Grade 7
🌍 GRADE 7 UNIT — Choice, Responsibility, and Human Flourishing
Anchor Story: How the World Came to BeGrade Level: 7Length: 5 Days
🌱 UNIT OVERVIEW
Essential Questions
How do human choices shape interconnected systems?
What ethical responsibilities do humans have to other living things and the environment?
How does understanding purpose, character, and relationships support human flourishing?
Day | Focus | Learning Objective |
1 | Human Impact | Analyze how human actions affect ecosystems and human well-being |
2 | Ethics & Responsibility | Evaluate ethical responsibility in complex situations |
3 | Purpose & Values | Reflect on personal purpose and values in decision-making |
4 | Empathy & Moral Courage | Demonstrate ethical dialogue, empathy, and moral courage |
5 | Stewardship & Action | Design and present an ethical action project promoting flourishing |
Contents:
Descriptive Unit Overview that include Focus and Learning Objectives.
Anchor Story.
Five days of Lesson Plans that are scaffolded and structured for success.
Time allotment approximations.
Aligned Academic Standards and skills and SEL objectives.
Daily Video Hooks
Focused Content Vocabulary and Academic Vocabulary with definitions.
Criteria for Success.
Quick access to online visuals and graphic organizers with embedded links to resources.
Instructional Strategies and Interactive Activities.
Detailed Rubrics for easy grading.
Differentiation Resources: SPED, EL, and GT with embedded links to resources.
Closure and Reflection.
