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7th Grade homeschool history curriculum

All 36 weeks of 7th grade history, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.

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How 7th grade history works

History is taught from primary sources: students read real documents, letters, and speeches, then analyze who wrote them and why.

Time: about 40–50 minutes a day
Scores go straight to the gradebook and report card
Print any lesson as a worksheet with an answer key
Parent tools: hours log, weekly report, portfolio
Family plan: up to 4 students, each with their own records

The full 36-week scope & sequence

Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.

Quarter 1 (weeks 1–9)

Week	Topic	Standards
1	Medieval Europe: manor, lord, serf, and the Church as an institution	C3 D2.His.1.6-8
2	Charlemagne and successor kingdoms — a map, not a fairy tale	D2.Eco.1.6-8
3	Castles and warfare as social control plus engineering	D2.Civ.6.6-8
4	Magna Carta (1215): a barons' document, later a liberty text	C3 D2.Geo.2.6-8
5	Islamic Golden Age: Baghdad, Cordoba, algebra, hospitals, translated texts	D2.His.1.6-8
6	West African states: Ghana, Mali, Songhai; gold-salt trade	D2.Civ.8.6-8
7	Mansa Musa and Timbuktu as a learning center — accounts, not memes	D2.His.10.6-8
8	Tang and Song China: print, compass, commercial revolution	C3 D2.Geo.7.6-8
9	Mongol expansion: violence, trade security, and connected Eurasia	D2.Eco.15.6-8

Quarter 2 (weeks 10–18)

Week	Topic	Standards
10	Medieval Japan: shogunate vs emperor — a dual structure	D2.His.14.6-8
11	Crusades as armed contact: multiple motives, multiple outcomes	C3 D2.His.14.6-8
12	Indian Ocean world: monsoon winds as a cause of trade	D2.Geo.2.6-8
13	Plague (14th c.): demography as history	C3 D2.His.10.6-8
14	Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal snapshots + map	D2.His.4.6-8
15	Renaissance humanism: texts and patrons, not 'the dark ages ended'	C3 D2.Civ.6.6-8
16	Reformation: Luther's 95 Theses (1517) as a document event	C3 D2.Civ.4.6-8
17	Printing press: why ideas moved faster — a technology fact	D2.Civ.5.6-8
18	Midyear: 600–1600 timeline and map battery	D2.Civ.12.6-8

Quarter 3 (weeks 19–27)

Week	Topic	Standards
19	Age of Exploration: Iberian routes, African coasts, Americas	D2.His.12.6-8
20	Columbian Exchange: ecological and human consequences (including death)	CCSS RH.6-8.1
21	Atlantic slavery: a trade with numbers, ports, and laws	C3 D2.Civ.8.6-8
22	Scientific Revolution: Galileo's conflict as documents, not a cartoon	D2.Civ.10.6-8
23	English Civil War and Glorious Revolution (1688): Parliament and a Bill of Rights	CCSS SL.7.4
24	Enlightenment claims: consent, rights, checks — and who was left out	C3 D2.Geo.4.6-8
25	Why governments form: rule of law vs rule of persons	D2.Geo.7.6-8
26	U.S. local government: city, county, state roles you can name	D2.Geo.11.6-8
27	How a U.S. law is made vs how a court case is decided	D2.His.16.6-8

Quarter 4 (weeks 28–36)

Week	Topic	Standards
28	Primary-source set: Magna Carta line, Luther thesis idea, a slave-trade number	D4.1.6-8
29	Comparative empires chart (Islamic / African / Asian / European)
30	Early modern synthesis: 1400–1750 exchange and power
31	DBQ: two accounts of contact in the Americas
32	Civics case: a fair rule at home vs a written public law
33	Year timeline teach-back: medieval → early modern
34	Map defense: trade winds, deserts, and capitals
35	Oral: Golden Age contributions without flattening 'Islam' into one thing
36	Grade 7 history portfolio: documents + maps 600–1750

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FAQ

Is this 7th grade history curriculum free?

Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 history lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).

How long is a 7th grade history lesson?

Plan on about 40–50 minutes a day for history. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.

Is Life Academy accredited?

No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.

Can I print it?

Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.

Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.