7th Grade Extended Break Work Packet

Student Name: _________________________________________

7th Grade Extended Break Work Packet

Table of Contents:

Social Studies Directions below

Science Complete the ABC Notebook from the template provided on Google Classroom. If you do not have internet access, you can simply make your ABC Booklet out of plain paper. For each letter of the alphabet, pick a

science term that we studied this year. Draw an illustration of the word and write one to two lines about the meaning of the word. I have included an example from the template. When/If you complete this, you may

complete the MythBusters activities on the Scientific Method.

Math- Regular (Craig)

For these last two weeks we will be finding circumference and area of circles. There are two reteach

worksheets to help you remember the formulas. Please complete both of these and send me pictures

[email protected]. Then you have one last worksheet where you will be finding both the

circumference and area of circles. It is a cut and paste activity, however if you just want to write in the answer

that is totally fine. Just please be sure to show all of your work. That includes any numbers you put in a

calculator. When you finish that last worksheet, send that to me as well. Please let me know if you want to do a

Google Meet for help. I would love to see you! Have a safe and fun summer!!

Math- Regular (Guinther) Please look on your google classroom to get your assignments. (I have also included them in this packet)

When you are finished please take a picture and send it to me at [email protected].

Assignments are posted on Monday mornings, answer keys to see how you did are posted Thursday

mornings, and then assessments can be taken anytime after that. Each week’s assessment is opened from

Thursday to Sunday. If you need this reopened you will need to contact me. Thanks for your hard work! Have

a great summer!

Math- Honors Please look on your google classroom to get your assignments. (two of the assignments are also included in

this packet, you will need to to get third off of google classroom) When you are finished please take a picture

and send it to me at [email protected]. Assignments are posted on Monday mornings, answer

keys to see how you did are posted Thursday mornings, and then assessments can be taken anytime after

that. Each week’s assessment is opened from Thursday to Sunday. If you need this reopened you will need

to contact me. Thanks for your hard work! Have a great summer!

English Language Arts- Regular and Honors Continue with Weeks 7 and 8 of the Readers’ Response. Instructions and questions are in this

packet, as well as on Google Classroom.

Engineering Students: All work has been posted in google classroom.

1 project for you to complete, please submit in google classroom or send me a picture.

Marketing Students please see slides for weekly assignments. Also Google Classroom has all the work as well, any phone can access

Google Classroom through the app.

PE

If you have any questions, please email the appropriate teacher:

Social Studies: Miss Mccullough [email protected]

Science: Mr. Hoover [email protected]

Ms. Haldeman [email protected]

Math: Mrs. Craig (block 1/2 and 5/6) [email protected]

Mrs. Guinther (honors and 8/9 block) [email protected]

English Language Arts: Mrs. Plumley [email protected]

Mrs. Pearce [email protected]

Intervention Specialists: Mr. Calder [email protected]

Ms. Dillinger [email protected]

Mr. Myers [email protected]

Art: [email protected]

Gym: Mr. Hill [email protected]

Engineering: Mr. Slone [email protected]

Marketing: Mrs. Tackett [email protected]

Social Studies

Hi kids!

This round you will have three worksheets total. Two of

them will be on the Magna Carta and the third will be

on the Crusades. Please note that you have two weeks

to complete this packet. I will also have the work in my

Google classroom. However, please make sure that

you put your name on EVERYTHING. We got work

back and some of you had just put your name on the

first page of the entire packet. I understand why you

did that but it created a problem for us teachers when it

came time to separate (lesson learned on my end). If

you could help us out with this, I would really

appreciate it.

Miss you all lots!

Miss McCullough

Name:_______________________________

King John Signs the Magna Carta

By Sharon Fabian

1 When King John didn't treat his people right, Robin Hood took care of the problem in his

own way. He stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Of course, Robin Hood was a fictional

character.

2 King John, however, was real. And many real people had problems with the way King John

was ruling.

3 King John had been fighting battles in France for many years, trying to regain land that

England had once ruled. The battles were going badly; England was losing. English soldiers

were dying, and the war was getting expensive.

4 King John's vassals, the barons of England, began to rebel. Under feudal law, it had been

their duty to provide fighting men and money in times of war, but they decided that this war had

gone on too long. King John had asked for too much.

5 A group of barons banded together to oppose the king. They refused to pay any more taxes.

They formed their own army. They defied the power of the king, and they even occupied the

city of London.

6 King John still had some loyal supporters on his side. He brought in fighters from other

lands to supplement his own troops.

7 A third group of barons did not join either side. They remained neutral.

8 The church in England had at first supported King John but eventually they took a more

middle ground too. By 1215, the conflict had become so severe that there was fear of an all-out

civil war in England.

