Vocabulary Choice Board
Use 4 of the 6 choices and complete the task for all of the vocabulary words on the vocabulary sheet. That’s 6 words per choice.
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Use all 6 of the choices and complete the task for all of the vocabulary words on the vocabulary list. That’s 4 words per choice.
Text Talk
Write a sentence using the vocabulary word.
Simile or Metaphor
Create a simile or metaphor using the vocabulary word.
Draw It Out
Create a drawing that describes the vocabulary word. Digital images cannot be used.
Test Questions
Write a test question about the vocabulary word.
Meme It
Create a meme using the vocabulary word.
Newspaper Headline
Write a Front Page Newspaper Headline about the vocabulary word.
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Examples of Similes:
Hungry like a wolf
Cute as a button
Tough as leather
Work like a dream
Examples of Metaphors:
Life is a highway
Blanket of snow
Heart of gold
All the world’s a stage
VOCAB WORDS:
Unit 7 Vocabulary
Transfer all of the definitions to your journal
Vocabulary quiz Monday, January 9, 2023
Urbanization - When people move from rural areas to cities (usually to find better jobs)
Monroe Doctrine - 5th President James Monroe's foreign policy... it told Europe..."European colonization in the western hemisphere was no longer allowed"
Erie Canal - This man-made waterway enabled midwestern farmers to ship their goods from the Great Lakes region to major east coast cities like New York; The canal helped cities in the northeast develop faster.
Transcontinental Railroad - Chinese and Irish immigrants blasted through mountains & built bridges over rivers to build this in order to connect the east coast to the west coast.
Interchangeable parts -This idea improved HOW goods were manufactured and led to mass production techniques, which made goods cheaper and easier to repair. (You could order replacement parts)
Missouri Compromise (1820) - allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state; it outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of 36°30´ latitude.
Free Enterprise - an economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control.
Era of Good Feelings - A peaceful period during Monroe's presidency when the country had a strong sense of nationalism
Lowell Mills - Textile mills located in the factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts - they hired young women and girls to work in the mills/factories. ("Lowell Mills Girls")
Telegraph & Morse Code - Enabled instant long-distance transmission of messages and news; Invented by Samuel Morse.
Factory System - Made producing goods more efficient by completing all steps under one roof, usually with the help of machines.
Textile - another word for cloth or fabric
Nationalism - A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Francis Scott Key - wrote the star-spangled banner during the war of 1812
Industrialization - the process where machine-production of goods replaces hand-made or homemade goods. (= Efficiency)
Profit (profitability) - A financial gain; the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something
Mass Production - the industrial process that creates the potential for reaching millions, even billions, of diverse, anonymous people at around the same time
Interstate Commerce - Trade (commerce) between two or more states. The Supreme Court Case of Gibbons v. Ogden established the federal government's authority to regulate interstate commerce.
Rural - relating to farm areas and life in the country. (Opposite of urban)
2nd Great Awakening - Religious movement that led to social reforms
War Hawks (1811-1812) - Democratic-Republican Congressmen who pressed James Madison to declare war on Britain. Largely drawn from the South and West, the war hawks resented British constraints on American trade and accused the British of supporting Indian attacks against American settlements on the frontier.
Monopoly - Complete control of a product or business by one person or group
Impressment - British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service
Capitalism - an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
