Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Grade 7
Fall 2008
OSPI Suggested Grade 7 Units:
World - Major Societies (600-1450 CE)
WA - Territory and Treaty Making (1854-1889)
WA - Railroads, Reform, Immigration, and Labor (1889-1930)
WA - Great Depression and World War II (1930-1945)
WA - New Technologies and Industries (1945-1980)
WA - Contemporary Washington State (1980-present)
Social Studies EALR 1: CIVICS
Component 1.1
GLE 1.1.1
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GLE 1.1.2
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Component 1.2
GLE 1.2.1
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GLE 1.2.2
GLE 1.2.3
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GLE 1.2.4
No Grade 7 GLE
The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make
decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.
Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution,
and other fundamental documents.
Understands how key ideals set forth in fundamental documents, including the Washington State Constitution and tribal treaties,
define the goals if our state.
Explains how liberty is defined in the Washington State Constitution.
Explains how justice is defined in the Washington State Constitution.
Explains how sovereignty is defined in tribal treaties.
Examines the relationship between Washington State citizens’ support for Gordon Hirabayashi’s resistance to
incarceration and the right to due process” outlined in Article 1, Section 3 of the State Constitution.
Analyzes the relationship between the actions of people in Washington State and the ideals outlined in
the State Constitution.
Explains how the Washington State Constitution defines equallity when declaring that it is "the paramount duty of
the state to make ample provision fo rthe education of all children residing within its borders, without distinction
or preference on account
Explains the organization and powers of city and county government.
Explains the organization and powers of the three branches of Washington State government.
No Grade 7 GLE
Examines the relationship between Washington State women’s contribution to the war effort during World War II
and the equality of rights and responsibility outlined in Article 31, Section 1 of the State Constitution.
Understands and analyzes the structure, organization, and powers of government at the local, state, and tribal levels including
the concept of tribal sovereignty.
Explains the organization and powers of local tribal government.
Explains the populist features of the Washington State Constitution, including initiative and referendum.
Examines the relationship between the implementation of the Bracero Program and the personal rights outlined
in Article 1, Section 3 of the State Constitution.
Understands the purposes, organizations, and functions of governments, laws and political systems.
Understands various forms of government and their effects on the lives of people in the past or present.
Compares the effects of theocracy on the lives of people in the Islamic Caliphate and the Mayan Kingdom.
Compares and contrasts the effects of feudalism on the lives of people in medieval Europe and Japan.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Grade 7
Fall 2008
Social Studies EALR 1: CIVICS
Component 1.3
GLE 1.3.1
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Component 1.4
GLE 1.4.1
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Explains how lobbying the legislature contributed to the passage of the "Becca Bill."
Understands civic involvement.
Understands the effectiveness of different forms of civic involvement.
Examines how the World Trade Organization has affected environmental regulations and employment
opportunities in Washington State.
Examines how treaties have affected fishing in Washington State.
Analyzes how international agreements have affected Washington State in the past or present.
Understands the purpose, organization of international relationships and United States foreign policy.
Explains the influence of letters to the editor of the local paper on school funding and instructional resources.
Explains the influence of testimony at public hearings on laws regulating the use of private property.
The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make
decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Grade 7
Fall 2008
Social Studies EALR 2: ECONOMICS
Component 2.1
GLE 2.1.1
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Component 2.2
GLE 2.2.1
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GLE 2.2.2
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Component 2.3
GLE 2.3.1
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Examines the role women played in the Washington State economy before, during, and after World War II.
Examines what authority tribal governments have to impose taxes.
Analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods, services, and resources in societies from the past or in the
present.
Examines the types of services offered under feudalism in medieval Europe and Japan in helping people meet
their needs and wants.
Understands how economic systems function.
Examines how the legislature levies taxes to create public schools, state parks, and sporting arenas.
Examines how state laws have improved the economic and living conditions of migrant farm workers through an
establishment of a higher minimum wage.
Examines how tribal councils invest monies from enterprises, such as gaming, into their communities.
Understands that people have to make choices between wants and needs and evaluate the outcomes of those choices.
Examines the costs and benefits of getting a credit card and accumulating debt.
Examines the pros and cons of buying a Washington State lottery ticket.
Analyzes the importance of financial literacy in making economic choices related to spending, saving, and
investing.
Examines how people in Washington State make choices about where to invest their money for the highest
return and lowest risk.
Examines how people evaluate advertising when choosing where to spend their money.
Understands the government’s role in the economy.
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Examines how the demand for lumber in Japan and supply of lumber in Washington State has led to a trade
relationship.