9 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, set up a meeting to discuss a peaceful

settlement. He arranged a meeting with all three groups in a meadow known as Runnymede,

along the Thames River just outside of London.

10 At the meeting, the rebel barons presented a document, the "Articles of the Barons," for

the king to sign. The king had few options left, and so, he placed his royal seal upon the

document.

11 The document, which later became known as the Magna Carta, had 63 articles. Even

though many of the articles are no longer relevant today, and even though the Magna Carta

applied to only the 25% of English people who were considered free men, it established

principles that have become foundations of modern democratic governments. Most importantly,

it stated that even the king must obey the law. This was a brand new idea in 1215.

12 The Magna Carta limited the amount of taxes that a king could collect without the consent

of his vassals. In the American Revolution, this principle resurfaced in the protest, "No taxation

without representation."

13 The Magna Carta also said that the king could not imprison free men without it being

judged lawful by their peers. In the same way, he could not just take away their possessions or

their rights. At that time, England did not have a jury system like we have today, but the Magna

Carta established the principle that would later be interpreted to mean that a person is entitled to

a fair trial.

14 Although the Magna Carta was originally just a document to settle a dispute between King

John and his barons, it has lived on to become something much greater. The Magna Carta was

the original writing that paved the way for some of the greatest legal documents in history. In

the United States, its influence can be seen in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

15 The Magna Carta said that people must be treated fairly by their leaders. If Robin Hood

had been at Runnymede, he might have said that it was just what England needed.

Name

_____________________________

Date

___________________

King John Signs the Magna Carta

1. Robin Hood wrote the Magna Carta.

False

True

2. King John signed the Magna Carta as part of a peace

settlement.

False

True

3. King John collected lots of taxes to finance his wars.

False

True

4. ______ met at Runnymede for the peace conference

which produced the Magna Carta.

King John and his supporters

A group of rebel barons

A group of neutral barons

All of the above

5. King John was disliked because he ______.

Collected high taxes

Waged many battles

Lost many battles

All of the above

6. The Magna Carta said that ______.

Even the king must obey laws

All Englishmen should have a say in their

government

English citizens were entitled to a trial by jury

All of the above

7. Which happened first?

The U.S. Bill of Rights was written.

The American Revolution was fought.

The Magna Carta was signed.

King John began a war with France.

8. The Magna Carta is a ______.

Part of the Constitution

Historical essay

Written document

Part of the Robin Hood legend

Name:_______________________________

Magna Carta Magna Carta was the first document forced onto a King of England by a group of nobles (feudal lords or land barons) in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their rights.

The 1215 charter required King John to proclaim certain liberties (freedoms) and respect the demands of the feudal lords. The king had to accept that no "freeman" (in the sense of non-serf) could be punished except through the law of the land, a right that still exists.

The charter is largely viewed as an important part of the historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law in both England and the United States. Included in Magna Carta were 63 demands that English nobles made King John agree to follow. A few of these demands are listed here.

No man shall be forced to perform more service for a knight’s ‘fee,’ or other free holding of land, than is due from it.

Background-In the feudal era serfs worked for the protection of knights. Lords paid knights with a small plot of land

called a fief.

Translate demand into your own words:_________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

Neither we nor any royal official will take wood for our castle, or for any other purpose, without the consent (permission) of

the owner.

While demand gives “wood” as an example, what is the overall demand?

______________________________________________________________________________________

In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his own unsupported statement, without producing credible (believable)

witnesses to the truth of it.

Translate demand into your own words:_________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Similarities between Magna Carta and U.S. government matching– Place the correct letter that matches next to

the number.

6._____The Kings power was limited. A. We have a house of Representatives and Senate that

we elect to make laws for us.

7._____The people demanded the right of

habeas corpus (people could not be jailed

without a fair trial). B. have a right to a trial by jury

8._____The right to trial by jury. C. We have a system of checks and balances where the

other branches in our government limit the power of the

President .

9. ____ Eventually a lawmaking body was created D. In the U.S. evidence needs to be presented in a trial

Before someone can be found guilty.

(Parliament). This group is supposed to represent the

needs of the common people.

Crusades and More Crusades

By Sharon Fabian

1 The First Crusade, in which Christian soldiers took control of Jerusalem from the Turks,

was only the first in a long series of religious wars. These wars pitted Christian soldiers from

Western Europe against Muslim Turks. They occurred during the eleventh through the

thirteenth centuries.

2 Crusades were sponsored by popes and kings. Knights, peasants, and townspeople joined

up, said goodbye to their families, and marched off to face death in the Middle East.

3 The Second Crusade occurred in 1147, after the Turks had once again begun to take back

the land, known as the Latin States, which the Christians had seized in the First Crusade. This

time, King Louis VII of France and King Conrad III of Germany led armies to the Holy Land.

