A Young People’s History, Chapter 22, “Resistance”

Quizlet: Videos: No More Nukes, Protest in the 1980s, USA vs USSR, Cesar Chavez,
Gulf War Protests

Introduction:

1. How was resistance different in the late 70s,80s, and 90s from the 1960s?
2. What issues did they organize around?

No More Nukes!

1. Who pioneered the anti-nuclear weapons movement?
2. What did they get arrested for?
3. Who took a leading role against Reagan's bloated military budget and what did they do?
4. What was the largest political demonstration in American history?

Social Issues

1. What happened in Boston 1981?
2. Normal people were linking military policy with what?
3. What were Latinos struggling against and what did they do?

War and Antiwar

1. Explain some of the anti-war voices leading up to Desert Storm
2. How and why did the rhetoric change once the war started?
3. Why did Bush’s Desert Storm launch an “overwhelming force”?
4. Explain patriotic support of the war being very high and falling.

Remembering Columbus

1. What was the significance of 1992?
2. What did Natives do?
3. Why were people upset by the counter-Columbus events?
4. Where does hope in America lie?

7th Grade Homeschooling: Week 7

As before she is going at her own pace with her Mandarin, Math (in Mandarin) and Geography. She self-tests and is fairly independent.

Pleasure Reading: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Art: The Holiday Poster

Science: Chapter 5, The Process of Evolution

Lesson 1: Natural Selection (Quizlet)

Who was Charles Darwin? (Video: Crash Course #14)

Lesson 2: Adaptation and Extinction (Quizlet)

Be a Naturalist Activity; Go out in nature and observe examples of structural and

behavioral adaptations and make conclusions about natural selection.

Reading: Who is O. Henry? (Bio)

The Gift of the Magi is a story about a young married couple who are very poor.

This story tells of how they handle the challenge of secretly buying Christmas gifts for each other with very little money to spend.

The questions below ask you to think about gifts and their value.  1. In your opinion what makes a gift valuable? 2. Describe the most valuable gift you have ever received. 3. What was the most valuable gift you have given someone?

Read: “The Gift of the Magi” | PDF

Questions: What are some of the themes in the story?

1. What are some of the symbols in the story?
2. Imagery is a descriptive language that creates a picture in the reader’s mind.  
3. Identify some examples of how O. Henry used imagery.
4. What does the reference to the magi mean in this story?

Spanish: Christmas in Spanish (Quizlet), Feliz Navidad

Social Studies: A Young Person’s History Chapter 1  HANDOUT 1, HANDOUT 2, Chapter 1 Test