Examines how the impact of Japan’s demand for raw lumber affects Washington State’s lumber Industry
Examines how the Pacific Salmon Treaty has affected the harvesting and exporting of salmon.
Understands and analyzes the role of government in the economy of Washington State through taxation, spending, and policy
setting in the past or present.
The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between
individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Grade 7
Fall 2008
Social Studies EALR 2: ECONOMICS
Component 2.4
GLE 2.4.1
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Examines the efforts of the Northwest Indian Fish Commission to co-manage the state’s natural
resources.
Examines the effects of economic growth in Washington State agriculture on the distribution of wealth and
sustainability.
Understands and analyzes the distribution of wealth and sustainability of resources in Washington State.
Understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face.
Examines the relationship between types of employment and standard of living.
Examines how the emergence of Microsoft has affected income distribution in Washington State.
The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between
individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Grade 7
Fall 2008
Social Studies EALR 3: GEOGRAPHY
Component 3.1
GLE 3.1.1
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GLE 3.1.2
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Component 3.2
GLE 3.2.1
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GLE 3.2.2
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GLE 3.2.3
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Component 3.3
GLE 3.3.1
Understands the role of the Klondike Gold rush on the development of Seattle.
No Grade 7 GLE.
Understands the role of immigration in shaping societies in the past or present.
Understands the geographic context of global issues.
Explains the spread of Christianity and Islam across Europe and Africa.
Explains how the Norman Conquest of England led to the diffusion of French language into English.
Explains how the Islamic culture influenced European art during the Renaissance.
Draws conclusions about the role Norwegian immigrants had on urban development in coastal communities.
Explains how the establishment of Indian boarding schools led to the loss of tradition and language within tribes
in the Pacific Northwest.
Explains the differences in spatial patterns between the agricultural regions of the Palouse and those of the
Skagit Valley in Washington State.
Understands and analyzes how the environment has affected people and how people have affected the environment in
Washington
State in the past or present.
Examines how the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project impacted the Yakima River.
Compares how Washington State’s suburban and rural communities have impacted the environment differently.
The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concepts of location, region, and
movement and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environments.
Understands the physical characteristics, cultural characteristics, and location of places, regions, and spatial patterns on the
Earth’s surface.
Examines a map of the Northwest and constructs an interpretation about why Japanese internment camps were
placed where they were.
Analyzes maps and charts from a specific time period to analyze an issue or event.
Understands how human spatial patterns have emerged from natural processes and human activities in
the past or present.
Understands human interaction with the environment.
Understands examples of cultural diffusion in the world from the past or in the present.
Compares the patterns of human settlement in Middle Eastern and European countries during the Crusades and
explains the reasons for similarities and differences.
Examines the impact of urban sprawl on the natural environment and communities.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Grade 7
Fall 2008
Social Studies EALR 4: HISTORY
Component 4.1
GLE 4.1.1
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GLE 4.1.2
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Explains and compares the development of the Aztec empire with that of the Mali kingdom.
Explains and compares the development of the Incan Empire with that of ancient Ghana.
Explains how the exchange of land for continued fishing and hunting rights in the Point No Point Treaty helps to
define the treaty-making period.
Explains how women gaining the right to vote in 1910 helps to define Washington State history from 1889 to
1930 as a period of reform.
Territory and treaty-making (1854-1889).
Railroads, reform, immigration, and labor (1889 - 1930)
Great Depression and World War II (1930 - 1945).
Explains how the establishment of the civilian aerospace industry after World War II helps to define this era as a
time of new technologies and industries.
Explains and compares feudalism in Japan and Europe.
Understands historical chronology.
The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals,
and themes of local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present
and future.
Analyzes a major historical event and how it is represented on timelines from different cultural
Examines how the Crusades are represented differently on Christian and Muslim timelines.
Examines how the Islamic Conquest of the Iberian Peninsula is represented differently on Christian and Muslim
timelines.
Understands how themes and developments have defined eras in Washington State and World History by:
Explaining and comparing the development of major societies from 600 to 1450 in two or more regions of the world.
Explains how international trade treaties affecting Washington State business and agriculture help to define
contemporary Washington.
Explains and compares the development of Islam and Hinduism.
New technologies and industries (1945 - 1980).
Contemporary Washington State (1980 - present).