In this war, the crusaders were defeated, and after the Second Crusade ended, the area was

united under the leadership of Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria.

4 In the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionhearted of England and King Philip II of

France made another attempt to retake the Holy Land. This time, they met with some successes

and some failures. At the end of this crusade, King Richard made a treaty with Saladin which

allowed Christian pilgrims to visit Jerusalem. This was an important step for the Christians,

since the Crusades had originally begun when the Turks refused to let Christians visit the Holy

Land.

5 More crusades followed, eight major crusades in all, plus some smaller ones. As time went

on, the crusades became even more about land, power, prestige, and money. Western Europe

was becoming prosperous. It was increasing in military strength, and countries were anxious to

fight to take over new lands.

6 One of the most unusual crusades was the Children's Crusade. The Children's Crusade is

one of the big legends of the Middle Ages, and like the legends of Robin Hood and King

Arthur, it is probably part fact and part fiction. The traditional story of the Children's Crusade

goes something like this. A young shepherd boy in France, named Stephen, went to see the

king. He told the king that he had been visited by Jesus, and that Jesus had told him to lead the

next crusade. Well, the king wasn't interested, but others were. A crowd assembled to hear

Stephen speak. Stephen told of signs from God and of miracles, too. Soon, thousands of young

people were ready to follow him to the Holy Land. They marched to the Mediterranean Sea,

having faith that God would part the waters and let them walk right through to Jerusalem. The

sea didn't part, however, and some of the children turned around and made the long journey

home. Others boarded ships for the Middle East, where they were sold into slavery.

7 Some historians suggest that this story was created from bits and pieces of two or more true

events. They say that a boy named Stephen did go to the King of France, claiming that he had

been sent by Jesus, but that the king sent him home, and that was the end of that. Meanwhile, in

Germany, another shepherd boy led a group of wandering young men. They marched, carried

banners, and followed the shepherd boy as their religious leader, but they never had any plans to

go fight in the Holy Land.

8 The Children's Crusade seems to be more legend than actual fact, but the other crusades

happened, and kept happening for many years. Then, in the fourteenth century, people began to

lose interest in crusading. Several leaders even tried to organize another crusade without

success. It seemed that Western Europeans had turned their attention to other things. They were

no longer interested in fighting for control of lands in the Middle East. Now, they were turning

their attention further westward. Christopher Columbus and other explorers were discovering

new lands that had never been dreamed of. These must have seemed much more exciting to the

people of Europe than signing up for yet one more crusade.

Name

_____________________________

Crusades and More Crusades

1. There were ______ crusades.

Two

One

At least 8

More than 20

2. The crusaders from Western Europe were ______.

Muslims

Turks

Jews

Christians

3. The crusaders fought against the ______ in the

Middle East.

Europeans

Turks

Germans

Christians

4. The crusades occurred ______.

Mostly before the 14th century

In 1147

In 1100

Mostly before the eleventh century

5. The crusades were all led by King Richard the

Lionhearted and King Philip II.

False

True

6. The Children's Crusade was a successful military

campaign.

False

True

7. According to legend, the Children's Crusade

was led by ______.

King Conrad III

King Richard the Lionhearted

Saladin

Stephen

8. Saladin was a military leader from ______.

Egypt and Syria

Europe

France

England and France

Craig Math 7

Middle

School

ELA

Reader’s Response Assignment

Directions: Complete this assignment once for each week that we are out of school

(i.e. if we are out of school for 3 weeks, you will complete 3). This is a required

assignment! Find a nonfiction article or passage of your choice. This could be

something from an online news source or print, if you do not have access to the

internet. Try to find something that is interesting to you. After reading the article,

respond to the prompts below. You can either write your responses on a sheet of

paper or you can respond in the Google form in the Google classroom. If you are

responding on paper, be sure to keep track of them, so they can be turned in!

1) Provide the title of the passage and identify the source (where you found the

article?)

2) In 5-7 sentences, summarize the passage.

3) List any new vocabulary. (What words did you come across that were new to

you?)

4) Personal connection (3-5 sentences): What made you pick THIS article? Why

is this information relevant to you?

5) Create 3 follow-up questions for the author. (After reading the passage, what do

you still wonder about?)

6) What is something new that you learned from reading this passage? If you

didn’t learn anything new, then explain what information you already knew.

In addition to completing 1 Reader’s Response for each week that we are out of school, additional

optional assignments will be posted in your ELA teacher’s Google Classroom. If you have questions

about the Reader’s Response assignment or any of the additional assignments please feel free to

contact your ELA teacher via email.

***And remember, READING anything is always a great option to keep your brain functioning

and growing!***

Pre-Engineering Students: please submit a picture of you with your project for

credit.

