Why do gender stereotypes exist, and how can we challenge them? Suffrage Movement: Simplified timeline of women’s right to vote. Changing Roles: Compare women/men in jobs from the 1950s to today. Pay Gap Basics: Introduce the concept with relatable examples if a male earns 1,00$ a women only earns 0.82$.

-Types of governments The U.S. Constitution & Bill of Rights Civic responsibilities.

-Personal narrative writing ("Where I’m From" poems) Short stories: "The Lottery" (Shirley Jackson)

– fairness & traditionSpeech analysis: MLK’s "I Have a Dream" .

As well for the final project we could do Design Your Own Fair Society Students create laws, rights, and symbols for an imaginary community.

Teaching and learning in this 7th grade integrated English and Social Studies curriculum would be dynamic, student centered, and focused on real world connections. Each class would begin with an engaging warmup activity, like analyzing an image or responding to a thought-provoking prompt, to activate prior knowledge and set the tone for the lesson.