Mmmmm. Donuts. I would like donuts. I don't have donuts. That's a sad story.
Well...on to life.
For History we're moving into Unit 7, which discusses reconstruction. Reconstruction refers to a time after the Civil War when the country-especially the South-was rebuilding itself. Abraham Lincoln had plans to be very kind to the south and help get the people there back on their feet and prospering again. Unfortunately he was assassinated so it didn't wind up going the way he planned. Carpetbaggers were people from the north who came south to take advantage of newly freed slaves and uneducated white people. They were called carpetbaggers because the suitcases they used were bags made of a carpet like material. I've often wondered what the south would be like today if Abraham Lincoln would have lived. It would be very interesting to find out! We'll also talk about the Industrial Revolution, labor laws, and immigration.
The book moves through the modern era quickly, so I believe we'll be able to finish most of the book by the end of the year.
Monday: Define Fthese words: Reconstruction, Freedmen's Bureau, sharecroppers, tenant farmers, legislatures, Black Codes, Fourteenth Amendment, ratify, carpetbaggers, scalawags, Fifteenth Amendment, Jim Crow laws, poll tax (I know its a lot. I actually left some out!)
Read p. 389-394 and do the questions on p. 394
Tuesday: Define these words: (its a lot. just keep swimming!!) Industrial Revolution, Bessemer process, smelt, coke, slag, Morse Code, telegraph, invested, reaper, monopoly, Samuel F.B. Morse, Andrew Carnegie, Cyrus McCormick, John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Graham Bell
Read pages 395-400 and do the questions on p. 400
Wednesday: Define these words: tenements, piecework, sweatshops, reformers, Hull House, labor union, federation, American Federation of Labor, queue(relates to chinese immigrants, not a british line), prejudice, Jane Addams, Samuel Gompers
Read pages 401-405 and do the questions on p. 405.
Thursday:
Friday:
In Science we're moving on to the digestive system.
Monday: Read the lesson on the Human Digestive System and do the practice.
Tuesday: Read the lesson on Digestive System Organs and do the practice. Also watch this video:
(Yes. Its gross. Be happy we're just watching the video-I wanted to do the experiement ourselves!)
Wednesday: Read the lesson on Food and Nutrients and do the practice.
Thursday: Read the lesson on Enzymes in the Digestive System and Bacteria in the Digestive System and do the practice for each of them.
Friday: Read the lesson on Health of the Digestive System and do the practice.
For Reading read chapters 12-14 of The Secret Life of Bees. These are the last three chapters of the book, so we'll be starting our unit on poetry on Monday.
For Spelling do Contract D for these words from TSLoB:
apiary bolster raspy dumbfounded tarnish
commission bona fide demoralize quiver
apprentice gouge
For Writing do a Daily10 each day. We are on the first week of April.
Tomorrow we'll also figure out where we are going with the research paper.
We'll also work on Math through the week.
That's it baby girl!! I hope you enjoy babysitting this week and that it goes well for you. I love you so much, and remember:
....because you're homeschooled.
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