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1 Week Beginning 1/16/17 Art Grade Level 3, 4/5, 6/7 Start Underground Railroad quilt map. Make sure you have scissors, glue stick, color pencils, and a pencil sharpener. Parents: If you did not receive the with video attachment for your student s Frontier State project, please send me your address. Attached is 2 pages with details about the Underground Railroad since #5 card only very briefly mentioned this time in history.

2 The Underground Railroad was the network used by enslaved black Americans to obtain their freedom in the 30 years before the Civil War ( ). The railroad used many routes from states in the South, which supported slavery, to free states in the North and Canada. Sometimes, routes of the Underground Railroad were organized by abolitionists, people who opposed slavery. More often, the network was a series of small, individual actions to help fugitive slaves. Using the terminology of the railroad, those who went south to find slaves seeking freedom were called pilots. Those who guided slaves to safety and freedom were conductors. The slaves were passengers. People s homes or businesses, where fugitive passengers and conductors could safely hide, were stations. Stations were added or removed from the Underground Railroad as ownership of the house changed. If a new owner supported slavery, or if the site was discovered to be a station, passengers and conductors were forced to find a new station. Establishing stations was done quietly, by word-of-mouth. Very few people kept records about this secret activity, to protect homeowners and the fugitives who needed help. If caught, fugitive slaves would be forced to return to slavery. People caught aiding escaped slaves faced arrest and jail. This applied to people living in states that supported slavery as well as those living in free states. The Underground Railroad was undoubtedly one of the most significant forms of activism in our nation's history. It was broad in its reach, encompassing the United States and beyond, and profound in its meaning for a nation entwined in the sale of human life. Yet, that history, by its very secretive nature, is a difficult one to reveal. Western Pennsylvania was a major thoroughfare for enslaved peoples seeking freedom. They followed routes that were carved by nature in rivers, streams and mountains, traveling mostly on foot, with an occasional ride in hidden compartments of wagons and other forms of transportation. Their numbers are not certain as formal records were not kept and few informal ones remain. Some documents written by those who assisted sometimes referred to as the "conductors" in this underground process have survived giving some indication of what those traveling on the railroad endured. Some publications written by, or for, those who managed to survive to secure their freedom, also exist. Free people of African decent who lived in the area were also affected by the Fugitive slave laws, fleeing their homes as they faced the possibility of becoming enslaved. Still others became the voice of social change and self-empowerment for all Blacks of the era and beyond. The history is At the John Heinz History Center- Slavery to Freedom exhibit: Touch-screen interactive activities that allows visitors to explore Pittsburgh-area safe houses along the Underground Railroad. Original fiber art quilt, The Guiding Light by quilter Ruth Ward.

3 Week Beginning Jan. 16, 2017 History Grade Level _6-7 Review Week 16 Reading Outlines and Card 16 discussion, Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Review Week 16 Reading Comprehension Sheet. Complete Week 16 Reading Comprehension Sheet. Review map of Canada in Geography booklet in class quiz next, 1/23. Read Book 7 Reconstructing America Chapter 1 (Reconstruction Means Rebuilding), Chapter 2 (Who Was Andrew Johnson) and Chapter 4 (Slavery and States Rights). Complete Week 17 Reading Outline on Chapter 1 (Reconstruction Means Rebuilding). Read Book 7 Reconstructing America Chapter 3 (Presidential Reconstruction) and Chapter 5 (Congressional Reconstruction) prepare for Quiz on map of Canada on 1/23. Parents: Please have your student read Card 16 before class on as well as complete the Reading Outline. We are in Book 7 this week. As usual prepare Reading Outline for and complete Reading Comprehension Sheet for.

4 Week Beginning 1/16/17 Latin-LA II Grade Level 6/7 Chapter 13 Vocabulary Quiz Brief Perfect Passive Review Ablative of Agent p.115 P.115 Ex.5 P.116 Begin Ex.6 Review HW Begin Chapter 13 reading p.117* - Study for Ch.13 grammar quiz. - P.116 Finish Ex.6 - Finish chapter 13 reading. Turn in on. - Chapter 13 Take-Home Quiz. Parents: *on separate piece of paper Students have 15 minutes to take the quiz. Quizzes must be turned in on, 1/23/17 in a signed and sealed envelope.

5 Week Beginning _Jan. 16, 2017 Literature Grade Level 6/7 Partner quick check ch Word of the Week Character list Go over vocab and analysis HW Distribute The Wheel on the School quiz Introduce When My Name Was Keoko Vocab and Analysis for Ch The Wheel on the School Complete take home quiz Begin reading Ch Complete reading Ch 1-10 When My Name Was Keoko Parents: We are beginning our new book, When My Name Was Keoko on, Jan. 18.

