September 21 & 22, 2011 Days 20 & 21
Sophie worked on her Geometry Blueprint project with Emma
and Andy and did some research on the properties of triangles:
1. scalene: Scalene triangles are unusual in that they are defined by what they are not. Most triangles drawn at random would be scalene. The interior angles of a scalene triangle are always all different. The converse of this is also true - If all three angles are different, then the triangle is scalene, and all the sides are different lengths.
2. acute: A triangle that has all angles less than 90°
3. obtuse: In any triangle, two of the interior
angles are always acute (less than 90 degrees)*, so there are three
possibilities for the third angle: Less than 90° -
all three angles are acute and so the triangle is acute.
Sophie also skated 2 hours and is working on her new program
for testing in November.
Sophie also went to Glee Club practice and dance class!
6 x 6 for Sixth Grade
Louisiana Purchase
Vocabulary
1. Louisiana: a state of the southern US, on the Gulf of
Mexico: originally a French colony; bought by the US in 1803 as part of the
Louisiana Purchase
2. manifest destiny: the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in
the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the
U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and
enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
3. negotiation: mutual discussion and arrangement of the
terms of a transaction or agreement
4. survey: to take a general or comprehensive view of or
appraise, as a situation
5. Napoleon: Napoleon Bonaparte; “the Little Corporal”
1769–1821, French general born in Corsica: emperor of France 1804–15.
6. Thomas Jefferson: U.S. statesman, diplomat, architect,
and author: third president of the U.S.
Sentences
1. Louisiana means the native land/ state where the man came
from.
2. Thomas Jefferson believed in the manifest destiny, and he
made it come true.
3. James Monroe had a lot of negotiation with Napoleon over
the Louisiana Purchase.
4. Lewis and Clark were sent to survey the land which
Jefferson just bought.
5. Napoleon Bonaparte was famous for being short, he was
barely 5 6’.
6. Thomas Jefferson was elected President in 1802, just
before the Louisiana Purchase was made.
Details/ Facts
1.
President Jefferson spent 15,000,000 dollars on
the Louisiana Purchase
2.
Jefferson doubled the size of the U.S for only 4
cents an acre!
3.
Lewis and Clark’s real names were Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark
4.
Lewis and Clark wouldn’t have succeeded their expedition
if it wasn’t for Sharano and Sacajawea
5.
Sacajawea is now featured on the one dollar coin
6.
Sacajawea had a baby during the process
Questions
1. Why were so many new Americans heading west into the
Northwest Territory? A: Because there was
more ELBOW ROOM! And more crops and animals to grow and use on there farms
2. Who owned Louisiana before the purchase? A: The French
3. Who was the first negotiator that President Jefferson
sent? A: Robert Livingston
4. Who was the second negotiator the President sent? A:
James Monroe (who apparently had a charm)
5. How many square miles did France sell President Jefferson
and for how much money? A: 828,000 square miles for $ 15,000,000
6. What year was the Louisiana Purchase completed? A: 1803
Math *how was Math used to make the Louisiana Purchase
happen?
1. Jefferson used math to see how much each acre would cost
to make the purchase = 4 cents per acre
2. Napoleon used math to see how much the land was worth =
about $ 15,000,000
3. Lewis and Clark used math to see approximately how long
it would take them to go across the land.
4. Sacajawea used math to show Lewis and Clark the quickest
way to go
5. Lewis and Clark used math to show the pioneers which way
to go
6. Jefferson used math to see how much he was getting for
his money
Current Events or 6 things “I Don’t Know!”
1. Robert Livingston’s job was to discourage Napoleon from
damaging the U.S relation’s by acquiring Louisiana
2. Louis XVI gave New Orleans to his brother Carlos III of
Spain
3. Spain signed Pickneys treaty with the U.S
4. The Spanish governor of Louisiana takes away America’s
rights to store cargo in New Orleans
5. Lewis and Clark settled to camp in Saint Louis Missouri
6. In 1819 America signs a treaty agreeing that the boundary
will be along the Sabine river
Louisiana Purchase WebQuest
A: Follow link
& watch video
B: List 6 Facts
& Details you learned (copy and paste these for your 6 x 6)
7.
President Jefferson spent 15,000,000 dollars on
the Louisiana Purchase
8.
Jefferson doubled the size of the U.S for only 4
cents an acre!
9.
Lewis and Clark’s real names were Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark
10.
Lewis and Clark wouldn’t have succeeded their
expedition if it wasn’t for Sharano and Sacajawea
11.
Sacajawea is now featured on the one dollar coin
12.
Sacajawea had a baby during the process
A: Follow link and
watch video
B: Watch it again,
it’s good and you like to sing
C: Summarize the
song here or write the lyrics of the song if you can
The lyrics:
One thing that you
will discover when,
You get next to
one another is everybody needs some elbow room, (elbow room)
It’s nice when you’re
kinda cozy,
But not when you’re
tangled nose to nosey,
Oh everybody needs
some elbow, needs a little elbow room,
That’s how it was
in the early days in the U.S.A,
The people kept a
comin’ to settle though,
The east was the
only place there was to go,
The President was
Thomas Jefferson,
He made a deal
with Napoleon,
“How’d you like to
sell a mile or two” (Or three, or a hundred, or a thousand)
And so in eighteen
hundred three,
The Louisiana
territory,
Was sold to us,
Without a fuss,
And gave us lot’s
of elbow room,
Oh, Elbow room,
Elbow room,
Gotta gotta give
us some elbow room,
It’s the west or
bust,
In God we trust,
It’s a new land
out there,
Lewis and Clark
volunteered to go,
“Goodbye, Good
Luck, Wear your over coat,”
They prepared for
good times and for bad, (And for bad)
They hired,
Sacajawea to be there guide,
She led them all
across the country side,
Reached the coast
and found the most elbow room we’ve ever had,
Oh, elbow room,
elbow room,
Gotta gotta give
us some elbow room,
Oregon or bust,
In God we trust,
Gotta give us some
elbow room!
A: Follow link and
read web site
B: Use this
website to answer your questions for the 6 x 6
A: Take the Quiz
B: Check your
answers
5.
Search the web and find three good examples of
maps that detail the Louisiana Purchase:
C: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/texas/louisiana-purchase-map.htm
A: Follow the link
and watch the video
B: Tell me at
least 6 things you learned from the video that “I Don’t Know!”
1. Robert
Livingston’s job was to discourage Napoleon from damaging the U.S relation’s by
acquiring Louisiana
2. Louis XVI gave
New Orleans to his brother Carlos III of Spain
3. Spain signed
Pickneys treaty with the U.S
4. The Spanish
governor of Louisiana takes away America’s rights to store cargo in New Orleans
5. Lewis and Clark
settled to camp in Saint Louis Missouri
6. In 1819 America
signs a treaty agreeing that the boundary will be along the Sabine river
Copy and Past these
and add them in place of your Current Events for this 6 x 6
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