Middle Ages Week 24

Thursday Cohorts

Grammarians
PreK-4th graders

History: Ivan the Great freed Moscow from the Golden Hored, united Russia, built his palace in the Kremlin in 1462. Ivan the Terrible, tsar of Russia, went mad and committed crimes against his people, and eventually killed his son who was heir to the throne.

Memorize to the tune of Russian Sailor’s Dance.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapters 23 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Geography: Draw Asia and label these countries of Asian Geographical Features:
Amur River
Indus River
Ganges River
Brahmaputra River
Mikong River
Yangtze River
Yellow River

Practice memorizing the countries with this game!

Science: Memorize Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system.

Learn more about physics of mechanical advantage on Khan Academy.
The architecture & engineering of Brunelleschi’s Dome of the Cathedral in Florence.

Math: Memorize The numerator of a fractional exponent is an exponent but the denominator is a root.
4^1/2 = 2
27^1/3 = 3
9^3/2 = 27

Learn more about rational exponents on Khan Academy, on CoolMath or on MathisFun!

Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary:
ὑπακούω I obey
ἡ παρουσία the presence, coming
ἡ εὐλογία the praise, blessing
ὁ γεωργός the farmer
γνωρίζω I reveal

English:

Comparatives compare two people, places or things with "more" or "-er". Superlative compare three or more with "most" or "-est".

Investigate comparative & superlative adjectives on this page of Grammar Revolution.

Presentation: Prepare a presentation on one of these activities or another topic you’ve been learning and share with the class next week!
 

Writing Club (3-4th)

Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:  Complete Lesson 23: “Amusement, Part 2”
Diagram Week 24 sentences.

Lower Dialecticians (5-6th grades)

Writing: After reading Baba Yaga a Russian Folktale, write one paragraph discussing the allusions to other stories & fairy tales you noticed.

Class Project: Write a story, advertisement or article for the class newspaper!

Presentation: Research and prepare a notecard keyword outline for your presentation this week. Don’t write it out word for word, and do bring a note card of your key word outline - you’ll forget what you learned!  Here are some of the topics you picked in class:

History - Early Rus. Ivan the Great. Ivan the Terrible.
Literature - Phoebe & Cooper - The story we read. Baba Yaga is kind of a big deal.
Science - The architecture & engineering of Brunelleschi’s Dome of the Cathedral in Florence.
Math - Henry - Learn more about rational exponents on Khan Academy, on CoolMath or on MathisFun! Or Research Nicole Oresme
Art - Catalina - St. Basil’s Cathedral or Pick a Renaissance piece from Italy or Northern Europe and talk about history, subject & style.
Philosophy - Jocelyn - Research Nicole Oresme
Geography - Sabine - Pick an East Asian country, research its history, culture & geographical features.

History: Ivan the Great freed Moscow from the Golden Hored, united Russia, built his palace in the Kremlin in 1462. Ivan the Terrible, tsar of Russia, went mad and committed crimes against his people, and eventually killed his son who was heir to the throne.

Memorize to the tune of Russian Sailor’s Dance.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapters 23 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Geography: Draw Asia and label these countries of Asian Geographical Features:
Amur River
Indus River
Ganges River
Brahmaputra River
Mikong River
Yangtze River
Yellow River

Practice memorizing the countries with this game!

Science: Memorize Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system.

Learn more about physics of mechanical advantage on Khan Academy.
The architecture & engineering of Brunelleschi’s Dome of the Cathedral in Florence.

Math: Memorize The numerator of a fractional exponent is an exponent but the denominator is a root.
4^1/2 = 2
27^1/3 = 3
9^3/2 = 27

Learn more about rational exponents on Khan Academy, on CoolMath or on MathisFun!

Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary:
ὑπακούω I obey
ἡ παρουσία the presence, coming
ἡ εὐλογία the praise, blessing
ὁ γεωργός the farmer
γνωρίζω I reveal

English:

Comparatives compare two people, places or things with "more" or "-er". Superlative compare three or more with "most" or "-est".

Investigate comparative & superlative adjectives on this page of Grammar Revolution.

Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-5 or 6-7 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 24 sentences:
1. Ivan the Terrible, declare yourself tsar of Russia, but your people call you mad because you committed crimes against your people.
2. Because philosophers declare you the Father of Western Philosophy, Mr. Descartes, coin Cartesian Argument in the field of logic, and create the Cartesian Plane in mathematics.
3. Resolve your conflict over Calculus, Mr. Newton and Mr. Leibniz, and become intellectual friends, since your students consider both of you geniuses!
4. If you declare everyone a blank slate at birth, Mr. Locke, teach them good governance, and give the United States a precedent for their Constitution.
5. J.S. Bach, compose us a Baroque Minuet in the key of G, and we will consider you a great composer, as we play your piece on the harpsichord.
6. ***Challenge***Whenever kingship approaches tyranny, it nears its end, for by this it becomes ripe for division, change of dynasty, or total destruction, especially in a temperate climate … where men are habitually, morally and naturally free. -De Moneta (c. 1360)
7. Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification which is achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system.
 

Upper Dialecticians 7th-9th Graders

From our session Thursday 3/22 - Please read this, watch the videos and choose one topic for your presentation and one for your writing assignment. BEFORE Monday 3/26/18:

History - Early Rus. Ivan the Great. Ivan the Terrible.
Literature - The story we read. Baba Yaga is kind of a big deal.
Science - The architecture & engineering of Brunelleschi’s Dome of the Cathedral in Florence.
Math - Learn more about rational exponents on Khan Academy, on CoolMath or on MathisFun! Or Research Nicole Oresme
Art - St. Basil’s Cathedral or Pick a Renaissance piece from Italy or Northern Europe and talk about history, subject & style.
Philosophy - Research Nicole Oresme
Geography - Pick an East Asian country, research its history, culture & geographical features.

