Week 26: Fetal Development, African Civilizations and Civil Rights

We just finished week 26 of 7th-grade homeschooling. This was the last chapter of the student's science textbook.

Math: Continuing Algebra course

Science: Chapter 13, lesson 2 Development Before Birth (Quizlet) Video: Crash Course #43

Geography: Ch 8, African Civilizations, Unit 1 Diverse Societies in Africa (Quizlet)

Videos: The Nok, Djenne Cities and Art, Project: Create 3D map of Africa

Essay Questions (Choose one). You may need to use the internet for research:

1. What advantages would iron tools give a civilization?
2. What is the history of ironworking, what improvements have been made and how do they benefit life today?
3. Compare Djenne-Djeno and Nok culture.
4. How is the African Iron Age different from that in other regions?

Spanish: Review Estar

Writing: pg. 135 Comparison Essay: Compare Djenne-Djeno and Nok culture.

US History: A Young Person’s History Part 2, Chapter 17, “Black Revolt and Civil Right”

Reading: Finish “The Ballad of a Sad Cafe” + Quiz

Week 25: WW2, Hellenistic Culture, and Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Math: continuing in Algebra

Science: Chapter 13, lesson 1 Reproductive Systems (Quizlet, Video)

Geography: Chapter 5, Unit 5 (Quizlet) Pythagorean Theorem videos: TedEd, Khan

Archimedes Videos: 1, 2

Spanish: Review Ser + -AR Verbs: Worksheets 1, 2, 3,  Story

Writing: Great Writing Book 3, Unit 7 Classification Essays (pg.166-)

US History: A Young People’s History Chapter 16, “WW2 and the Cold War”

Reading: Carson McCullers' The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (pdf)
Genre: Southern Goth Vocabulary: Quizlet, Review, Test, Essay Questions

Themes: Love, Isolation, Gender Roles, Loneliness

Extra: “Four Quartets” by T.S. Eliot (pdf)