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1. Complete the "ABC Brainstorming" sheet using words from the book, The Silenced . 2. Go to  http://wordle.net 3. Go to "Create". 4. Enter the words from your "ABC Brainstorming" worksheet. 5. Design your word cloud. 6. Save to the public gallery. 7. Print and hand in for 20 points!

Learning Strategies Mid-Term Name: Part I (Completed the week prior to mid-terms): Class Grade Missing Work Date of Mid-term Preparation for Mid-term (How will you prepare and how much time will you invest in preparing for the mid-term) Part II: True or False: ______ Many periodicals are written at the sixth-grade reading level ______One way to learn new vocabulary is to use new words as often as possible in daily conversation. ______ A Thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms ______One way to boost your understanding of something new that you have learned is to draw it. ______When highlighting, a general “rule-of...

World Studies Midterm: Wisconsin State Park Project Poster/Brochure Create a tourism brochure or poster highlighting one Wisconsin State Park. Criteria: Title (must be typed/or you may use magazine letters/words) 5 points Minimum of five facts about your park. One fact must be the location of the park. (Must be typed) 25 points Minimum of three pictures. (One must be a map.) 15 points Creativity/Neatness 5 points 50 points total Examples: Resources: Looking for the best of the best? http://www.travelwisconsin.com/article_detail.aspx?articleid=90 Wisconsin State Parks Guide: http://www.travelwisconsin.com/PDF/2011%20STATE%20PARKS.pdf

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Lake Effect: A Cheat Sheet for Watching the Movie "Lincoln"

What is paragraph #1 about? Why did some people call WWI an imperialist war? What is the subtitle on page 220? The two opposing sides in WWI were called: What classic novel is mentioned in paragraph #6? Why did the United States enter the war? What evidence does Zinn provide to illustrate the war as unpopular among many Americans? What law is mentioned in paragraph #13? What was the purpose of the law? What are paragraphs #14 and 15 about? What actions did the U.S. government take to suppress public criticism of the war? What is paragraph #20 about? When did WWI end (paragraph #27)? How many American soldiers died in the war? What are paragraphs #30 and 31 about?

English 509 & 510 Midterm Option #1: Create a either a "Who, What, When, Why, Where" booklet or; Option #2:  Create a "Setting, Characters, Theme, Symbols" booklet to be turned in at the end of the period. You will have once class period to complete your project (approximately 1 ½ hours). If you feel you will be unable to complete the project in the allotted time, you are welcome to begin working on you booklets ahead of time. For example, you may want to begin looking for pictures to include in your booklets. Criteria (for both options): *Names/Brief description of all main characters *Setting: Time/Place *Brief summary of the plot If you choose Option #2, include a minimum of three themes and three symbols addressed in the book. Everything must be typed. You must include at least four pictures in your booklet. Midterms are worth 100 points. 80 points for content 20 points for appearance/creativity

Locate and label the following on the map provided: 1.Wisconsin 2.Minnesota 3.Iowa 4.Illinois 5.Michigan 6.California 7.Texas 8.New York 9.Florida 10.Colorado 11.New Orleans 12.Las Vegas 13.Memphis 14.Boston 15.The state where the Gateway Arch is located. 16.The state where the majority of the Grand Canyon is located. 17.The state where Devils Tower is located. 18.The state where Mt. Rushmore is located. 19.The Mississippi River 20.The Colorado River 21.The Missouri River 22.The Rio Grande 23.The Atlantic Ocean 24.The Pacific Ocean 25.The Gulf of Mexico

1.What is the title of this chapter? 2.In paragraph #5, the author compares factory workers to ________________. 3. Describe working conditions in a sweatshop. Find an image of a late 19 th century sweatshop on the internet. Sketch or glue a printed picture of one in the space provided. 4. What happened at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in 1911? 5. In paragraph #9, the largest union of its time was mentioned. Did this union serve the needs of all its workers?  Explain. 6. Describe what you see on pages 208 and 209? 7. When did the Socialist party get its start in the United States? 8. Why was the early part of the 20 th century considered a low point for African Americans? Explain. 9. What famous African American is mentioned in paragraph #25? 10. What is the focus of the NAACP? 11. How did the early 20 th Century get its name, “Progressive”? 12. Describe what paragraphs 32-34 are about.

Find one example of each of the above non-fiction resources in the classroom. Each example you find, earns you one point extra credit.

Find and label the following: Namib Desert Western Sahara Kalahari Desert Libyan Desert Sahara Desert Atlas Mountains Mount Kilimanjaro (Outline in blue) Lake Edward Lake Albert Lake Chad Lake Victoria Lake Tanganyika (Trace in blue) Nile Niger Congo River Senegal River Zambezi River Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Red Sea Mediterranean Sea Arabian Sea

Choose 25 African Countries from the list below. Fill in your grid with the 25 countries you selected. 1   Algeria 2 Angola 3 Benin 4 Botswana 5 Burkina Faso 6 Burundi 7 Cameroon 8 Central African Rep. 9 Chad 10 Comoros 11 Congo 12 Cote d'ivoire 13 Djibouti 14 Egypt 15 Equatorial Guinee 16 Eritrea 17 Ethiopia 18 Gabon 19 Gambia 20 Ghana 21 Guinea 22 Guinea Bissau 23 Kenya 24 Lesotho 25 Liberia 26 Libya 27 Malawi 28 Mali 29 Mauritania 30 Morocco 31 Mozambique 32 Namibia 33 Niger 34 Nigeria 35 Rwanda 36 Senegal 37 Seychelles 38 Sierra Leone 39 Somalia 40 South Africa 41 Sudan 52 South Sudan 42 Swaziland 43 Tanzania 44 Togo 45 Tunisia 46 Uganda 47 Western Sahara 48 Dem. Rep. of Congo 49 Zambia 50 Zimbabwe 51 Madagascar For each of the 25 African counties you selected, find one fact from each of the categories listed below. Political (ex. Type of Government, Capital) Economic (ex. Natural Resources, Industries, Agriculture...