Grade Eight Week 16: January 3-5, 2023

We are reaching the end of the first semester, we will have a few tests over the next few weeks.  You will also be done with Bible History and Foundations in a few weeks and we will add Washington State History starting soon.   I am proud of you and I love you!

Math  - Chapter 7 of Elementary Algebra

Please come ask me if you don't understand something she taught you or have other questions.  

Chapter 7, Lesson 5. Watch video then do Sets 1 and 2.

Chapter 7, Lesson 6. Watch video then do Sets 1 and 2.

Chapter 7, Lesson 7. Watch video then do Sets 1 and 2.

Religion & Bible History

• Read Bible History Unit 7, Section 3 and answer questions.
• Read Faith & Life Chapter 14.
• Read Mark 7:1-23 and pages that go along with it in Heaven's Roar

Language Arts

Literature 

We are going to read a book called Night by Elie Wiesel.  Night, often considered among the most important memoirs of the 20th century, was written by Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, the text recounts the author’s experience as a teenager in a Nazi concentration camp.  In order to understand the book, we first need some background on the Holocaust.  

Wednesday

Watch this video The Path to Nazi Genocide 

Thursday

Read pages 3-11.  End after "Then came the ghettos"   

Come discuss what you read with Mom.  

Make sure you understand what the word annihilate means.  

Friday

In writing answer: What does the community’s reaction to Moishe the Beadle’s warning, the news about the invasion of Hungary and the arrival of German soldiers, reveal about them—and about human nature more generally? Provide at least three pieces of evidence from pages 3-11 to support your answer.

English From the Roots Up 

• Test on all the words so far on Friday - make sure you are studying them.

Windows to the World - DO WITH MOM 

1. Read page 14 on further annotation - then annotate The Most Dangerous Game.  
2. Use the annotation checklist on page 24 to evaluate your annotations and go back and add things you missed.
3. Read and annotate Marginalia.

Modern World History 

• Read Century for Young People Chapter 4.  Pick one picture to show Mom and tell her about it.
• Read You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Hoover Dam.  Watch this 6 minute video on building the Hoover Dam.
• Watch Days that Shook the World: Disaster in the Skies on the Hindenburg.  It will also cover the Challenger accident which we won't get to until 1980s, but its okay to watch together.  

Foundations 

**Read All Creatures Great and Small chapters 43-45 this week.

Lesson 1

Read chapter three in the book on Growth Mindset (from Dad)  This is the last part of this book he wants you to read.  Discuss with Dad.

Lesson 2

1. We’re going to be learning about logic. Along with logic, we will be looking at bias and propaganda.  In these types of speeches you will hear what we call logical fallacies, which are basically bad arguments. The speaker may be using them very purposefully to trick people into agreeing with them. You need to be able to spot them so that you don’t fall for the trick. An example would be all those people who believe the election was “stolen from President Trump."    When there is something that is growing in popularity, then people use that to try to make others feel like it must be true and they should join in. That’s called the “bandwagon” fallacy. It’s what we call a logical fallacy. Here’s another example.
2.  The strawman fallacy is another one we see in politics and social media often.  For example, if you say you support money for education, they will ask why you hate our veteran's so much that you don't want funding for them?
3. The fallacy fallacy.  We see this all the time - one scientist had a bad claim about global warming, so therefore all scientists are wrong about global warming.
4. Come up with at least one example of each of these fallacies and share with Mom in writing or by telling her.

Lesson 3

1. The False Cause Fallacy.  Here’s an example. I wore red and then our soccer team lost. I’m never going to wear red again to a game, and we’ll win the championship!
2. Appeal to emotion.  An example is a commercial that uses American pride to make you want to buy their American-made product.
3. The slippery slope fallacy.  If we allow people to see same-sex couples kissing on tv, then they will become gay themselves.
4. Come up with at least one example of each of these fallacies and share with Mom in writing or by telling her.

World Geography 

Do the book reading and work on your powerpoint presentation that is due January 19.