Farm School: almanac
Sophie and I began the 8 week project Midden Earth Farm Almanac based on Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richards Almanac.
- http://privatelibrary.typepad.com/the_private_library/2010/01/almanacs-and-the-private-library.html - On line research to look at copies of the original Franklin's Almanac.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Richard%27s_Almanack - We looked on Wikipedia for a short description of the Almanac.- Sophie approved the template for the Almanac and we chose the fonts and worked on the title page. Sophie chose a photo of the farmhouse and wrote a rough draft of how the farm was named.
ASSIGNMENTS
- Write a poem about Althea
- Create or find a recipe using something found or grown on the farm. ex: chicken, eggs, pumpkin, apples
- Find a quote from an online site such as: http://www.quoteland.com/
Read Chapter 1 Kitchen Chemistry
Stamp Act 5 x 5
5 Vocabulary
1. Stamp Act: An act of the British Parliament for raising revenue in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamps and stamped paper for official documents
2. "natural rights": Any right that exists by virtue of natural law like in the stamp act where the English colonists felt that there natural rights to be English men were being taken away, they were not getting treated the same as the people in England were getting treated
3. Smuggling: To import or export goods secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
4. riot: A disturbance made by an unruly mob or in law three or more persons; tumult or uproar
5. boycott: To refuse to have dealings with a person or organization or refuse to buy a product as a protest or means of coercion
5 Facts/ Details
1. The Stamp Act started in 1765 and ended in 1766 because of economic pressures at that time.
2. Adhesive stamps were more common and practical during the Stamp Act.
3. Stamp Acts have been in forced in many countries.
4. Once there was a Stamp Act in Britain.
5. To stop the Stamp Act, many colonists refused to buy British goods.
5 Sentences
1. The "Stamp Act Congress" was the first time the colonies worked together to fight a common cause.
2. A citizens natural rights are the natural rights to survival, it was good the King of England wasn't taking those away from them, YET!
3. The colonists were smuggling before the Navigation Acts.
4. The riots, boycotts, and declarations were heard across the ocean, Parliament ended the Stamp Act.
5. There were a lot of boycotts before the Revolution, that's probably because there were so many acts.
5 Questions
1. What Act followed the Stamp Act and what did it declare? A: Quartering Act, it meant that the colonists had to let the English stay with them providing them food, a bed, and pretty much meant that they had to be their concern, the king also declared that the colonists had to pay for the English to be there.
2. What did the Townsend Acts tax? A: Glass, lead, paper, and tea
3. Who coined the phrase "no taxation without representation"? A: James Otis
4. What are the Navigation Acts? A: they were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade.
5. How many pounds of tobacco were paid to the clergy? A: 17,000 pounds a year
5 Math from Fraction Stories page 46
1. What is 1/3 of 21 and 3/8 of 24? A: 7 9
2. What is 2/3 of 36? A: 24
3. What is 5/6 of 54? A: 45
4. What is ¾ of 32? A: 24
5. What's 3/10 of 90? A: 27
Althea's Poem:
Althea, Althea,
Oh how I miss you,
But all you did in our house,
Was pee and poo,
I think you were mad,
About Casidee leaving,
But why to my mom,
Who you were deceiving,
You treated our house,
Like a big litter-box,
Cause you pooped on the floor,
And peed on my socks,
Althea, Althea,
I know you're happy at this farm,
It's like your young again,
Playing with a ball of yarn
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