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1. Prepare Inventor Presentation

CLICK HERE to sign up for the inventor that you will write your report and give your presentation on.

If you didn’t give your inventor presentation yet, you will give it next week.

2. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #50 and #51. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #49 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1810 – Independence movement begins in Mexico
• 1813 –  Simon Bolivar begins his revolutionary career in Venezuela
• 1824 – Bolivar leads Battle of Ayacucho to free Peru
• 1825 – Most of Latin America becomes independent
• 1836 – Texas declares independence from Mexico
• 1898 –  Spanish-American War
• 1898 – Cuba & Puerto Rico become protectorates of the United States

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

LATIN AMERICA INDEPENDENCE
1808-1826

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

6. Elegant Essay Assignment

Create a bubble map for the following talk. (This is your writing assignment for the week.)

“Watchful unto Prayer Continually” by Elder Bednar

You can also find this talk on pg. 31 of the Nov 2019 Ensign.

6. Elegant Essay Reading

None

7. Writing Assignment

None

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

Get the book King of Mulberry Street – will start reading in a few weeks

NOTE: Here’s the list of the list of village/city elements from our activity in class last week.

1. Prepare Inventor Presentation

CLICK HERE to sign up for the inventor that you will write your report and give your presentation on.

NOTE: Only one student may sign up for each inventor.

Presentation is be due March 5.

• You must do a different kind of presentation than the one you did last time.
• Your presentation cannot be longer than 5 minuetes.
• Make your presentation interesting & engaging. Don’t be boring 🙂

2. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #47 and #48. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #46 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1815 – British declare formal control of Cape Colony and increase British immigration to South Africa.
• 1818 – Shaka, the Zulu chief, unifies Nguni peoples and fights against neighboring black Africans and white Europeans throughout southern Africa.
• 1853 – Commodore Perry opens up Japanese ports
• 1857 – Sepoy Massacre in India
• 1870 – Europeans begin to take control of all Africa countries
• 1876 – Queen Victoria is named Empress of India
• 1882 – British take over Egypt
• 1884 – Berlin Conference begins as European countries continue to argue over Africa
• 1896 – Ethiopians successfully resist European conquest
• 1899 – Boer War begins in South Africa

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

19th CENTURY IMPERIALISM
1870-1914

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

6. Elegant Essay Assignment

Color-code pg. 80-81 like we did in class.

• Red – Introduction
• Yellow – Thesis Statement
• Blue – Body Paragraphs
  • Place a star next to the topic sentence of each body paragraph
  • Put brackets around the examples in each body paragraph
• Green – Conclusion

6. Elegant Essay Reading

None

7. Writing Assignment

None

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

Get the book King of Mulberry Street – will start reading in a few weeks

1. Inventor Report & Presentation Signup

CLICK HERE to sign up for the inventor that you will write your report and give your presentation on.

NOTE: Only one student may sign up for each inventor.

• Sign up for an inventor above
• Research your inventor using the Biography Fact-Gathering Worksheet handed out in class
• Write a biography report using some of the facts you gathered. Try to include an introduction, a thesis, a body paragraph, and a conclusion. (This will be your first time pulling it all together, so it will probably feel hard. That’s okay. Just do your best.)
• Use the Descriptive Essay Grading Sheet to check your paper. (Handed out in class and also on p. 138 in your workbook.)

Your report will be due next time we come to class – February 27.

• Use the notes you took in class to brainstorm and structure your essay!
  • Research & fill out brainstorming guide
  • Create a thesis “bucket”
  • Find 3 distinct topics
  • Find an example (or 2) for each topic
  • Write a thesis statement that pulls all three topics together
  • Write your three body paragraphs
  • Write your introduction (thesis is the last sentence)
  • Write your conclusion
    
• Use the brainstorming guide handed out in class to guide your research.
• Use pg. 38-39 if you need help writing an Introduction.
• Use pg. 50-51 if you need help writing a Conclusion.
• Use pg. 10 and pg. 110 if you need help writing a Thesis.
• Use the checklist handed out in class to make sure you have all the pieces.

Presentation will be due March 5.

(More details on the presentation will be given in our next class, but the format will be similar to the presentation last semester – 5 minutes, engaging, etc.)

2. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #44 and #45. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #43 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1712 – Steam Engine invented
• 1764 – Spinning Jenny invented
• 1781 – Watt improves steam Engine
• 1789 – Samuel Slater secretly brings British industrial ideas to America
• 1794 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin
• 1844 – Morse opens successful single telegraph line
• 1855 – Bessemer process for extracting steel discovered
• 1859 – Lenoir makes successful internal combustion engine
• 1869 – Transcontinental railroad completed in America
• 1879 – Edison invents light bulb
• 1901 – Modern assembly line is introduced
• 1903 – Wright Brothers fly first airplane
• 1908 – Henry Ford begins production of Model T

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
1760 – 1910

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

6. Elegant Essay Assignment

None

6. Elegant Essay Reading

None

7. Writing Assignment

None

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

None

1. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #41 and #42. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #40 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1769  – Napoleon Bonaparte is born
• 1804  – Napoleon named Emperor of the French Empire
• 1812 – Napoleon invades Russia
• 1814 – Napoleon is exiled to Elba (1^st time)
• 1815 – Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
• 1821 – Napoleon dies in exile on St. Helena

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

NAPOLEONIC EUROPE
1799 – 1815

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

5. Elegant Essay Assignment

None

6. Elegant Essay Reading

None

7. Writing Assignment

Create a Goofy Greeting Card related to the French Revolution.

• Choose the type of card you are creating.
• Use elements from the French Revolution to get your idea across.
• Illustrate the front of the card.
• Include words (and illustrations if you want) on the inside of the card.

NOTE: Do not just draw a picture of a card. Create an actual card (fold a paper, use different colored paper, etc.)

Click HERE and HERE to see an example.

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

None

1. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #38 and #39. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #37 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1789 – Tennis Court Oath signed by the Third Estate
• 1789 – Storming of the Bastille & Women’s March on Versailles
• 1793 – King Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette are executed
• 1793-1794 – Reign of Terror
• 1779 – Cook is killed in Hawaii
• 1794 – Robespierre executed
• 1795 – Napoleon is promoted to General of the Army of the West

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

FRENCH REVOLUTION
1774 – 1794

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

5. Elegant Essay Assignment

Finish Exercise 8, pg. 45-46 (in The Elegant Essay)

6. Elegant Essay Reading

None

7. Writing Assignment

None

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

Finish reading Tale of Two Cities.

Book is due next week.

(NOTE: There are several VERY poorly formatted versions on Amazon. If you purchase on Amazon, please get this one.)

1. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #35 and #36. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #34 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1606 – Dutch explorers reach Australia
• 1642 – Abel Tasman reaches New Zealand
• 1768 – James Cook’s First Voyage to explore the Pacific
• 1770 – James Cook claims Australia for England
• 1779 – Cook is killed in Hawaii
• 1788 – Britain begins sending convicts to Australia
• 1840 – Maori give control of New Zealand to Great Britain

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

EXPLORING THE PACIFIC
1606 – 1840

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

5. Elegant Essay Assignment

None

6. Elegant Essay Reading

None

7. Writing Assignment

None

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

Continue reading Tale of Two Cities. By next class, you should be through the end of Book 2, Chapter 24.

Book is due January 31.

(NOTE: There are several VERY poorly formatted versions on Amazon. If you purchase on Amazon, please get this one.)

1. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #32 and #33. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #31 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1638 – King Louis XIV is born
• 1682: The French court moves to the Palace of Versailles

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

KING LOUIS XIV
1638 – 1715

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

5. Elegant Essay Assignment

Write a paragraph with good transitions using the sentences from Exercise 5, pg 32.

These are the same sentences we re-ordered in class.

Remember, there not one “right” way to put the sentences together. Your job is to make them all flow and make sense, using transitions to move from one sentence to the next.

6. Elegant Essay Reading

Read Chapter 5, pgs. 35 – 39.

7. Writing Assignment

None

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

Start reading Tale of Two Cities

(NOTE: There are several VERY poorly formatted versions on Amazon. If you purchase on Amazon, please get this one.)

1. Prepare for Fiction Reading

Next semester in January, we will be reading Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Because this book can be hard to understand, your assignment is to watch the movie OR read the simplified Illustrated Classic version of the book over Christmas break.

Watching or reading will help you understand the plot as you read the book.

