Unsung Heroes
What is an unsung hero?
Someone who does something important but isn't recognized on a large scale for their actions.
What are the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution.
(4, -7)
4 is X and Y is -7 because a set of coordinates is always formatted as (x, y)
What is the only one of the ancient wonders of the world that still exists today?
The pyramids of Giza
What has hands and a face, but can't hold anything or smile?
A clock
Name two of the four people/animals that you could have chosen to read and answer questions about who were considered 'unsung heroes.'
Jane Addams, Cher Ami (pigeon), Mae Jemison, and the Tuskegee Airmen.
What are Civil Rights?
Give me the decimal and percent form of the following fraction: 1/5
decimal: 0.20
percent: 20%
What is economic inflation?
This belongs to you, but your friends use it much more often than you do. What is it?
Your name
Who might examples of an unsung hero be? (categories in your life) Name 3.
A family member, a friend, a teacher, a coworker, a pet, a famous person, a mentor, yourself, etc.
Name 3 states that begin with the letter M.
Maine, Missouri, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana
What does PEMDAS stand for? Use it to solve the following equation:
7 x 6 + 10 - 5 + (14 - 7) = ?
54
What tribe published the first Native American newspaper in the United States?
Cherokee
What two things can you never eat before breakfast?
Lunch and dinner
Name 3 qualities/characteristics of an unsung hero.
Compassionate, kind, selfless, imaginative, creative, supportive, perseverance, determination, etc.
Provide the number for and explanation of 3 of the 27 amendments to the Constitution of the USA.
Answers vary
Solve the following algebraic equation for K: (remember the distributive property!)
-4k + 2 (5k - 6) = -3k - 39
K = -3
Name 4 of the 7 ancient wonders of the world for 100 points each.
Pyramids of Giza, Zeus at Olympia, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Colossus of Rhodes, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
What can travel around the world all while staying stuck in one corner?
A stamp
Tell me what two of the four unsung heroes from Monday's class accomplished.
Jane Addams - Worked for protective legislation for women and children, was on the Frontline of the settlement house movement, advocated for labor reformation, and fought for women's right to vote.
Cher Ami - Assisted with communication on the battlefield during active combat during WWII, is known to have saved an estimated 194 people.
Tuskegee Airmen - The first African American military aviators in the US and made many contributions to help the US win WWII.
Mae Jemison - Engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut who was the first African-American woman to travel into space in 1992.
Provide 3 examples of what one person/a group of people can do to get laws changed and advocate for Civil Rights.
Protest, contact their legislators, vote, boycott organizations that they feel are not doing the right thing, run for public office, educate yourself, speak up on social media, get involved in a non-profit, etc.
Answer the following three financial literacy questions:
1. What is the difference between a credit and a debit card?
2. What is the difference between your gross income and your net income?
3. What are three different kinds of bills that are NECESSITIES that you will probably have when you get older?
1. Credit is money you don't have that you pay off over time, debit is money that you have in the bank that comes out of a checking or savings account
2. Gross is your income before taxes and deductions and net is your income after taxes and deductions
3. Mortgage/rent, insurance, electricity, utilities, phone plan, loan(s), gas, groceries, clothes, etc.
Provide the location (country is fine) of two of the seven ancient wonders of the world.
Giza - Egypt
Gardens of Babylon - Unknown
Artemis - Turkey
Zeus - Greece
Mausoleum - Turkey
Rhodes - Greece
Lighthouse - Egypt
I am a 3 digit number. My tens digit is 5 more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is 8 less than my tens digit. What number am I?
194