Grade 7
at a glance

Fiction text: A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park 

Video: Founder’s Story by Water for South Sudan (~4 min)

Video: The War in Sudan, Explained by The Economist (~4 min)

Nonfiction text: Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Susan Clark, James Disco, and illustrated by Niki Singleton

Video: The Lost Boys, part one by CBS News (~12 min) 

Video: CBL Presents: Echoes of the Lost Boys of Sudan by Comic Book Literacy (~2  min)  

Writing: fundraising letter 

Fiction text: The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman 

Video: The Unexpected History of Midwives by Weird History (~11 min)

Nonfiction text: “Dashrath Manjhi, The ‘Mountain Man’ Who Spent 22 Years Carving A Lifesaving Road Through A Treacherous Mountain,” by Marco Margaritoff. All That’s Interesting. Published May 21, 2021. 

Video: Dashrath Manjhi - The Man Who Broke A Mountain Alone by Milaap (~6 min)  

Writing: narrative 

Fiction text: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

Video: The Unexpected History of Midwives by Weird History (~11 min)

Nonfiction text: “Dashrath Manjhi, The ‘Mountain Man’ Who Spent 22 Years Carving A Lifesaving Road Through A Treacherous Mountain,” by Marco Margaritoff. All That’s Interesting. Published May 21, 2021. 

Video: Dashrath Manjhi - The Man Who Broke A Mountain Alone by Milaap (~6 min)  

Writing: narrative 

Fiction text: Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

Video: Immigration and the Rise of Nativism by NBC News Learn (~2 min)  

Video: The US in World War I by the History Channel (~3 min)

Video: What Was It Like to Live during the Great Depression in the US? by Captivating History (~12 min)

Nonfiction book: Mathematician and Computer Scientist Grace Hopper by Andrea Pelleschi

Video: Voices Raised: Celebrating Women in STEM | Grace Hopper by Boston Consulting Group (~3 min)

Writing: informative

Fiction text: I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys

Video: Official Book Trailer: I Must Betray You by Penguin Teen (~30 sec)

Video: Rise and Fall of Ceaușescu by The Cold War (~18 min)

Nonfiction text: Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang

Video: This photo triggered China's Cultural Revolution by Vox (~6 min)

Writing: argument 

Fiction text: Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk 

Nonfiction text: “Voyage of the St. Louis.” Holocaust Encyclopedia. 

Video: How U.S. Antisemitism Shut the Door on Countless Refugee Children | The U.S. and the Holocaust by PBS (~7 min)

Video: SS St. Louis survivors reunite by Miami Herald (~3 min)

Writing: argument 

Fiction text: Ajay and the Mumbai Sun by Varsha Shah

Nonfiction text: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

Video: Jim Crow Laws In the South by NBC News Learn (~3 min)

Video: The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 by History Channel (~5 min) 

Video: Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin honored for bus protest by ABC News (~ 4 min) 

Writing: narrative

Fiction text: One Thousand and One Arabian Nights adapted by Geraldine McCaughrean 

Nonfiction text: The Travels of Ibn Battuta by UC Berkeley 

Video: Ibn Battuta by PBS World Explorers (~4 min)

Writing: informative

Fiction text: Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide

Video: Idi Amin: Violent Ugandan President - Fast Facts by History (~4 min)

Video: Why former Uganda dictator Idi Amin expelled thousands of Ugandan Asians by BBC News (~4 min)

Nonfiction text: All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat

Video: Thailand Cave: How the Thai cave boys were rescued -  BBC News (~4 min) 

Video: Rescued Thai cave survivor shares update 5 years later by TODAY (~5 min)

Writing: narrative