6 Week Beginning January 16, 2017 General Science _ Grade Level _6/7 _ No Class Collect Quiz Module 9: What is Life? --Begin discussing DNA --Do experiment 9.1 Module 9: What is Life? --Read p and do *OYO s (remember to check your work with a different color!) Module 9: What is Life? --Read p and do OYO s (remember to check your work with a different color!) Module 9: What is Life? --Read p and do OYO s (remember to check your work with a different color) Notes to Parents: --Anything marked with * will be checked for completeness either in class or collected to be checked for accuracy for a grade --Module 9 outline is posted on January 13 th. Engrade Notes:

7 Week Beginning Jan 16, 2017 Lost Tools of Writing Grade Level 6/7 History Project Canon 1 Invention, cont. Bring copies of all 5 resources to class. Use materials to share research information from last week. Fuse information from the 5 resources. Bring hard copy of resources to class for discussion. Discuss yesterday s assignment. Review Comparison I (Similarities) and Comparison II (Degree and Kind). Discuss how to use these strategies in this assignment. Shurley Grammar Chapter 17 Sentences Shurley Chapter 17 Sentences Complete ANI chart. (At least 20 items each in the A and N columns. At least 7 items in the I column) DON T CHOOSE A THESIS YET. Shurley Jingles Chapter 17 Dailygrams Complete the following worksheets: Pg 98 Comparisons I: Similarities Pg 123 Comparisons II: Degree and Kind (Note: the format of pg 123 can be confusing. You don t need to actually use this worksheet if it doesn t work for you. Just make your own sheet that does the same job.) Use information and insights gained from these 2 exercises to add at least 3 items each to your A and N columns. DON T CHOOSE A THESIS YET. Shurley Jingles Chapter 17 Dailygrams

8 Week Beginning January 16, 2016 Saxon 6/5 Grade Level 4-7 Cover Lessons 67 and 68 Cover Lesson 69 and 70 Complete Lessons 67 and 68 Lesson Practices and Mixed Practices. Lesson 67 Mixed Practice #13-19 are optional. Please check your answers. Complete Lessons 69 and 70 Lesson Practices and Mixed Practices. Lesson 69 Mixed Practice #1-8 are optional. Please check your answers. Complete Test 13 following the testing protocol, and turn it in during class on.

9 Week Beginning January 16, 2017 SaxonMath 7/6 Grade Level Grammar Turn in Test 12. Introduce Lesson 70 Reducing Fractions before Multiplying. Introduce Lesson 71 Parallelograms. Introduce Investigation 7 The Coordinate Plane. Answer any questions regarding homework. Complete Mixed Practice problems from Lessons 66 (odd only) and 67 (all). Complete Mixed Practice problems from Lessons 68 (odd only) and 69 (all). Finish any incomplete homework problems. As time permits, complete the following Supplemental Practice problems: page 676: Lesson 65, #1-19 (odd). page 678: Investigation 7, #1-25 (all). Parents:

10 Week Beginning January 16, 2017_ Pre-algebra_ Grade Level _Dialectic Go over all the homework and learn lesson 5.9. Go over the homework and learn lesson Begin reviewing for the test next week. Complete exercise 5.9 problem # s-1-27(odd only) and also complete problem 1-23(odd only) from page 407. Complete exercise 5.10 problem # s-1,3,5, 9,11, 15, 19, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33, 39, 41-49(odd only). Also complete the review exercise (pages ) problem # s-25-35(odd only), and 39. Complete the chapter 5 review exercise problem # s (odd only), 53, 57-69(odd only), 67-79(odd only), 83, 89, 91, 93, 95, 103, 105, and 107. Pages Notes to Parents: They will take the test at home next.

11 Week Beginning Jan 16, 2017 Alg I Review for Midterm In-class Midterm Practice for Midterm. Pay attention to Chapter tests from the book and material on previous tests and quizze Also the Cumulative Reviews from the text. Study 5.8 Scientific Notation is not new material for most students. Do P. 389 #1-49 odd. We will return t 5.5 next week. Practice the add/sub and mult cards. Read the material in 5.5 and 5.6. Notes to Parents: Since scientific notation is taught in Pre-Algebra and the science classes, I am not going to spend a day on Section 5.8. However, it is still important for the students to understand it. The Midterm will be completed during our class on. There will be no partial credit on incorrect answers.

Lesson Plan: Uncle Tom s Cabin

Lesson Plan: Uncle Tom s Cabin StudySync Lesson Plan Uncle Tom s Cabin Objectives Time 1. Engage students in the history, language and themes of Harriet Beecher Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin, so that they are prepared to discuss the excerpt