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Grade 7 Subjects: DepEd MATATAG Curriculum

Get an overview of the subjects and specific topics under each subject that our Grade 7 students will be learning under the DepEd MATATAG Curriculum.

Grade 7 is one of the first few grade levels that are implementing the new DepEd MATATAG Curriculum, together with Kindergarten, Grade 4, and Grade 10. (If you would like more information about the contents of the new curriculum for each grade level, you can head over to our article: DepEd MATATAG Curriculum: Kindergarten to Grade 10 Subjects Grouped by Grade Level.) This page focuses on the subjects and topics that will be taught to students in Grade 7.

What are the Grade 7 subjects in the Philippines?

There may be some differences in subjects among different schools, but according to the Department of Education, these are the main subjects that Grade 7 learners will be undertaking:

  • Araling Panlipunan (AP) / Social Studies
  • English
  • Filipino
  • Mathematics
  • Music and Arts
  • Physical Education and Health
  • Science
  • Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE)
  • Values Education

 

The topics to be learned under each subject are listed below.

Araling Panlipunan (AP) / Social Studies

First Quarter - Geography and Ancient History

Geography of Southeast Asia

  • Physical Geography of Southeast Asia
    • Location of Southeast Asia
    • Physical Characteristics of the Region (mainland and insular)
    • Impact of the Physical Characteristics of Southeast Asia in People’s Lives
    • Southeast Asia’s Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
  • Human Geography of Southeast Asia
    • Cultural Differences
      • Ethnolinguistic groups in insular Southeast Asia
      • Ethnolinguistic groups in continental Southeast Asia
      • Belief systems
    • Social Structure
    • Power Relationship

 

Ancient History of Southeast Asia

  • Proliferation of People in Southeast Asia
    • Austronesians
    • Mainland Origin Hypothesis (Bellwood)
    • Island Origin Hypothesis (Solheim)
    • “Peopling of Mainland SE Asia”
  • Ancient Civilizations in Southeast Asia
    • Ancient Mainland (Continental) Civilizations
      • Funan
      • Angkor (Khmer)
      • Pagan
      • Toungoo
      • Ayutthaya
    • Ancient Insular Civilizations
      • Srivijaya
      • Sailendra
      • Madjapahit
      • Malacca
    • Relations of the Philippines with ancient civilizations in Southeast Asia
    • Relations of civilizations in Southeast Asia with Chinese and Indian civilizations

Second Quarter - Colonialism and Imperialism in Southeast Asia

The Concept of Colonialism and Imperialism

  • The definition and difference of colonialism and imperialism
  • The difference between direct and indirect colonialism
  • The first and second stages of Western imperialism
  • The case of Thailand as an independent country in the era of Western imperialism in Southeast Asia

 

Colonialism and Western Imperialism in Insular Southeast Asia

  • Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia
  • Comparison of colonial procedures and policies in the three countries of insular Southeast Asia
  • Comparison of different responses to colonial structures (pag-alsa, pag-angkin at pag-angkop) in the three countries of insular Southeast Asia

 

Colonialism and Western Imperialism in Continental Southeast Asia

  • Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam
  • Comparison of colonial procedures and policies in the three countries of continental Southeast Asia
  • Comparison of different responses to colonial structures (pag-alsa, pag-angkin at pag-angkop) in the three countries of continental Southeast Asia

 

Emergence of Japanese Imperialism in the 20th Century

  • Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam
  • Comparison of colonial procedures and policies in four countries of Southeast Asia
  • Comparison of different responses to colonial structures (pag-alsa, pag-angkin at pag-angkop) in four countries of Southeast Asia

Third Quarter - Nationalism, Independence and Nationality

Explanation of Basic Concepts

  • The concept of Nationalism
  • The concept of Independence
  • The concept of Nationality

 

Nationalism and the Attainment of Independence by Selected Countries in Southeast Asia

  • Philippines
  • Burma
  • Indonesia
  • Vietnam

 

