7th Grade Homeschooling Week 8:Slavery, Industrialization and Christmas

She is continuing independently in her Mandarin,  math and geography. I feel like art classes are taking a back burner, we need to finish our Starry Night over the weekend. As its the Christmas season, I'd like to incorporate that into her Reading and Spanish.

Week 8

Art:  THINKING Like Picasso, Pablo Picasso Lessons, Portraits to Picasso,

The Human Head and Picasso

Science: Chapter 6 Evolution, Evidence of Change

Lesson 1: Fossils and Evolution (Quizlet)

Lesson 2: Biological Evidence (Quizlet)

Reading: A Christmas Carol

1. Who is Charles Dickens? (Bio/ Video)
2. Name 2 of his most famous works
3. Both story’s settings were during the_______
4. What were Dicken’s political beliefs?
5. Make a KWL chart of The Christmas Carol

C.  Research the Victorian Era and the Industrial Revolution in England. Research the following terms: 

1. Industrialization (Crash Course History #32)
2. Agrarian Revolution
3. Child labor
4. Mechanization
5. Cottage industry:
6. Social reform:

Chapter 1: Marley’s Ghost (Vocabulary)

Social Studies: A Young Person’s History Chapter 2 The Slave Trade, Handout

Spanish: Family in Spanish (Quizlet) + Your Body (Quizlet)

Resources:

Focus on Life Science ,

Young People’s History of the US

A Christmas Carol (abridged) BBC, Cosmos Culture, Google Books

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