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Explains how the building of dams as part of the New Deal helps to define the 1930s and 1940s in Washington
State.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Grade 7
Fall 2008
Social Studies EALR 4: HISTORY
Component 4.2
GLE 4.2.1
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GLE 4.2.2
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GLE 4.2.3
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Component 4.3
GLE 4.3.1
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GLE 4.3.2
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Component 4.4
GLE 4.4.1
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Examines how the invention of algebra by Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi led to advancements in
mathematics, astronomy, astrology, geography, and cartography.
Understands and analyzes how technology and ideas have impacted Washington State or world history
Presents a position on the causes and outcomes of the Indian Wars in Washington Territory demonstrating
understanding of varying viewpoints of the conflict.
Examines how the history of damming the Snake and Columbia Rivers helps us understand tension between the
agricultural, environmental, and tribal communities.
Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.
Analyzes multiple causal factors that shape major events in Washington State or world history.
Analyzes and interprets historical materials from a variety of perspectives in Washington State or world history.
Constructs an interpretation of why the U.S. government incarcerated Japanese- Americans, as well as the
effects of the incarceration, using historical materials from Washington State.
Examines conflicting accounts of the effects of dams in the Pacific Northwest.
Explains the impact of Chapultepec on the development of Meso- America.
Understand and analyzes causal factors that have shaped major events in history.
Understands and analyzes how individuals and movements impact Washington State or world history.
Understands and analyzes how cultures and cultural groups contributed to Washington State or world history.
Explains how the experiences of the Polynesians on Easter Island show the effect of exploitation of
limited natural resources.
Explains how the Mali Empire shaped African history in the 11th century and beyond.
Uses history to understand the present and plan for the future.
Analyzes how an event in Washington State or world history helps us to understand a current issue.
Examines how the history of the Islamic Empire helps us understand issues in the Middle East today.
Explains the impact of Muhammad and the spread of Islam on world civilization.
The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, individuals,
and themes of local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present
and future.
Examines the effects of the moveable type on literacy in Song China.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Grade 7
Fall 2008
Social Studies EARL 5: SS SKILLS
Component 5.1
GLE 5.1.1
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GLE 5.1.2
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Component 5.2
GLE 5.2.1
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GLE 5.2.2
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Component 5.3
GLE 5.3.1
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Develops a research question to guide inquiry on how the demand for lumber in Japan and the supply of lumber
in Washington State led to a trade relationship between the two countries.
Develops a research question to guide inquiry on how the Pacific Salmon Treaty has affected the harvesting and
exporting of salmon.
Critiques the range of perspectives reflected in sources related to feudalism in Japan and Europe during the
Middle Ages.
Critiques the range of perspectives reflected in sources related to the Crusades.
Evaluates the breadth of primary and secondary sources and analyzes notes to determine the need for additional information
while researching an issue or event.
Deliberates public issues.
Analyzes and responds to multiple viewpoints on public issues brought forth in the context of a discussion.
Uses inquiry-based research.
The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, form, and evaluate positions through the
process of reading, writing, and communicating.
Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate positions.
Explains the evidence supporting a position on how the World Trade Organization has affected trade between
Washington State and Japan.
Explains the evidence supporting a position on how the North American Free Trade Agreement has affected
trade between Washington State and Canada.
Critiques how one accounts for a range of perspectives when developing a position on the trade relationship
between Washington State and Japan.
Engages in a Socratic seminar to analyze and respond to the multiple viewpoints on how the World Trade
Organization has affected environmental regulations and employment opportunities in Washington State.
Engages in a discussion to analyze and respond to the multiple viewpoints on how treaty fishing rights have
affected the return of the Chinook salmon to the Columbia River.
Creates and uses research questions to guide inquiry on an issue or event.
Critiques how one accounts for a range of perspectives when developing a position on the effects of the North
American Free Trade Agreement on the Washington State economy.
Understands evidence supporting a position on an issue or event.
Evaluates the breadth of evidence supporting positions on an issue or event.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Grade 7
Fall 2008
Social Studies EARL 5: SS SKILLS
Component 5.4
GLE 5.4.1
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GLE 5.4.2
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Develops a bibliography annotated with a summary of the resources used, non text features of the resources,
and the questions the resources answer.
Analyzes multiple factors, makes generalizations, and interprets primary sources to formulate a thesis in a paper or
Creates annotated bibliography, or works cited page using an appropriate format.
Examines the impact of feudalism in medieval Europe and Japan using art and artifacts.
Creates a product that uses social studies content to support a thesis and presents the product in an appropriate manner to a
meaningful audience.
Examines the lasting impact of the incarceration of Japanese Americans using newspapers, governmental
records, and journals of those who were incarcerated.
The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, form, and evaluate positions through the
process of reading, writing, and communicating.