This is the Lesson from 27 September 2018. This history covers about the Pilgrams and the Mayflower Compact.

Lesson

Lesson of Friday, September 28, 2018

Fourth Week, Day Nineteen

English

Sentences

Sentences are built like this:

Nouns and Verbs

Nouns and Adjectives

Nouns are things. Here is a list of some nouns. Adjectives explain nouns more succinctly. Some adjectives are listed next to the nouns.

List of nouns and adjectives

Verbs and Adverbs

Verbs are action words. They are things you do. Here is a list of some verbs. Some adverbs are listed to the right of the verbs. Adverbs are words that are added to verbs to explain them better.

Example of Parts of Speech in Sentences

The tall man ran quickly and the short woman followed slowly.

Handwriting

Practice handwriting so you can get faster.

Math

Additions, Multiplications and Subtractions

Solve the following problems:

Addition (Plus)

42	14	67	88	21	32	65
+45	+16	+14	+23	+8	+68	+45
71	23	43	22	67	13
+29	+17	+27	+88	+34	+88

Carry a one on top of the number when you are doing additions.

Flash Cards

4	2	3	4	2
+2	+6	+6	+5	+8
7	7	1	6
+3	+1	+9	+3

How can memorize the additions in flash cards?

Remember to carry a one on top.

Multiplication (Times)

Multiplication
×	4	5
	2	2
	8	10

Subtraction (Minus)

Subtraction
–	7	8	6	9	9	5	4	6	87
	-7	-4	-4	-8	-2	-2	-2	-5	-4
	0	4	2	1	7	3	2	1	83

Please do not use the computer, phone or add wrong numbers during this lesson.

Fractions

A fraction is one number over the other like this:

Numerators and Denominators

Number	Numerator and Denominator	Result
5	is the numerator	Smaller
8	is the denominator
4	is the numerator	Smaller
5	is the denominator

Common Dominators

Fraction Number	Result
½ + 1/2	2/2	Equal
¼ + ¼ + 1/4	3/4	Smaller
½ + 1/4	6/8	Smaller

Only if you change ½ to the equivalent expression 2/4 thus: 2/4 + ¼ = ¾

Box

1

If you have a box:

1/2

1/2

Then you cut it in half:

You have two boxes each ½ of the original box. ½ is a fraction. You can add fractions if the denominator (The bottom number of the fraction) is the same. So, we add:

• ½ + ½ = 2/2 = 1 full box.

We add the numerator 1+ 1 and keep the denominator (The bottom number of the fraction) the same. So, the top number in a fraction is called the numerator. The bottom number of a fraction is called the denominator. We cannot add a number like ½ + 1/5 because the denominator (the bottom number) of the fraction is not the same.

1/3

1/3

1/3

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. 1 is the numerator and 3 is the denominator. We can add the numbers. 1/3 + 1/3 because the denominator (3) is the same. So, we add 1/3+1/3 = 2/3, or 1/3 +1/3+1/3 = 3/3 =1. If the denominator is equal to the numerator the number = 1.

1/4

1/4

1/4

1/4

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. You can add ¼ + ¼ = 2/4 because the denominator is the same. You can add ¼ + ¼ + ¼ = ¾ because the denominator (4) is the same.

• ¼ + ¼ + ¼  + ¼ = 4/4 = 1.

4/4 = 1 because the numerator (4) and the denominator (4) are the same. You cannot add 1/4+1/3 because the denominators are different.

1/5

1/5

1/5

1/5

1/5

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. You can add 1/5 + 1/5 = 2/5 because the denominator (5) is the same.

• 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 = 3/5.
• 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 = 4/5.
• 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5 = 5/5 = 1

5/5 = 1 because the numerator (5) and the denominator (5) are the same. You cannot add 1/5 + 1/3 because the denominators are different. Remember:

• The top number of a fraction is called the numerator.
• The bottom number of a fraction is called the denominator.
• You can add fractions if the denominator is the same.
• You cannot add two fractions with different denominators.

To add two numbers with different denominators, you first have to manipulate the fractions until the denominators are the same. Example:

• ½ + ¼ – the denominator of the first number is 2
• the denominator of the second number is 4

To add these two numbers first you have to make equal numbers with the same denominator. If you take ½ and multiply the numerator with 2 the you also have to multiply the denominator with 2 so the number will stay the same. Remember 2/2 = one because the numerator and denominator are the same and if you multiply any number by one you get the same number again. So:

• ½ x 2/2 = 2/4 since 1x 2 = 2 and 2×2 = 4. So, 2/4 = ½.

Notice that 2/4 has the same denominator as ½.

• So now you can add 2/4+1/4 = ¾
• So: ½ + ¼ = ¾

Reading Comprehension

Read the following story.

A Town Mouse and A Country Mouse

• Text source is from http://www.english-for-students.com/A-Town-Mouse-and-A-Country-Mouse.html

A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were friends. The Country Mouse one day invited his friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse came and they sat down to a dinner of barley and roots the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavor.

The flavor was not much to the taste of the guest and presently he broke out with “My poor dear friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My larder is a regular horn of plenty. You must come and stay with me and I promise you shall live on the fat of the land.”

So, when he returned to town, he took the Country Mouse with him and showed him into a larder containing flour and oatmeal and figs and honey and dates.

The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it and sat down to enjoy the luxuries his friend provided. But before they had well begun, the door of the larder opened and someone came in. The two Mice scampered off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole. Presently, when all was quiet, they ventured out again. But someone else came in, and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor. “Good bye,” said he, “I’m off. You live in the lap of luxury, I can see, but you are surrounded by dangers whereas at home I can enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn in peace.”

Social Studies

History

Pilgrims and the Mayflower Compact

• Text source was from History.com
• Date: 2009/10/29, Updated: 2020/08/19
• All contents are copyright of A&E Television Networks.

After European forces reached America in the 1400s, the powers of Europe began to colonize the territories that they claimed across North America. The English, competing against the French and Dutch, began to send ships to what is now New England, and they eventually dominated the eastern seaboard of what would become the United States. Although many of the ships sent went in search of trade and wealth, some were filled with groups of people seeking freedom from political and religious persecution. Among these groups was a sect of Puritans we know today as the Pilgrims.

The Pilgrims were separatist from the Church of England who believed that the church needed reform and restoration from corruption. Facing increased persecution for their beliefs, a group of Pilgrims left England in 1620 aboard a ship called the Mayflower.

After crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Pilgrims eventually settled near what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. Upon arrival with limited contact with royal or colonial authorities, the Pilgrims drew up the Mayflower Compact, a plan for self-government. Essentially, the Pilgrims while avowing their loyalty to the King of England, also empowered themselves to create laws and regulations through majority rule. The Mayflower Compact drew heavily on English democratic tradition that was born out of the Magna Carta, and it represented the first attempt at majority rule in the New World.

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 Microsoft Word by John T. Harpster.

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