3.1 - I can explain how China reunified under the Tang Dynasty. I can tell you why Buddhism spread in Tang China, Korea, and Japan.
7.3.2 - I can tell you about the agricultural, technological, and commercial developments during the Tang and Sung periods.
7.3.3 - I can discuss how Confucianism influenced and changed during the Sung and Mongol periods.
7.3.4 - I can tell you why trade between China and other civilizations was important during the Mongol Ascendancy and the Ming Dynasty.
7.3.5 - I can tell you why tea, paper, woodblock printing, the compass, and gunpowder were influential.
7.4 - I can look closely at the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa.
7.4.2 - I can discuss the importance of family, specialized jobs, and local commerce in the growth of West African states and cities.
7.4.3 - I can describe the trans-Saharan caravan trade and how it changed West Africa. I can describe the influence of Islam on West Africa.
7.4.4 - I can describe how the Arabic language grew in government, trade, and Islamic scholarship in West Africa.
7.4.5 - I can explain the importance of how written and oral traditions are shared in African culture.
7.5 - I can look closely at the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Medieval Japan.
7.5.1 - I can explain how Japanese society was influenced by Korea and China.
7.5.2 - I can talk about what life was like for Japanese society and families when Prince Shotoku ruled Japan.
7.5.3 - I can discuss the lord-vassal system (shogun, daimyo, samurai) and why this warrior code lasted into the twentieth century.
7.5.5 - I can discuss the golden age of literature, art, and drama that happened during the 9th and 10th centuries. I can tell you how this age influenced today's culture, including Murasaki Shikibu's Tale of Genji.
7.5.6 - I can describe how military society rose in the 12th century. I can describe what role the samurai played in military society.
7.6 - I can look closely at the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of Medieval Europe.
7.6.1 - I can learn about European geography, including its location, topography, waterways, vegetation, climate, etc.
7.6.2 - I can explain how Christianity spread north of the Alps, and the role that the church and monasteries played after the Roman Empire fell.
7.6.3 - I can tell you about feudalism. I know how feudalism was influenced by the geography of medieval Europe. I know how feudalism affected the economy and politics of medieval Europe.
7.6.4 - I can tell you about the relationships between popes and European rulers, such as Charlemagne, Gregory VII, and Emperor Henry IV.
7.6.5 - I can talk about the growth of medieval English legal and constitutional practices. I know about the Magna Carta, parliament, habeas corpus, and an independent judiciary in England. I can discuss how modern democracy came about.
7.6.6 - I can discuss the Crusades and how they affected different religious groups (Christians, Muslims, Jews) in Europe.
7.6.7 - I can show you how the bubonic plague spread using a map. I can talk about how this changed the world's population.
7.6.8 - I can tell you why the Catholic church was so important. I can describe some of the contributions of the Catholic church (creation of universities, roles of the clergy, creation of religious orders, keeping the Latin language and religious texts alive, the idea of "natural law," and the combination of St. Thomas Aquinas's philosophy mixed with Christian beliefs).
7.6.9 - I can explain that the Reconquista happened when Muslim rule diminished in the Iberian Peninsula. I know that the Spanish and Portuguese kingdoms grew in power during this time.
7.7 - I can look closely at the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.
7.7.1 - I can learn about the ways the geography and climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America affected the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations.
7.7.2 - I can tell you about family life, warfare, religion, slavery, and the class system in each society.
7.7.3 - I can talk about how and where each empire arose. I know how the Spanish defeated both the Aztec and Incan empires.
7.7.4 - I can describe the art, architecture, and oral traditions in the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations.
7.7.5 - I can tell you about the accomplishments of the Meso-American civilizations in the areas of astronomy and math, including the creation of the calendar and using knowledge of the seasons to help grow crops.
7.8 - I can discuss how the Renaissance started, what was accomplished during this time, and how the Renaissance spread.
7.8.1 - I can talk about how classical learning and the arts became popular. I can tell you that this made people interested in finding balance between intellect and faith.
7.8.2 - I can tell you why the city of Florence was so important during the beginning of the Renaissance. I can discuss how trading cities like Venice helped to spread ideas of the Renaissance.
7.8.3 - I can talk about the "Silk Road" reopening between Europe and China. I can tell you about Marco Polo and his travels.
7.8.4 - I can talk about the new ways information was spread during the Renaissance, such as through paper production, translation of the Bible, and printing.
7.8.5 - I can talk in-depth about advances made during the Renaissance in literature, art, science, math, map-making, engineering, human anatomy, and astronomy. I can discuss several important people during the Renaissance such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Gutenberg, Shakespeare, etc.
7.9 - I can look closely at what happened during the Reformation.
7.9.1 - I can talk about why the Catholic church became weaker during the Reformation.
7.9.2 - I can describe the ideas of key people during the Reformation (Desiderius Erasmus, Martin Luther, John Calvin, William Tyndale).
7.9.3 - I can talk about how Protestant people practiced their religion. I can explain how their self-governing churches affected the growth of democratic practices and federalist ideas.
7.9.4 - I can point out the European areas that stayed Catholic and those that became Protestant. I can talk about how this separation affected the way religion spread in the New World.
7.9.5 - I can discuss the Counter-Reformation, how it boosted the Catholic church, and the factors that made the Counter-Reformation possible (the Council of Trent, St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Jesuits).
7.9.6 - I can tell you about missionaries and how they spread Christianity from Europe to other parts of the world. I can find missions on a world map.
7.9.7 - I can tell you about the Golden Age of cooperation between Jews and Muslims. I can tell you why the Golden Age stopped when certain people and groups were mistreated.
7.10 - I can look closely at what happened during the Scientific Revolution and the long-term effects it had.
7.10.2 - I can explain why new scientific theories (from Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton) and new inventions (telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer) were so important.
7.10.3 - I can talk about how Bacon and Descartes used the scientific method. I can tell you how using logic led to more democratic ideas. I can discuss the ways scientific and religious beliefs were able to exist at the same time.
7.11 - I can discuss the political and economic changes that happened during the Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason.
7.11.1 - I can tell you about discovery voyages, locate the routes that were taken by voyagers, and discuss mapmaking.
7.11.2 - I can tell you about the goods and ideas that were traded among Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas during the 15th and 16th centuries. I can talk about the impact of these exchanges on each continent.
7.11.3 - I can discuss how modern-day capitalism first began. I can tell you about different influences such as mercantilism, the cottage industry, the market economy in 17th-century Europe, international trading/marketing patterns, explorers, and map makers.
7.11.4 - I can talk about where the ideas of the Enlightenment came from, including the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, the Greeks, the Romans, and Christianity.
7.11.5 - I can tell you about important people such as John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, and American Founders. I know how these people influenced democratic thought.
7.11.6 - I can explain how the ideas in the Magna Carta were later used in other important documents, like the English Bill of Rights and the American Declaration of Independence.
7.3.6 - I can tell you how the imperial state and the scholar-official class developed.