Grade 7 Curriculum
Pre-algebra, Python and the engineering mindset
Middle School · Grade 6 – Grade 8
Grade 7 pushes into abstraction. Learners work with linear relationships, chemical and physical change, historical causation and full Python programming, while robotics introduces sensors and control.
Developmental learning priorities
- Linear relationships and pre-algebra
- Research writing
- Python programming
- Engineering design with sensors
- Business planning
Subjects taught in Grade 7
Literature, Research & Rhetoric(open for detail)
Learners analyse extended literary works and rhetoric in speeches and media, and produce a full research paper with a working bibliography and proper in-text citation.
Annual learning objectives
- • Analyse theme and rhetorical technique
- • Produce a research paper with citations
- • Evaluate source credibility systematically
- • Deliver a persuasive speech
Key units & topics
- • Novel study
- • Rhetoric and persuasion
- • Research paper
- • Source evaluation
- • Speech
Skills developed
- • Analysis
- • Research
- • Rhetoric
- • Oral delivery
Projects & performance tasks
- • Research paper and persuasive speech on a chosen national issue
Technology & AI integration
Source verification includes checking AI-summarised claims against originals.
Assessment approach
Research paper rubric, speech rubric and tests.
Pre-Algebra & Proportional Relationships(open for detail)
Learners work with linear expressions and equations, proportional relationships and graphs, geometry of circles and solids, and probability.
Annual learning objectives
- • Solve multi-step linear equations
- • Graph proportional and linear relationships
- • Calculate area, surface area and volume
- • Calculate simple probabilities
Key units & topics
- • Expressions and equations
- • Linear graphs
- • Geometry of circles and solids
- • Probability
- • Statistics
Skills developed
- • Algebraic manipulation
- • Graphical reasoning
- • Probabilistic thinking
Projects & performance tasks
- • Model a small business's revenue and costs as linear functions
Technology & AI integration
Graphing tools and spreadsheet modelling.
Assessment approach
Unit tests, problem sets and a modelling task.
Integrated Science II: Chemistry, Genetics & Forces(open for detail)
Learners study chemical reactions and conservation of mass, heredity and genetics, and forces and motion, with quantitative laboratory work.
Annual learning objectives
- • Balance and explain simple chemical changes
- • Explain inheritance using models
- • Apply force and motion relationships
- • Analyse quantitative lab data
Key units & topics
- • Chemical reactions
- • Genetics and heredity
- • Forces and motion
- • Quantitative labs
Skills developed
- • Quantitative analysis
- • Modelling
- • Lab technique
Projects & performance tasks
- • Reaction rate investigation with measured variables
Technology & AI integration
Data analysis in spreadsheets; simulations for hazardous or unavailable experiments.
Assessment approach
Lab reports, practicals and tests.
Liberia in the Twentieth Century(open for detail)
Learners study Liberia's political and economic development, society and inequality, the causes and consequences of conflict, and the reconciliation process, using multiple sources.
Annual learning objectives
- • Explain major twentieth-century developments
- • Analyse causes and consequences of conflict
- • Compare differing accounts of the same event
- • Describe reconciliation efforts
Key units & topics
- • Political development
- • Economy and society
- • Conflict and its causes
- • Reconciliation and rebuilding
Skills developed
- • Causal analysis
- • Source comparison
- • Sensitive discussion
Projects & performance tasks
- • Oral-history interview project with written historical context
Technology & AI integration
Recordings archived digitally with consent.
Assessment approach
Research quality, essays and interview portfolio.
Python Programming I(open for detail)
Learners program in Python: variables, input and output, conditionals, loops, lists and functions, building small working applications and learning to read error messages.
Annual learning objectives
- • Write Python programs using loops and conditionals
- • Define and call functions
- • Work with lists and simple data
- • Interpret error messages and debug
Key units & topics
- • Python syntax
- • Control flow
- • Functions
- • Lists
- • Debugging
Skills developed
- • Text programming
- • Decomposition
- • Debugging
Projects & performance tasks
- • Python record-keeping or quiz application with a user menu
Technology & AI integration
Learners may consult AI for explanations but must explain their own code line by line.
Assessment approach
Programming assignments, practical test and code walkthrough.
Robotics: Sensors, Control & Design Process(open for detail)
Learners program robots or microcontroller circuits to respond to sensor input, and run the full engineering design process on a defined challenge with measured iteration.
Annual learning objectives
- • Program a sensor-driven behaviour
- • Apply the full design process
- • Measure performance and iterate
- • Document a design for others
Key units & topics
- • Sensors and actuators
- • Control logic
- • Design process
- • Documentation
Skills developed
- • Control programming
- • Systematic iteration
- • Technical writing
Projects & performance tasks
- • Autonomous line-following or obstacle-avoiding robot challenge
Technology & AI integration
Direct link between code, data and physical behaviour.
Assessment approach
Robot performance, design journal and documentation.
Data Analysis & Computational Thinking(open for detail)
Learners collect and clean real data, calculate measures of centre and spread, build charts and dashboards and critique statistical claims in media.
