Geography
Continents and Oceans (wk1)
- North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
- Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean
Tell me about Charlemagne (wk1)
In 800, during the medieval period, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor of Europe.
What are some parts of the food chain? (wk4)
Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
What is a Pronoun (wk2) and Pronoun Order (wk3)?
A pronoun replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition. // First person, second person, third person
Metric Measurements?
10 millimeters = 1 cm, 100 centimeters = 1 meter, 1000 meters = 1 kilometer
Tell me about William the Conqueror (wk2)
In 1054, the church spilt into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. William the Conqueror defeated King Harold of England in 1066 and started feudalism.
Science: (i) Names of some US Space Missions? (wk13); (ii) Some bodies in our solar system? (wk12); (iii) Phases of the moon? (wk11)
Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Shuttle // Asteroids, Meteoroids, Meteorites, Comets // New, Crescent, Quarter, Gibbous, Full
Tell me about the Crusades (wk3)
Richard the Lion-Hearted, son of Eleanor of Aquitaine, fought the Turks for Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades, from 1095 to 1291.
What are 3 types of consumers? (wk3)
Herbivore. Carnivore. Omnivore.
Tell me about the Hundred Years' War (wk5)
During the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc and King Charles VII led the French to defeat the English at the siege of Orléans. In the late 1340s, fleas on rats carried the plague, which killed one out of three Europeans.
How do animals react to environmental change? (wk6)
What are the names of the planets? (wk10)
Adapt, Migrate, Hibernate
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Tell me about the Magna Carta (wk4)
Tell me about the Industrial Revolution (wk13)
English King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215, limiting the king's power. Later, England's King Edward III claimed to be king of France and began the Hundred Years' War in 1337.
Watt’s steam engine, Cartwright’s power loom, and Whitney’s cotton gin spurred the Industrial Revolution that began in the 1760s.