Challenges to Philippine Nationalism After the Second World War

  • Summary of political challenges (elite democracy, neocolonialism, dictatorship, widespread corruption)
  • Summary of economic challenges (growing gap between rich and poor, underdeveloped agricultural sector, lack of industrial base)
  • Summary of cultural and social challenges (issues regarding Filipino identity and lack of programs promoting the welfare and well-being of ethnic groups, rise of communist and Moro movements caused by social problems)

 

Challenges of Nationalism in Continental Southeast Asia After the Bandung Conference

  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Myanmar
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
  • Comparison of challenges to nationalism of five countries in continental Southeast Asia

 

Challenges of Nationalism in Insular Southeast Asia After the Bandung Conference

  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
  • Singapore
  • Brunei
  • Independence of Timor Leste (2002)
  • Comparison of challenges to nationalism of five countries in insular Southeast Asia

Fourth Quarter - Relations of Countries in the Region

The Establishment of ASEAN

  • Birth and Internal and External Development of Regional Relations of ASEAN (Rise and development of inter- and intra-regional relations of ASEAN)
    • Purpose
    • History
    • Structure (Coordinating & Community Council)
  • ASEAN’s success in achieving prosperity and peace in the region
    • Declaration on the Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN)
    • Declaration of ASEAN Concord
    • ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
    • Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (SEANWFZ)
    • ASEAN Vision 2020

 

The Philippines in ASEAN

  • Philippine Accession to ASEAN
  • Role of the Philippines in ASEAN
  • ASEAN as one of the bases of the foreign and trade policy of the Philippines

 

ASEAN and the Challenge of Sustainable Development in the Philippines and Southeast Asia

  • ASEAN Sustainable Goals
  • ASEAN Community 2015 (ACI15), (ASEAN Economic (AEC), Political-Security (APSC), Socio-Cultural (ASCC)
  • ASEAN COMMUNITY VISION 2025
  • Key challenges facing ASEAN

 

Human Rights Situation in the Philippines and Southeast Asia

  • Establishment of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
  • ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD)
  • Issues faced by ASEAN in relation to human rights

English

First Quarter

Philippine poetry

  • lyric
  • narrative
  • dramatic

Second Quarter

Philippine prose

  • short story
  • novel

Third Quarter

Informational texts

  • Expository texts
  • Journalistic texts: news and press releases, and features

Fourth Quarter

  • Informational texts (expository essays)
  • Transactional texts (letter of request)

Filipino

First Quarter - Mga Tula sa Panahon ng Katutubo

  • Tula at karunungang bayan
    • bugtong
    • tanaga
    • sawikain
    • salawikain
    • kasabihan
  • Awiting-bayan
    • dalit
    • oyayi
    • kundiman
    • diona
    • dung-aw
    • soliranin
    • talindaw
  • Epikong bayan
    • Alim
    • Bantugan
    • Biag ni Lam-ang
    • Ibalon
    • Kudaman
    • Labaw Donggon

Second Quarter - Mga Tuluyan Sa Panahon ng Katutubo

  • Kuwentong-bayan
    • alamat
    • pabula
    • kuwentong posong
  • Dula
    • katutubong sayaw
    • rituwal ng babaylan

Third Quarter - Mga Akda sa Panahon ng Pananakop ng Espanya

  • Mga akdang panrelihiyon
    • pasyon
    • dasal
  • Akdang pangkagandahang-asal
  • Dula
    • senakulo
    • tibag
    • Flores de Mayo
    • Santacruzan
  • Awit at korido

Fourth Quarter - Ibong Adarna

Mathematics

First Quarter

  • Regular and irregular polygons and their features/properties
  • Determination of measures of angles and number of sides of polygons
  • Application of percentages
  • Use of rates
  • Rational numbers

Second Quarter

  • Square roots of perfect squares, cube roots of perfect cubes, and irrational numbers
  • Conversion of units of measure
  • Volume of square and rectangular pyramids, and cylinders
  • Sets and subsets, and the union and intersection of sets using Venn diagrams
  • Subset of real numbers