Annual learning objectives
- • Clean and organise a real dataset
- • Calculate mean, median and range
- • Build an informative dashboard
- • Critique a statistical claim
Key units & topics
- • Data collection and cleaning
- • Summary statistics
- • Visualisation
- • Critique of claims
Skills developed
- • Data handling
- • Statistical reasoning
- • Visualisation
Projects & performance tasks
- • Community data dashboard on a chosen local issue
Technology & AI integration
Foundation for later AI work: learners audit their dataset for gaps and bias.
Assessment approach
Dashboard quality and written interpretation.
Business Planning & Pitching(open for detail)
Learners conduct market research, develop a full business plan with financial projections, and pitch it to a panel of teachers or local entrepreneurs.
Annual learning objectives
- • Conduct and use market research
- • Write a business plan with projections
- • Build and deliver a pitch
- • Respond to investor questions
Key units & topics
- • Market research
- • Business model
- • Financial projections
- • Pitching
Skills developed
- • Research
- • Financial modelling
- • Persuasion
Projects & performance tasks
- • Business plan competition with an external panel
Technology & AI integration
Projections built in spreadsheets; AI used for market research with sources verified.
Assessment approach
Plan rubric, projection accuracy and pitch performance.
Debate & Media Literacy(open for detail)
Learners debate formally, analyse how media frames issues, and practise fact-checking techniques including reverse image search and source tracing.
Annual learning objectives
- • Argue and rebut in formal debate
- • Analyse framing and bias in media
- • Trace a claim to its original source
- • Verify an image or video
Key units & topics
- • Debate
- • Media framing
- • Fact-checking
- • Verification tools
Skills developed
- • Argumentation
- • Critical analysis
- • Verification
Projects & performance tasks
- • School debate tournament and a misinformation awareness bulletin
Technology & AI integration
Includes detection of AI-generated text, images and audio.
Assessment approach
Debate performance, analysis essays and verification tasks.
Health, PE & Personal Development(open for detail)
Learners study nutrition and non-communicable disease, mental health and resilience, substance avoidance and safety, and continue fitness and team sport with leadership roles.
Annual learning objectives
- • Explain lifestyle risk factors for disease
- • Apply resilience and stress strategies
- • Refuse and manage peer pressure
- • Lead a team or training session
Key units & topics
- • Nutrition and disease risk
- • Mental health
- • Substance avoidance
- • Sport leadership
Skills developed
- • Health decision making
- • Resilience
- • Leadership
Projects & performance tasks
- • Peer-led wellbeing workshop for Grade 5
Technology & AI integration
Wellbeing and fitness data tracked and analysed.
Assessment approach
Tests, workshop delivery and participation.
History: Empires, Contact & Colonialism in Africa(open for detail)
Learners study medieval and early modern Africa, European contact, the transatlantic slave trade and its long consequences, the colonial partition of Africa and the beginnings of resistance — with Liberia's unusual position examined closely.
Annual learning objectives
- • Explain the causes and consequences of the transatlantic slave trade
- • Describe how and why Africa was partitioned
- • Explain why Liberia's history differs from that of colonised neighbours
- • Build an argument from at least three sources
Key units & topics
- • African states and trade
- • Transatlantic slave trade
- • Partition of Africa
- • Resistance movements
- • Liberia's distinct path
Skills developed
- • Multi-source argument
- • Change and continuity
- • Perspective and bias
- • Structured essay writing
Projects & performance tasks
- • Document-based essay on the consequences of the slave trade
- • Group presentation on one resistance movement
Technology & AI integration
Learners search digital archives, use an AI assistant only to locate leads, and are required to cite the original document behind every claim they keep.
Assessment approach
Document-based essay, presentation rubric and source-analysis tests.
Civics: Elections, Media & Informed Citizens(open for detail)
Learners study elections and democratic participation as academic concepts — registration, campaigning, voting, counting and results — and the role of the press. Media and information literacy is central: how to check a claim before believing or sharing it.
Annual learning objectives
- • Describe the stages of an election process
- • Explain why free and fair elections matter
- • Verify a news claim using at least two independent sources
- • Identify manipulation techniques in a message or image
Key units & topics
- • Election processes
- • Political participation
- • Role of the press
- • Misinformation and verification
- • Respectful disagreement
Skills developed
- • Verification
- • Critical reading
- • Debate
- • Ethical judgement
Projects & performance tasks
- • Mock election run end to end by the class
- • Fact-check portfolio on five circulating claims
Technology & AI integration
Learners examine AI-generated text and images, including deepfakes, and practise a documented verification routine before sharing anything.
Assessment approach
Fact-check portfolio, mock-election roles and a unit test. Simulations are non-partisan and never used for real campaigning.
End-of-year outcomes
By the end of Grade 7, a learner:
- Writes and defends a research paper and a persuasive speech.
- Solves multi-step equations and graphs linear relationships.
- Writes working Python programs with functions and lists.
- Builds a sensor-driven robot and documents the design.
- Produces a business plan with financial projections.