7th grade exam study guide 2008

History book

1st Continental Congress
Battle of Long Island
Benedict Arnold
Bunker Hill
Chief Pontiac
Daughters of Liberty
Declaration of Independence
Ethan Allen
Frederick Von Stuben
French-Indian War
Green Mountain Boys
Intolerable Acts
John Hancock
John Paul Jones
Loyalists
Mercy Otis Warren
Nathan Hale
Olive Branch Petition
Rochambeau
Saratoga
Shot heard round the world
Sons of Liberty
the Crisis
Thomas Paine
Townshend Acts

Geography book

*glen
mainland
medieval
archipelago
cacao
calypso
cardamom
Caribbean colonizers
Carnival
cassava
cloud forest
constitutional monarchy
coup
creole
dictator
ecotourism
embargo
famine
Fidel Castro
gauchos
guerrilla
haciendas
Holocaust
Inca
isthmus
landlocked
merengue
pope
Reformation
refugee
Roman Catholic
Simon Bolivar
uninhabitable

find on map

*Istanbul
*Lake Nicaragua
*Port-au-Prince
*Tierra del Fuego
Apennines Mountains
Central American climates
Dominican Republic
Gran Chaco
Haiti
Helsinki
Iberian Peninsula
Kingston
Lesser Antilles
Lisbon
Massif Central
Montevideo
Orinoco River
Panama Canal
Peru Current
San Salvador
Vienna

Week 4.8 Further down the Road to Revolution

M :How does a government pay for a war? What can citizens do if they disagree?

1. Partner or solo tension barometer: One person will take the side of the colonists and the other of the British government. Write down three actions of the other side that you strongly disagree with. Rank them, and tell why you are more upset about #1. [10]

2. Create an evenly spaced timeline of all the events of chapter 5, section 3. [7]

3. Using an outside source, find five new facts about Chief Pontiac not covered in class. [10-12]

T: Does bias affect the facts?

4. Make a colored collage of pictures that show the strategies of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty. Minimum of five pictures with captions. [10-12]

5. Activity, page 149 [Partner] One person writes a newspaper about the Boston Massacre from the colonist point of view and the other from the British government's side. [12]

6. Reasearch Find a letter written by Abigail Adams to her husband. Write three important findings from the letter. [10-12]

W:Why wasn't the Tea Party a cup of tea?

7. Map study: page 151 [3]

8. Section review #1-7, p. 155 Comp. Sent. for 4-7 [10]

9. Activity, page 155. Should balance facts and emotions. [12]

10. Page 157: Any of the activities for the artist, musician, or writer. [10-15]

TH: Did you hear the shot heard round the world?

Work time for part of the hour.

Quiz Friday, chap.5 sections 3-4

30 points due Friday.

Week 4.7 Road to the Rev.

30 points due by Friday. Quiz this Friday.

M/T-How did the colonies change economically, politically, and socially in the 1700’s?
(May do more than one assignment from objective 1: #1-5)

1. Journal entry: How would your life be different if you could only travel and communicate within one town or village? Intro, reasons, examples, and conclusion needed . [8]

2. Make a chart that tells a positive and negative for each following groups of people:
1) indentured servants, 2) city women, 3) backcountry women, 4) and African slaves in port towns. [10]

3. Benjamin Franklin has been nominated for the colonist of the year. Write an interview with Mr. Franklin that shows his contributions to the colonies. Ten solid questions and factual answers needed. If with a partner, then 15 questions and answers are required. [12]

4. Three person debate: [written or in-class] Which of the following had the greatest impact on colonial life: The Great Awakening, the development of public schools in New England, or the Enlightenment? You must say a good feature of yours and why you are better than one of the other two. [8]

5. Section review #1-6, p. 123. Write in complete sentences for #3-6. [8]

W-Who would you choose: the British or the French?

6. Geography in History sheet: Chap 5 [10]

7. p. 135 Critical thinking questions #1-3 [8]

TH-What are the details of the French and Indian War?

8. Tension hotspot sheet [8]

9. Write a newspaper article from the French point of view from either the beginning, middle or end of the French and Indian War. The basic reporters questions should be answered. [12]

10. Map study page 139 and map study page 141. [8]

Week 4.6 Southern Colonies

Week 4.6 7th grade Date : Week of April 28
American History: Southern Colonies

30 point week: Deadline is Monday. Short quiz on Friday.


M Quiz from 4.5. Points due from 4.5 today.
Homework is to read pages 106-112

T Why were the Southern Colonies set up?

1: You have been hired by one of the Southern Colonies to write an advertising campaign to attract settlers to the colony. You need to have all of the following: a catchy jingle, slogan, reasons this colony is the best, and at least one ¬visual. This may involve partners. [15]

2: Study guide, chap 4, sec 3. You may skip the critical thinking this time. [10]

3: Section review p. 112, #1-2. Give relative location clues (It is near, close to, north of, etc) for #1 [8]

W What was the Middle Passage and why was it important to the United States?

4. Chapter 4 Biography Sheet [10]

5. Make a colored portrait of what it was like on the Middle Passage. Colored pencils, markers, or paint on plain white paper. [10]

6. Besides Equiano’s (see option #4) find a diary or journal from an American slave. Highlight three of the most interesting parts of their writing. Please include the name of your source. [13]

TH How do the three regions compare economically?
7. Study guide sheet chapter 4, section 4. [12]

8. Debate: Writer of the Navigation Acts vs. a Yankee merchant. Written (oral if time permits in class) [10]
9. Find out questions: red box on page 112. NOT THE SECTION REVIEW [6]

F Quiz Today. Points due on Monday.