Third Quarter

  • Data collection and sampling techniques, and the presentation of data in appropriate tables and graphs
  • Interpretation of statistical graphs
  • The set of integers, and comparing and ordering integers
  • The four operations with integers
  • Simplification of numerical expressions involving integers
  • Absolute value of an integer

Fourth Quarter

  • The solution of simple equations
  • The evaluation of algebraic expressions following substitution
  • The rearrangement of a formula to make a different variable the subject of the formula
  • Outcomes from experiments
  • Operations using scientific notation

Music and Arts

First Quarter

PERFORMING ARTS

  • Music: Popular Music
    • Vocal Music
    • Instrumental Music
  • Theater Arts
    • Asian Theater Practices
    • Relevant Principles of Theater Arts
  • Dance: Contemporary and Emerging Southeast Asian Dance Styles

 

VISUAL ARTS

  • Visual Art
    • Comics
    • Animation
    • Architecture
    • Weaving
  • Film
    • Feature film
    • Short film
    • Historical film
    • Biographical
    • Documentary
    • Animation

Second Quarter

PERFORMING ARTS

  • Music: Traditional or Local Folk Music Common to the Philippines and Southeast Asia
    • Vocal Music
    • Instrumental Music
  • Theater
    • Puppetry
    • Festivals
  • Dance
    • Traditional Dance
    • Festivals

 

VISUAL ARTS: Traditional or Folk Art

  • Embroidery
  • Brass Making
  • Prints and Patterns
  • Fabrics
  • Sculpture
  • Architecture
  • Paintings
  • Weaving
  • Needle Work
  • Pottery
  • Carving (Wood, Stone, Clay, Metal)

Third Quarter

PERFORMING ARTS

  • Music
    • Philippine National Anthem
    • Nationalistic Music
    • Vocal Music
    • Instrumental Music
  • Theater: Relevant Theater Forms
    • Street Plays
    • Advocacy Performances / Theater for Development
  • Dance: Relevant Dance Forms

 

VISUAL ARTS

  • Textile, Prints, Painting, Sculpture, Installation, Architecture
  • Films

Fourth Quarter

Southeast Asian Performing and Visual Art Forms/Festivals

  • Musical Plays/Traditional Epics
  • Puppetry
  • Dance
  • Theater
  • Attire

Physical Education and Health

First Quarter

  • Characteristics of a Mentally Healthy Adolescent
  • Common Adolescents’ Concerns that can Affect Mental Health
  • Prevention and Management of Common Adolescents’ Concerns that Can Affect Mental Health
  • Ways to Safeguard One’s Mental Health
  • Various Physical Activities that Help Safeguard Mental Health
  • Benefits of Physical Activity Participation on Mental Health
  • Physical Activity Participation: Target Games
    Suggested Activities:
    • Unopposed – Golf, Archery, Bowling, Bocce Ball, Darts
    • Opposed – Billiards, Croquet, Lawn Bowls
    • Combative Sports – Arnis, Taekwondo, Boxing, Fencing, Pencat Silat, Wushu, Muay Thai, Karatedo and/or Sole Fighting/Rapandapanan

Second Quarter

  • Family’s Role in Managing Adolescent’s Concerns
  • Assertive Family Behavior in Preventing and Managing Conflicts
  • Physical Activities to Strengthen Relationship with Family Members
  • Physical Activity Participation: Invasion Games
    Suggested Activities: Sports
    Basketball, Football, Floorball, Futsal, Ultimate Frisbee, Handball, Tchoukball, and/or Water Polo/Swimming

Third Quarter

  • Importance of Healthy Eating During Adolescence
  • Common Adolescents’ Nutritional Concerns and Ways to Prevent Them
  • Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Participation
  • Physical Activity Participation: Dances
    Suggested Activities: Christian Dances with Western Roots
    Ba-Ingles, Jota Batangueña, Purpuri, Alcamfor, Kuratsa, Lancero, Mazurka Boholana, Habanera Botolena