You may watch any of the following.

NOTE: I have NOT previewed all of these and can not vouch for all of the content.

Watch on YouTube – 1980s Version

1980 BBC Version (TV-14) – Amazon Prime

Animated Version – Amazon Prime

1935 Version – Rent on Amazon – $2.99

OR READ the Great Illustrated Classic version

2. Fiction Reading (Optional)

Once you’ve watched or read, you can begin reading Tale of Two Cities. This book will be due at the end of January.

NOTE: There are several VERY poorly formatted versions on Amazon. If you purchase on Amazon, please get this one.

1. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #29 and #30. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #28 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1525 – First slave voyage directly from Africa to the Americas.
• 1637: Dutch traders begin transporting slaves regularly. 
• 1641 – Colonial plantations in the Caribbean begin exporting sugar. British traders begin capturing and shipping slaves regularly. 
• 1685 – France issues the Code Noir (Black Code), a law that decrees how slaves are to be treated in French colonies and restricts the freedoms and privileges of free people of African descent.

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
1525- 1790

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

5. Elegant Essay Assignment

None

6. Elegant Essay Reading

None

7. Writing Assignment

Alien Letter Home

Pretend you are an alien visiting earth for summer camp or summer vacation. Write a letter home describing your experience (for example, to your friend or your parent). Here are some questions to get you thinking? DO NOT feel like you have to answer all of these questions – these are ONLY brainstorming questions.

• What do you look like? What is different than humans?
• How does your body act differently than human bodies on earth?
• Is there anything on earth that you don’t know the name of or has a different name?
• What do you see that seems strange or different?
• What have you liked about earth?
• What do you wish you could change? What don’t you like?
• How have you felt while you are away from home?
• Have you done anything crazy?
• Has something happened to you that you are dying to tell them about?
• Who have you met? Why are they memorable?

Assignment Guidelines

• 1-2 pages
• Label 3 of each part of speech
• Use letter format

Download the Writing Assignment Checklist HERE

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

None

1. Presentation Signup

Click HERE to see which scientist you signed up for.

The remaining presentations will be given the week after Thanksgiving.

Presentation Assignment Guidelines

1. Your presentation MUST be less than five minutes.
2. Find a creative way to share information about your scientist. Some examples include:
   • A top ten list of cool facts.
   • A diorama
   • A poster of the person’s brain with imaginary divisions of what they think about
   • Objects that represent important things to that scientist
   • A commercial about something important that scientist invented or discovered
   • A wacky true/false test with funny options paired with true options

These are only a few of the creative ideas you could do. As long as we learn a little about the scientist AND it’s less than five minutes, the sky is the limit.

Remember: You also have to write a paragraph about your scientist and turn it in. If you didn’t turn it in last week, please finish and bring it to turn in.

2. Caught’yas

Complete Caught-ya #26 and #27. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.

If you missed class …

Here is the correction for Caught-ya #25 (We corrected this one in class.)

3. Timeline

1. Add the following key dates to your timeline.
2. Add THREE additional date that you find during your History Study.

• 1585 – The Roanoke Colony is founded. It disappears and become sknown as the “Lost Colony.”
• 1607 – The Jamestown Settlement is established.
• 1609 – “Starving Time” at Jamestown. Only 60 out of 500 settlers survive the winter.
• 1614 – The Dutch colony of New Netherland is established.
• 1619 – The first African slaves arrive in Jamestown. The first representative government, the Virginia House of Burgesses, meets at Jamestown.
• 1620 – Plymouth Colony is founded by the Pilgrims.
• 1626 – The Dutch purchase Manhattan Island from the local Native Americans.
• 1630 – Puritans found the city of Boston.
• 1692 – The Salem witch trials begin in Massachusetts. Twenty people are executed for witchcraft.
• 1718 – The city of New Orleans is founded by the French.

4. History Study

1. Spend 60+ minutes researching researching the following topic during this time period.

COLONIZING NORTH AMERICA
1565 – 1763

1. Spend at least 15 minutes studying in your History Survey text.
   
2. Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
   
   CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
   ( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
   
3. As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
   
   You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more that one worksheet.

5. Elegant Essay Assignment

None

6. Elegant Essay Reading

None

7. Writing Assignment

None

8. Fiction Reading Assignment

None