Chapter 7 Vocabulary Due WEDNESDAY 3/27/13

(7th Grade: The Industrial Revolution)

Directions: students must define each of the following words from the chapter.

1. anesthetic
2. Agriculture Revolution
3. enclosure
4. smelt
5. capital
6. urbanization
7. tenements
8. labor unions
9. utilitarianism
10. socialism
11. means of production
12. Communism
13. Karl Marx
14. proletariat
15. Marxism

Yearbook Announcements

If any parents have pictures (field-trips, buses, lunches, classroom, etc...) that you would like to see in the yearbook, please send to Ms. Eva ASAP. You can send via email or just take her the camera to see if she can download onto her computer. All yearbook pictures need to be turned into Eva no later then Friday, March 29th.

If you need any more information, please feel free to leave a comment and email me.

aperez@hesglendale.org

Paul Revere Commerical (Extra Credit)

Directions:

1. Go to the following link and watch the short commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIPsYnUw7rI&playnext=1&list=PL3A31C28AB4727F75&feature=results_video

2. Answer the following question in the comment section of this post:
         -In the commercial it shows how the technology of cell phones could of changed Paul Revere's famous ride to warn colonist that British troops were invading.  What are some other changes that might of took place during the American Revolution, if cell phones were available during this time?

-Answer must be in complete sentences and a minimum of 5 sentences.

Famous Quotes (Extra Credit) 3/19/13

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

                                                               ------ Who said this?

Discussion Question 14 (Due Friday 3/1/13)

Should school officials be able to search your locker? Is it a violation of your rights as an American citizen? Why or why not?

Each student must write a written response to this question. The following are the format requirements:

-Include Question
-Double-space
- Minimum Length: 
       7th (15 sentences)
       8th (20 sentences)


*** Students with modifications have the following length requirements:
7th Grade: 1 1/2 pages
8th Grade: 2 pages

Famous Quote (2/26/13)

"Ability is nothing without opportunity." ---- Who said this?

Chapter Vocabulary (Due Wednesday 2/27/13)

The following are a list of vocabulary words by grade level. Each student is responsible for writing down the definition for each key word, person or phrase. (8th Grade must also include a sentence.)

7th Grade (End of Chapter 6)
1. Napoleon Bonaparte
2. plebiscite
3. Napoleonic Code
4. annexed
5. blockade
6. Nationalism
7. guerrilla warfare
8. abdicated
9. Battle of Waterloo
10. legitimacy

8th Grade (Chapter 6)
1. Thomas Paine
2. Richard Henry Lee
3. resolution
4. preamble
5. grievance
6. Nathan Hale
7. mercenary
8. alliance
9. cavalry
10. enlist
11. continental
12. John Paul Jones
13. privateer
14. Charles Cornwallis
15. guerrilla
16. Francis Marion
17. Nathanael Greene
18. traitor