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7th Grade History Lessons: True Stories and Labs

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These 7th grade history lessons are true stories written for students around age 12. Each one is a reading with a notes template, student work, and labs. This page gathers five of them.

The lessons cover Abraham Lincoln's boyhood in Indiana, the Hohokam canal builders of Arizona, the invention of the transistor, the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, and Axl Rose's path from Lafayette to Los Angeles.

Use a lesson as a shared reading with notes, then assign a primary-source lab or a judgment lab as student work. Student files are free with a school email.

  1. Abraham Lincoln's Indiana Boyhood7th grade · age 12

    Lincoln's family moves from Kentucky to Indiana in 1816; he loses his mother, gains a stepmother, and teaches himself through reading.

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  2. From Transistors to Computer-Guided Robots7th grade · age 12

    Bell Labs scientists invent the transistor, which leads to pocket radios, microprocessors, personal computers, and computer-guided factory robots.

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  3. Hohokam Canal Builders of the Salt River Valley7th grade · age 12

    Hohokam farmers dig hundreds of miles of canals in Arizona, trade widely, then leave their settlements during drought by the 1300s.

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  4. Axl Rose Leaves Lafayette for Rock Stardom7th grade · age 12

    Axl Rose grows up in Lafayette, Indiana, moves to Los Angeles in 1982, and becomes the front man of Guns N' Roses.

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  5. The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana7th grade · age 12

    The Klan dominates Indiana politics from 1921 to 1930 under D.C. Stephenson, until his crimes and Black Hoosier resistance end its power.

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Every lesson comes with a notes template, student work and labs; student files are free with a school email.All topics