This is the lesson of 25 September 2018. This contains about the American history such as the colonies as well as the English history.

Lesson of Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Fourth Week, Day Sixteen

English

Sentences

Sentences are built like this:

		Sentence
	Subject		Predicate
Noun	Adjectives		Verb	Adverbs

Nouns and Verbs

Nouns

Nouns are things. Here is a list of some nouns.

Verbs

Verbs are action words. They are things you do. Here is a list of some verbs:

What are the nouns? What are verbs? Are there proper or pronouns? Are there action or linking verbs, or adverbs?

Handwriting

Practice handwriting so you can get faster.

Math

Fractions

If you have a box, then you cut it in half: you have two boxes each ½ of the original box. ½ is a fraction.

If you cut the original box in three equal pieces: You have three boxes each 1/3 of the original box. 1/3 is a fraction.

If you cut the original box in four equal pieces: you have four boxes each 1/4 of the original box. 1/4 is a fraction.

If you cut the original box in five equal pieces: you have five boxes each 1/5 of the original box. 1/5 is a fraction.

Additions, Multiplications, and Subtractions

Solve the following problems:

Addition (Plus)

Addition
+	3	8	2	5	1	7	8	1	7
	5	6	6	6	6	3	1	9	3
	8	14	8	11	7	10	9	10	10
	45	12	66	78	21	32	65	71	23
	45	16	14	23	5	69	46	20	18
	90	28	80	101	26	101	111	91	41
	43	22	67	13
	28	89	35	99

Multiplication (Times)

Multiplication
×	3	6
	2	2
	6	12

Subtraction (Minus)

–	5	6	7	8	7	3	5	87
	-7	-4	-4	-7	-5	-2	-2	-8
	-2	2	3	1	2	1	3	79

Reading Comprehension

Read the following story.

Dead and Cold

I seem to be able to see my body. I see myself. Laying there, so still. I am dead. People always wonder what death feels like. And now I know. It’s peaceful and beautiful. But at the same time, it’s cold and lonely. I wish I could tell the world. The teens and the kids. You shouldn’t be afraid. For death is peaceful. But you should never cause death or rush it. It is lonely, quiet, and cold. As my body lays there dead, I start to regret. For I am so cold and lonely.

Social Studies

History

Early US History: Civil Rights and Liberties

Ideas of civil rights and civil liberties were at the forefront when the American colonies declared their independence from Britain in 1776. The revolutionary war that followed demonstrated John Locke’s idea that a government that failed in its obligation to its people should be changed or abolished. The struggle for independence was long and bloody, but in the end the colonists won and created a new representative democracy, based on the foundations of Greek and Roman government and by the English ideas of natural rights.

Colonial leaders recognized that they could not foresee every problem that the new nation might face in the future, so they created a government that would be flexible enough to change peacefully. The US constitution served as a framework for a government open to ongoing interpretation and change, as opposed to a strict set of laws and regulations. This idea made the US government unlike any other on the face of the Earth.

Under the US constitution power was divided between the executive and the legislative branches of government. As in Athens, citizens had a right to voice their opinions and debate the issues, but a series of checks and balances would prevent one branch of government from overpowering the other. As in the Roman republic, citizens would have a right to vote for their representatives. As in England citizens were guaranteed basic civil rights, but these rights were extended to all citizens, not just the aristocracy.

The US government was founded on the idea of shared power between branches of government, between citizens and their elected representatives, and between states’ rights and federal rights. Citizens’ rights were protected but also citizens had certain duties to obey the law and pay taxes. Therefore, citizens could be informed on the issues and vote.

Over time, through protest and negotiation, the idea of who could become a citizen has changed. When the constitution was adopted, only landowning freemen over the age of 21 could become citizens. Over time, citizenship and voting rights were extended to non-landowning white men. Passed by Congress, and ratified by the states after the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to former slaves, and the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed voting rights and equal protection of the law to all male citizens regardless of race. In 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment granted voting rights to women. In 1971, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment lowered the voting age to eighteen.

In addition to voting rights, American history has seen several movements meant to extend full civil rights to all citizens. The struggles in the 1960’s was to ensure equal rights to African Americans, the 1970’s to women, and gays and lesbians today.

Credits

• This lesson was originally made with LibreOffice Writer by John M. Harpster.
• Formatted with Notepad++ for space removal.
• Made and published to PDF with LibreOffice Writer and Microsoft Word by John T. Harpster.

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