Fourth Quarter

  • First Aid Concepts, Objectives, and Principles
  • First Aid for Common Conditions
  • Road Safety
  • Water Safety
  • Self-Management Skills for Road and Water Safety
  • First Aid for Musculoskeletal Issues/Injuries
  • Physical Activity Participation: Dances
    Suggested Activities
    • ASEAN and ASIAN dances (e.g. joget or zapin of Malaysia, pon poo thai of Thailand, bon dance or parasol dance of Japan, fan dance of china and other ASEAN/ASIAN dances)
    • American Dances (e.g. Red River Valley, Oh Susana, Grand March and other square dances)
    • European Dances (e.g. Tarantela, Arkadsky, Minuet, La Cucaracha, Varsovienne, Rheilander for Three and other European dances)

Science

First Quarter - Science of Materials

  • Use of models
  • The Particle Model and changes of state
  • Planning, following, and recording scientific investigations
  • Solutions, solubility, and concentration

Second Quarter - Life Science

  • Science equipment: the compound microscope
  • Plant and animal cells
  • Cellular reproduction
  • Levels of biological organization
  • Trophic levels and the transfer of energy

Third Quarter - Force, Motion, and Energy

  • Balanced and unbalanced forces
  • Motion: displacement and velocity
  • Distance-time graphs
  • Identifying and controlling variables
  • Heat transfer

Fourth Quarter - Earth and Space Science

  • System models
  • Earthquakes
  • The Sun’s influence on Earth

Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE)

First Quarter - Information and Communication Technology

Information and Communication Technology

  • Sectors of ICT and Its Career and Business Opportunities
  • Trends and Issues in ICT
  • Qualities of Successful Entrepreneurs in the Field of ICT
  • Occupational Safety and Health (OHS) Standards in ICT
  • Computer Number Systems
  • Conversion of Computer Number Systems

 

Word Processing Software

  • page breaks
  • auto tables of contents
  • mail merge
  • references

 

Presentation Software

  • rules in creating presentations
  • master slide
  • animation (motion path)
  • animation pane
  • hyperlink
  • action buttons

 

Spreadsheet Software

  • conditional formatting functions
  • data analysis

Second Quarter - Agriculture and Fishery Arts (AFA)

Career Opportunities

  • agriculturist
  • farm technician
  • farm owner

 

Business Opportunities

  • traders
  • entrepreneurs

 

Agricultural Tools, Implements, and Equipment

  • agricultural tools, implements, and equipment and their uses
  • precautionary measures
  • safety procedures in using tools and equipment

 

Agricultural Hazards and Risks in Farm Operations

 

Agricultural Practices in Crop Production

  • site selection
  • land preparation
  • crop selection
  • planting
  • transplanting

 

Care and Maintenance of Crops

  • weeding and cultivating
  • irrigation/water supply
  • fertilizing
  • mulching using organic materials
  • natural prevention and control of common pests and diseases (using natural farming/organic farming

 

Farm Waste Processing

  • composting (basket composting)
  • fermentation (foliar fertilizer)

 

Agricultural Practices in Harvesting Crops

  • harvesting
  • post-harvesting

 

Breeds of Farm Animals

  • poultry animals
    • poultry chicken (layer and broiler)
    • quail
    • ducks
  • livestock animals
    • swine
    • rabbit
    • small ruminants (dairy and meat-type such as goat and sheep)
    • large ruminants (dairy and meat type- such as cattle and buffalo)

 

Materials, Tools, and Equipment for Poultry and Livestock Animals

 

Housing Requirements for Poultry and Livestock Animals

  • site selection
  • types of housing
  • design and layout

 

Feeding Management for Poultry and Livestock Animals

  • types of feeds
  • feed ingredients
  • feed mensuration and calculation
  • feeding frequency
  • OSH in feeding operations

 

