7th Grade Humanities Homework
Since there are two different sections of seventh grade Humanities
classes, which meet on different days, the due dates have not been
included on this site. The students are made aware of the due dates in
class and are to record this on their homework sheet. The dates are also
listed on a board in the classroom. Any additional homework support and
reference materials will be linked to the homepage.
1. Sign slip for Humanities
2. Read first twenty pages of your independent reading book. Complete
worksheet. Record a summary of the book in Language Arts journal (yellow).
Record one prediction - Identify evidence to support the prediction(quote,
p#. Record in Language Arts journal.
3. Letter to the Teacher. Address the following questions.
*What do you think you are really good at?
*What do you need help with?
*What do you expect of yourself this year as a student & as a person?
*Is there anything additional that you think I need to know about you?
4. Read independent reading book. Write 1st independent reading response
A.Describe an "Aha" moment. This is a moment that you have while you are'
reading that feels like a bright light went on, and you suddenly realize
something you hadn't realized before. This realization could be about
the world, people in general, yourself, your family, your friends. The
story makes you think in a way you never have before
B. Describe an experience or emotion that you share with a character at a
particular moment in the story. How does this shared experience help you
to understand the character and how s/he is acting?
5. Define the following terms & use them each in a sentence: Anthropology,
Consensus, Abolished, and Detrimental.
6. Nacerima Written Response – Is the anthropological description of
the ‘rac’ accurate? Explain why or why not. Did you change your mind
with regards to whether the rac should be abolished, kept, or changed
once you realized that the ‘rac’ really represented the car? Why or why
didn’t you change your mind?
7. Think about this statement by Othello using these questions and our class
discussion as a guide. Write a one page response using what you know
about writing an essay. Do the best you can.
*What does this passage mean?
*Do you agree or disagree with Shakespeare, that wounds require patience
to heal? Why? Why not? Identify specific examples that are directly
connected to your life.
*How does this passage connect to the world you observe around you?
8. Final Draft of Shakespeare essay. Make revisions based on do now in
class conversation, and editor’s checklist. Parent must sign off that
you read it aloud to yourself as part of the editing process. Attach to
rough draft.
9. Written Response - Make connection between what you learned through
Nacerima and what you learned from the Three Little Pigs project. How
does this influence the way that you view history? This response should
be ¾ of a page long. It should refer to truth, and point of view. This
should be recorded in green journal.
10.1st part of Photography Autobiography Project. Find at least 60
photographs of yourself which include people, places, animals, and
events, which to you, are significant. Be sure that those pictures begin
with you as a baby and end with you as you are today. Consider this your
photo autobiography. You will try to tell as complete a story as you can
through pictures.
11.Read Thank You, Ma’am by Langston Hughes.
Highlight where you see evidence of issues.
Identify two issues evident in the story and record in margins.
12.Read your assigned short story.
Highlight where you see evidence of issues.
Identify the issues evident in the story and record in margins.
13.Breaking Away - Write a response to question 1 on the reflection
worksheet. Refer to issues list.
14.Breaking Away – Write a response to questions #2 & 3 on the reflection
worksheet.
15.Breaking Away – Write a response to questions 4, 5, and 6 on the
reflection worksheet.
16.Breaking Away - Create two open, level two or three questions focusing on
point of view and choice.
18.Breaking Away - Record notes to Guiding Seminar Questions, #1 through 7.
19.Breaking Away - Record responses to Guiding Seminar Questions 8,9,10.
20.Breaking Away - Written response in spiral notebook to the following
reflection questions
*What was successful about this discussion?
*What needs to be fixed?
*How were you successful in this discussion?
*What do you need to improve upon the next time?
*How did your thinking grow or change because of the discussion? BE
SPECIFIC!!
21.Breaking Away - Decide on the character you will examine. Create a new
point of view chart for
this character. Include the following on the chart.
*Identify the two strongest points of view for this character, which you
will examine in this essay.
*Identify the reasons/conditions for each of those points of view.
*Identify the evidence for each of those points of view.
*Identify a decision that the character makes because of their point of
view.
22.Breaking Away – Write your first and second paragraphs. Refer to chart,
outline, and essay
handout.
23.Breaking Away – Revise paragraph one. Rewrite paragraph two. Refer to
your outline and essay
handout.
24.Breaking Away – Revise paragraph two. Write your third paragraph. Refer
to your chart, outline
and essay handout.
25.Breaking Away - Revise paragraph three. Write paragraph four. Refer to
your chart, outline and essay handout. Read it aloud as part of the
editing process. Write on loose-leaf paper or typed
26.Photography Autobiography - Create two strong captions for each
photograph. Record in your yellow journal leaving two lines of space
between the set of captions. This space will be used for editor’s notes.
27.Breaking Away - Rewrite paragraph four. Incorporate concluding
sentence/statement.
28.Breaking Away – Revise paragraph four. Write final draft.
