We're starting a new Unit - Communities Change Over Time where we will be studying different elements of culture and learn how technology and progress have influenced changes in culture over time.
The vocabulary words for this unit are:
community - a group of people working and living in the same area or from the same cultural background
culture - the shared beliefs, behaviors, and way of life of a group of people, or a certain time period or place in the past
civilization - a culture from the past that reached an advanced level of culture, science, industry, and government compared to other cultures of that time period
timeline - a chart that shows important events that occurred over a given period of time
artifacts - objects found by scientists and were used by people a long time ago
myths - stories told in ancient civilizations to explain natural events and to teach lessons
plague - a contagious disease that kills many people because there is no known cure
coat of arms - a shield design symbolizing values and characteristics of an individual family
historian - a person who researches past events and writes and talks about why events occurred and what changed as a result
transportation - how people get from one place to another
The books we will be reading are: Weslandia, A Street Through Time, Adventures in the Middle Ages, and Adventures in Ancient Egypt.
Spelling List #11
graph
laugh
photograph
tough
rough
enough
telegraph
phonograph
trough
cough
glyph
classify
analyze
verify
answer
model
1. My mom had to laugh when she saw the photograph of the cat.2. He was rough and tough, but he still had a cough.
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