Homework, Week of October 7th

Friday, October 11th


216 Math:
Complete Study Links worksheet 3-1.

5th Social Studies:

If you didn't complete in class, finish the Web Hunt

Web Hunt: Christopher Columbus

Follow the instructions below to complete your Web Hunt worksheet.

What was Columbus hoping to find? How many masts did the Santa Maria have? And where did turkeys originally come from? Discover these answers and more as you journey around the Web!

As you travel through this Web Hunt, log the information you find on the worksheet provided.

1. Before the Journey

Going on a major expedition costs a lot of money! What was Columbus's goal that convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to pay for his journey? To find the answer, read the beginning of this article.

Next Step: How would you convince someone to pay for your great journey? Give three good reasons. Think about how expensive such a journey must have been. Make a list of some of the things necessary in order to spend over two months at sea.

2. The Biggest Ship

As explorers traveled farther distances, they needed ships that could survive the stormy seas for months at a time. Columbus’s biggest ship was called the Santa María, which was a type of ship called a carrack or nao.

Visit the Mariner’s Museum and record how many masts and how many decks the Santa Maria had.

Next Step: If you sailed around the world, what characteristics would you want your boat to have?

3. The Native Americans

When Columbus arrived on shore, he encountered the people already living there. These were the Native Americans, also known as American Indians or indigenous peoples. What does the term "indigenous peoples" mean?

Read the beginning of this article and record the definition.

4. The Columbian Exchange

Sometimes known as The Great Exchange or The Grand Exchange, the explorers and the Native Americans shared and traded plants, animals, and cultures across the Atlantic Ocean. Turkeys and corn are native to the Americas while horses and oranges originally came from Europe.

Look at this chart showing some of the goods that were shared between continents. Make a list of three foods originally from the Old World or Europe and three foods originally from the New World or the Americas that you've eaten.

Next Step: If you were going on a journey like Columbus's, what are three goods you would bring with you to trade? Why?

5. Trading Diseases

In addition to plants and animals, the Explorers and Native Americans also shared sickness and diseases — the Native Americans suffered and died in great numbers because of illnesses like small pox and the flu.

Why did a common illness like the flu (also called influenza) prove deadly to so many Native Americans? Return to the Mariners' Museum to find out.

6. News Reaches Europe

People in Europe were eager for details about the amazing New World. Twelve years after Columbus's first voyage, a man named Gonzalo Oviedo was sent to the islands of Domingo and Hispaniola to report back.

Visit the Library of Congress to examine his woodcuts that illustrate some of the fascinating new things he saw:

Hammock

Canoe

Iguana

Next Step: Imagine what it would be like to encounter plants, animals, and people unlike anything you had seen before. Think of something you see every day — like a toothbrush, sandwich, or pencil. Now write a description of that object for someone who has never seen or heard of such a thing before.

7. Before TV

Before television, cameras, and Internet, people relied on art to capture a scene. But each artist sees things differently.

Compare and contrast this painting and this painting of Columbus meeting Native Americans.

Use a Venn diagram to record the similarities and differences. Look at Columbus and the Native Americans.

Thursday, October 10th

216 - 5th Grade Soc:
Complete the "Northwest Coast and the Artic" worksheet.

4th Grade Soc:
If not already complete in class, finish the Northeast Vocabulary worksheet.



Wednesday, October 9th

No Homework

Tuesday, October 8th

216 Math:
Your chapter 2 test is on Wednesday.
Make sure you practice problems similar to the study guide as well as others from your journal/study links worksheets.

Monday, October 7th

216 Math:
Complete Study Links WS 2-10
Your chapter 2 test is on Wednesday.

4th Soc:
Your chapter 3 test is Tuesday.  Make sure your notes are updated and you have completed the study guide.  That will be collected before you take your test tomorrow.

5th Enrichment:
Complete the "Staying on Topic" worksheet.