29.Breaking Away – Write final draft based on all peer edits. Attach all
drafts and peer edit sheets to final draft. Double space. Sign off, “I
read it aloud”. Parent and student sign and date.
30.Photography Autobiography - Complete a final draft of your captions. 1
caption per photograph. Captions must be no longer than six inches long
(the length of the pictures) and one half inch wide so they may be affixed
underneath each photograph. Cut each caption to be ready to apply them to
your memoir during the next class.
31.Independent Reading Project – Paragraph summarizing story, 2nd.
Independent Reading Response
32.You are a historian. It is the year 2030. You are writing a two paragraph
piece that could appear in a history textbook about adolescent culture in
New York City, in the year 2009. You will focus on what matters to those
kids and what they value. Support your observations with specific
examples.
33.Read in A More Perfect Union from “The Relationship Between Geography and
History” on p.4 to “The Eastern and Southern United States” on p.6.
Define Physical Geography & Define Human Geography. Highlight definition
in notes. Identify examples of physical and of human geography. Include
with your definition. Identify and describe the geographical region in
which you live. Are there bodies of water? Are there hills and
mountains? Does the weather change very much from season to season?
Define ‘region’
34.Budding Historian study guide
35.Budding Historian test.
36.Read History? Why? Choose a quote that best represents why you think the
study of history is significant and write a response to it.
37.Find out when /why a neighbor came to the United States. Identify the
person. Identify the country from which they emigrated. Record five
interview questions. Record responses to each question.
38.Read pp.21 to 23, A More Perfect Union. Identify the political, social,
and economic reasons for why Europeans came to America. Response must be
written in your own words.
39.Read “Richard Hakluyt Promotes Colonization”. Choose two points. Define the unknown terms.
Note that Norumbega is an unknown term. Extra Credit if they determine what it refers to. Piece
together the meaning of his words. In your own words, explain what it is that he is trying to argue
in that point
40.A Discourse Concerning Western Planting, Richard Hakluyt. Based on this document, what are the
three strongest (most important) reasons to colonize? Explain. What should Queen Elizabeth be
concerned about?
41.Read Chapter 37, “Lost: A Colony”, First Americans – Hand out copies of text. Record title of
reading in your green journal. Underneath the title of the reading identify the reasons (3 or 4) for
why this colony failed. Identify each reason as political, social, economic or geographic. Highlight
reasons for why the colony failed, in the text
42.Read chapters 4,5,6,7 in Making 13 Colonies. Written Response (paragraph format): What was the
motivation behind colonization of Jamestown? Identify 2 elements. Define this term. Record page
number that corresponds with evidence. Written Response (chart format): Why did Jamestown
almost fail as a colony? Identify the social, political, economic and geographic causes. Identify at
least 6 reasons for why it almost failed. Record page number that corresponds with evidence.
43.Read chapters 8 & 9 & 10, in Making 13 Colonies. Written Response: Why did the Jamestown
settlement survive (rephrase – What were the factors that led to the successful establishment of
Jamestown)? Identify each reason as social, political, economic, and/or geographic. Record page
number that corresponds with evidence. The written response should be based on information in
chapters 4 through 10.
44.Rewrite Breaking Away essay. Attach revised to original.Parent signature next to grade.
45.Read p.34, in A More Perfect Union. Read p.50, in Making 13 Colonies. Reread chapter 9, Making
13 Colonies. Written Response: Explain how an enslaved person is different from an indentured
servant.
46.Reread p.23, A More Perfect Union. Read chapters 13,14 and 15 in Making 13 Colonies.
Written Response – Why did the Pilgrims leave England and move to America? Note that not all
Pilgrims came for the same reason. Written Response – Why did the Puritans leave England and
move to America?
47.Define Charter. You are on a journey to start a new life in Virginia. The boat ends up landing in
what is now known as Massachusetts. You are outside of the Virginian charter’s governing
jurisdiction. There are no laws to govern your community. Written Response – Would you want to
live in a community without a charter? Explain why or why not. If it was up to you to create a
charter for a new government, what would the purpose of your government be? The goal of each
law is to further the purpose of that government. What kinds of laws would be important to you?
Make a list of what you think are the three most significant points that would have to be included
in your new charter. Explain why you chose each law.
48.Read to page 16, in Of Mice and Men. Use post its to catch author’s craft. Complete Of Mice and
Men Author’s Craft handout homework #1 – Cross out 2nd example for exposition. Discover
background information on the time period and region of the story. Identify the source of the
information. Check off each assignment once complete (on homework calendar)
49.Read to page 38 in Of Mice and Men. Use post its to catch author’s craft. Complete Of Mice and
Men Author’s Craft handout homework #2. Add terms to Of Mice and Men vocabulary log chart.
Record at least three words that you do not know the meaning of. Check off each assignment once
complete (on homework calendar)