Exploring Our World - National Geographic Study Guide Section 2

If you are a budding Geographer, then you must study this book! The text is well written and very demanding for the student. 





We are now going to work on Section 2, and maybe I will go back and do Section 1 Study guide for you if I have time. 

The section is about the Earth in Space. 
Warm-up:
Questions
What parts and features of the Earth can be seen from space? 
What can we learn by looking at a particular feature through time? 

Directions: Go over all the vocabulary words and ask your teacher about any that you don't know already. 

Read pages 34-36

Questions 
What is the difference between the inner planets and the outer planets? 
Why isn't Pluto considered a planet anymore? 
Why do we have a leap year once every four years in the Geogorian Calendar? 
What is the axis of the Earth? 
Why don't we feel the Earth moving as it turns? 

Extra information: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/dwarf-planets-pluto-ceres/


Homework:
Your class is doing research about the solar system.  Explain why the Earth is the only planet capable of supporting life. 

iboy Study Guide Chapter 10 (2)

 iboy by Kevin Brooks  

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Questions: 

Did you know about binary numbers before reading this book?

How does Tom sense his surroundings when he wakes up?

What does he notice first?

How does he describe all the data in his head?

How did Tom@s being in a coma affect his family?

What was the neurosurgeon concerned about?

What were the unusual readings from the brain scans?

How did he feel when he first touched the scar?

How did Tom persuade himself to just go to sleep?

Homework:

Have you ever been a patient in a hospital?

If you feel comfortable talking about it, discuss with your English teacher how you felt when you were in a hospital. 

Music to read by:

iboy Study Guide Chapter 1

iboy by Kevin Brooks,  Study Guide Chapter 1

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Questions:

What is unusual about the chapter numbers?  

Is Tom Harvey a normal boy?
How do we know about Lucy?
kids?
What type of neighborhood is Crow Town? Would you like to live there?
Why is Tom looking at his watch so much?
How does the cliff hanger make us want to continue reading?

Homework:
Write about an event that you can pinpoint the exact time that it happened, How did you know the exact time? What was the event? How did the event change your life?

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Hour of the Olympics Study Guide Chapter 3

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Jack and Annie have to save an ancient story!  Where are they? 

Vocabulary:

bearded - a man who has a beard

wisdom- knowledge

spinning - making thread or yarn

weaaving - making cloth

scroll- a long piece of paper or parchment used as books in ancient times. 

Questions:

Where did Jack and Annie land? 

What research book do they have with them? 

What are they wearing? 

What is different about this place than in the modern world?

Does Annie like it? 

What does the word "philosopher mean?"

What do Jack and Annie show him? Why?

How does Plato react when he sees the thing?

Why can't Jack and Annie tell about the poet who wrote the story? 

What information do they learn from the research book? 

Homework: 

Jack and Annie have to keep a secret.  Write about a time that you had to keep a secret. Why was it important to keep the secret?   Did you ever tell anyone about the secret?   Answer the questions Who, What, Where, Why, about the secret. 

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What do you know about Ancient Egypt?  The Pyramids?  The Nile River?  

Alex and Laura find themselves in Ancient Egypt, and see incredible things! 

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Questions

How do Alex and Laura figure out where they are? 

Who knows more about history, Alex or Laura? 

Why does Laura tell Alex to put his phone away? 

Why did they go to Ancient Egypt? 

What do we see in the illustration? 

Why do they go see the huts instead of the palace? 

Homework: 

What do you already know about Ancient Egypt?  Where would you like to visit there? 

Who would you like to meet? 

The Jerusalem Magic Candy Shop Study Guide Chapter 1

The Jerusalem Magic Candy Shop Study Guide Chapter 1

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 The Jerusalem Magic Candy Shop #1 Moshe Rabbainu Mocha Munchie

In Chapter 1 We meet Alex and Laura.  They are new Olim, that is new immigrants to Israel who live in Jerusalem. They have been in Israel for a while, but still miss the United States.  Alex is very smart, and he has really put a lot of effort to learn Hebrew.  Laura, on the other hand is more interested in having fun and looking good.  She has not truly adjusted to living in Israel and misses her friends "back home."  

This story takes place the day after Passover ends, and in Israel it is not a holiday, but according to religious Jews who live outside of Israel it is a holiday. 

The kids are happy to be out on the town, and to have an extra day of vacation from school.  

All of the Hebrew terms are defined in the Glossary at the back of the book, but I will define them here in the study guide as well. 

Key Terms

 Isru Chag – The second day of a holiday in Israel, it is a semi-holiday in Israel corresponds to the second day of a holiday outside of Israel 

Bureaka – a pastry that is made from oil, flour and usually potatoes. Not kosher for Passover. 

Chag - Holiday

kitnyot – Types of food that may be mistaken for bread or wheat products. Ashkenazi Jews don’t eat these products during Passover.

Kosher – Food that has been supervised by the Rabbinical council and has a label to show that it the Jewish dietary rules were followed during manufacture or harvest.

Matza – The special “bread” that religious Jews eat for the Passover holiday.

Hol HaMoed – Intermediate days of Passover and Succot.

Questions: 

How long have Alex and Laura been living in Israel?

Why do the kids stop on Jaffa street? 

What is interesting about all the candy in the shop? 

How much money did Alex get for finding the Afikomen? 

What does the Moshe Rabbainu Mocha Munchie candy taste like? 

Why does Laura grab Alex's hand? 

Homework: 

Write about a time in history that you would like to go back and witness?  What happened then?  Why is this time period interesting for you?  Would you try to change the event? 

The Jerusalem Magic Candy Shop Study Guide Prologue

Everybody wants to know more about the The Jerusalem Magic Candy Shop!

It is located on Yaffa Street in Jerusalem.  (well not really, it is a place in my imagination)

You can go there by reading this book: 
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Key Terms:
Passover - The very important Jewish holiday that happens in the spring, Jews have a big Seder and eat Matza for 7 days.
Shurit Leumi - National Service in Israel.  High school graduates, mostly girls choose to volunteer in a school, hospital, youth village instead of serving in the Army.
wry smile - a smile that is ironic
Hulda - the name of one of the 7 Prophetesses
Badatz sign - all restaurants and outlets that sell food,  that want to cater to religious Jews need to be certified as Kosher.  In Israel the most respected organization that certifies establishments as kosher.
Yaffa Road.  The main road that is in the center of Jerusalem.
landmark - a place where most people know about and go there to see it.

Questions 
Why did Dan and Hulda want to open a candy shop?
What did Hulda's great grand uncle do in Boston?
What is the difference between the candy shop in Boston and the one in Jerusalem?
Why is Hulda happy about Ayala's choice of Shurit Leumi?
Why did they wait until Passover to open the shop?
Why do you thing that Dan and Hulda don't eat in the shop?

Homework: 
Dan and Hulda have this dream of opening a candy shop.  What is one of your dreams, a goal that you would like to do?  What are the steps that you can do to make this dream a reality?