Writing: After reading Baba Yaga a Russian Folktale, write one paragraph discussing the allusions to other stories & fairy tales you noticed.

History: Ivan the Great freed Moscow from the Golden Hored, united Russia, built his palace in the Kremlin in 1462. Ivan the Terrible, tsar of Russia, went mad and committed crimes against his people, and eventually killed his son who was heir to the throne.

Memorize to the tune of Russian Sailor’s Dance.
Read The Story of the World, Vol. 2, Chapters 23 and do the activities in the Activity Guide.

Geography: Draw Asia and label these countries of Asian Geographical Features:
Amur River
Indus River
Ganges River
Brahmaputra River
Mikong River
Yangtze River
Yellow River

Practice memorizing the countries with this game!

Science: Memorize Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system.

Learn more about physics of mechanical advantage on Khan Academy.
The architecture & engineering of Brunelleschi’s Dome of the Cathedral in Florence.

Math: Memorize The numerator of a fractional exponent is an exponent but the denominator is a root.
4^1/2 = 2
27^1/3 = 3
9^3/2 = 27

Learn more about rational exponents on Khan Academy, on CoolMath or on MathisFun!

Greek: Memorize this Greek vocabulary:
ὑπακούω I obey
ἡ παρουσία the presence, coming
ἡ εὐλογία the praise, blessing
ὁ γεωργός the farmer
γνωρίζω I reveal

English:

Comparatives compare two people, places or things with "more" or "-er". Superlative compare three or more with "most" or "-est".

Investigate comparative & superlative adjectives on this page of Grammar Revolution.

Diagramming: Choose sentences 1-5 or 6-7 challenge sentences below. Complete question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, state structure, purpose & patterns for each and diagram Week 24 sentences:
1. Ivan the Terrible, declare yourself tsar of Russia, but your people call you mad because you committed crimes against your people.
2. Because philosophers declare you the Father of Western Philosophy, Mr. Descartes, coin Cartesian Argument in the field of logic, and create the Cartesian Plane in mathematics.
3. Resolve your conflict over Calculus, Mr. Newton and Mr. Leibniz, and become intellectual friends, since your students consider both of you geniuses!
4. If you declare everyone a blank slate at birth, Mr. Locke, teach them good governance, and give the United States a precedent for their Constitution.
5. J.S. Bach, compose us a Baroque Minuet in the key of G, and we will consider you a great composer, as we play your piece on the harpsichord.
6. ***Challenge***Whenever kingship approaches tyranny, it nears its end, for by this it becomes ripe for division, change of dynasty, or total destruction, especially in a temperate climate … where men are habitually, morally and naturally free. -De Moneta (c. 1360)
7. Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification which is achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system.

Tuesday classes

Book Club: Keep practicing your monologue from Good Masters Sweet Ladies and be ready to present it in class and during opening! Keep reading your Medieval Book Club books at home, and be ready to present a critique in class. The older classes will begin The Kite Rider, and the youngest class will continue The Apple and the Arrow in class.

MAKE: History: We’ll read about the Russians in Story of the World Chapter 23 and make Russian Batik.

Drawing out Arithmetic: In class we’ll continue Book 5 definitions and study proportions!

Greek: Complete & study lesson 24 for our quiz!  We’ll start Greek Workbook Lesson 25.

Wednesday classes

Make Science: In class we’ll learn more about Filippo Brunelleschi’s engineering.

Math Club: Learn about Nicole d’Oresme and rational exponents.

Art Appreciation: Continue studying Russians & decorate Russian eggs.

Writing Club: DUE ON March 28, 2018

Upper Dialecticians (7-9) and Lower Dialecticians (5-6)

IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:

Lesson 23: “Favorite Amusements, Part 2”.  You will be adding a paragraph of Introduction and a paragraph of Conclusion to your two paragraph essay from Lesson 22.  Read “The Assignment” on page 160. Read page 158 all about the Introduction and fill out the “Outline Introduction” if you did not do so in class. Read page 159 all about the Conclusion and fill out “Outline a conclusion” if you did not do so in class. Use the Checklist on page 161 to be sure you have added all of the elements of Structure and Style you need this week have a new sentence opener! The #3,  -ly Try to add some vocabulary to add interest to your report.

Fix it! Grammar:

Complete Week 23 in your book and copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook.  Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech.  Review in preparation for next week!

Upper Grammarians (3-4):

IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons:  

Lesson 23: “Favorite Amusements, Part 2”.  You will be adding a paragraph of Introduction and a paragraph of Conclusion to your two paragraph essay from Lesson 22.  Read “The Assignment” on page 160. Read page 158 all about the Introduction and fill out the “Outline Introduction” if you did not do so in class. Read page 159 all about the Conclusion and fill out “Outline a conclusion” if you did not do so in class. Use the Checklist on page 161 to be sure you have added all of the elements of Structure and Style you need this week have a new sentence opener! The #3,  -ly Try to add some vocabulary to add interest to your report.

Fix it! Grammar:

Complete Week 23 in your book. Copy the corrected paragraph into your notebook.  Review the Grammar Cards in the back of your notebook. They really help! Suggestion: use two different colored pencils to correct the punctuation and parts of speech. Review in preparation for next week!