Farm Waste Management in Animal Production

 

Products and Byproducts of Poultry and Livestock Animals

  • raw products
  • processed products

Third Quarter - Family and Consumer Science

Fundamentals of Hospitality and Tourism Industry

 

Tourism

  • kinds of tourists
  • types and forms of tourism
    • based on the point of origin
    • based on the purpose of travel

 

Hospitality

  • scope of hospitality industry
    • accommodation and lodging
    • travel services
    • food and beverage services
    • recreation and entertainment
    • clubs
    • conventions and events management
    • cruise
  • types of accommodations and their characteristics
  • hotel types and classification

 

Career Opportunities in Hospitality and Tourism Industry

 

Issues, Challenges, Trends and Innovations in Hospitality and Tourism

 

Fundamentals of Food Preparation and Service

  • different food service operations
    • commercial
    • institutional
  • basic rules in food preparation and service
  • kitchen layout

 

Seven Principles of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)

 

Tools and Equipment in Food Preparation

  • kitchen
  • food service
  • care and maintenance

 

Table Napkin Fold

  • uses of table napkin
  • table napkin sizes
  • basic table napkin fold

 

Food Selection, Preparation and Cooking

  • guidelines in food selection
  • guidelines in food preparation

 

Principles of Cooking

  • heat transfer
  • effects of heat

 

Kitchen Math

  • English and metric system

Fourth Quarter - Industrial Arts (IA)

Services in Industrial Arts

  • construction services (woodwork, metal works, masonry, construction painting, plumbing, tile setting)
  • electrical-electronics services (electronics product assembly and services, electrical installation and maintenance, domestic refrigeration and air condition services)
  • automotive and small engine (automotive servicing, motorcycle/ small engine servicing)

 

Career and Business Opportunities

 

Codes and Standards in Industrial Arts Services

  • National Building Code of the Philippines or Republic Act No 6451 (residential construction)
  • Philippine Electrical Code (residential wiring)
  • Philippine Electronics Code
  • traffic and road signs

 

Hand Tools, Power Tools, Instruments, and Equipment Used in Industrial Arts Services

  • power tools
    • hydraulic tools
    • pneumatic tools
  • instruments (analog, digital, and computer-based)
    • measuring
    • calibrating
    • testing
  • equipment and accessories
    • construction services
    • electro-mechanical services
    • electrical services
    • automotive and small engine services

 

Preventive Maintenance

  • handling
  • storing

 

Scale Reading

  • volt-ohm-milliammeter
  • tachometer
  • oscilloscope
  • ampere meter

 

Mensuration and Calculations

  • linear measurement
  • ratio and proportion
  • Ohm’s Law
  • Power Law

Values Education

First Quarter

  • Maingat na paghuhusga (Prudence)
  • Magalang (Respect)
  • Matatag (Resilience)
  • Pananalig sa Diyos (Faith in God)
  • Mabuting katiwala (Good stewardship)
  • Kahandaan (Preparedness)
  • Mapanagutan (Accountability)

Second Quarter

  • Maingat na Paghuhusga (Prudence)
  • Matiyaga (Perseverance)
  • Mapagmahal (Loving)
  • Madasalin (Prayerful)
  • Maingat na paghuhusga (Prudence)
  • Mapagmalasakit (Concerned)
  • Nasyonalismo (Nationalism)

Third Quarter

  • Tiwala sa Sarili (Self-confidence)
  • Mapagkumbaba (Humility)
  • Matapat (Honest)
  • Magalang (Respect)
  • Mapagmalasakit (Compassion)
  • Matipid (Thrifty)
  • Maingat na Paghuhusga (Prudence)

Fourth Quarter

  • Mapagmalasakit (Compassion)
  • Karunungan (Wisdom)
  • Disiplina (Discipline)
  • Mapanagutan (Accountability)
  • Matiyaga (Perseverance)
  • Mabuting katiwala (Good stewardship)
  • Malikhain (Creativity)