Give It a Lift with a Lever

Introduction

Today, skyscrapers, homes, and other buildings are all created using the help of machines to lift heavy pieces of wood,

steel, and stone into place. But have you ever wondered how large structures, like the pyramids in Egypt, were built

before cranes and bulldozers existed? The answer is that they used simple machines. Simple machines are tools like an

inclined plane, a pulley, a wheel and axle, or a lever, that make it easier to do work. These simple machines give the user

a mechanical advantage. Mechanical advantage is the multiplication of the effort the user puts in. This means that if you

use a lever and the mechanical advantage it provides, you can lift an object that's much heavier than you are because the

lever multiplies your effort!

Levers have several important parts. There is a fulcrum, which is the point on which the beam can balance and thus,

move freely up and down. The end holding the object (also called the load) that you want to lift is called the load end. The

end you apply weight to in order to try to move the load is called the effort end. In Figure 1, the see-saw is the lever and

the fulcrum is where the see-saw rests on the ground, allowing the see-saw to move up and down. One girl is sitting at the

load end, and her lighter friend is sitting at the effort end. The space between the effort end and the fulcrum is called the

effort arm, while the space between the load end and the fulcrum is called the load arm.

Figure 1. This image from the PBS Cyberchase (see bibliography) video shows the different parts of a lever.

Before ancient builders could use levers to construct their monuments, they needed to calculate the weight of each block,

how much effort it would take to lift each block, and what size lever they would have to make. In short, they needed to

know how levers worked. In this science project, you will build a lever and figure out how it works. A massive stone block

would be hard to find though, so instead, you'll use a bar of soap as the load. After you build your tabletop lever, you will

experiment to discover how much effort, as measured by the number of pennies, it takes to lift the soap load. Do you think

the amount of effort required will change depending on the length of the effort arm? Try it and see!

Terms and Concepts

Before you start this science project you'll need to understand these terms and be able to answer the questions below.

Have an adult help you research them on the Internet or look them up in a book.

● Simple machine

● Lever

● Mechanical advantage

● Fulcrum

● Beam

● Load end

● Effort end

● Effort arm

● Load arm

Questions

● What are levers used for?

● What are the three classes of levers?

● Can you identify levers that you use in your life?

Materials and Equipment

● Metric ruler (preferably one that is stiff and has centimeter markings)

● Plastic sandwich bag (1)

● Tape (preferably masking tape)

● Scissors

● Pen or pencil

● Bar of soap (still in its packaging)

● Pennies (approximately $3 worth; alternatively, marbles, beans, or some other small numerous item will work)

● Lab notebook

● Graph paper

Experimental Procedure

1. To start this project, you will need to build your lever. The ruler will be the beam for the lever. Tape a bar of soap

to one end of the ruler. The soap is the load you will be trying to lift.

2. Next you will need to construct a container out of your plastic bag to hold the pennies in. The bag and the pennies

you'll place in the bag will be the effort. As you add more pennies, you are increasing the weight in the bag-and

thus, the effort-until you eventually have enough effort to lift the soap bar (the load).

1. Put a piece of tape approximately 1 centimeter (cm) from the zipper part of the top of a plastic sandwich

bag. Do this on both the inside and the outside of one side of the plastic bag. See Figure 2.a. below.

2. Fold the taped section in half, width-wise. Using a pair of scissors, cut a slit long enough to allow the ruler

to slip through. See Figure 2.b. below.

3. Slip the free end of the ruler (the effort end) into the slit. Tape the bag to the ruler so it does not slide

around. Be careful not to tape the bag closed, as you will need to add pennies inside it (the effort).

3.

Figure 2.a. This picture shows the plastic bag strengthened with two strips of tape.

Figure 2.b. To cut a slit in the bag, fold the tape in half, as shown, and cut a slit for the ruler to fit in.

4. Tape a pen or pencil to the edge of a table; this will be the fulcrum for your lever.

5. Place your lever on the fulcrum. The bar of soap (the load) should be resting on the table, and the bag for the

pennies (the effort) should be dangling over the edge of the table. See Figure 3 below.

Figure 3. Your tabletop lever should look similar to this when you finish building it. Remember to tape the fulcrum

securely to the table!

6. Now you are ready to test your lever! You know that changing the length of the effort arm (the distance between

the fulcrum and the effort end) changes how much effort has to be used to lift the load.

1. Position the ruler so that the length of the effort arm is 6 cm. You can use the markings on the ruler to

measure 6 cm.

2. Add pennies to the bag, one at a time, counting as you go, until the bar of soap lifts off the table. Watch

out, it might fall off the table!

3. In your lab notebook, record both the length of the effort arm, and the number of pennies it took to lift the

load in a data table like the one below.

7.

Length of Effort Arm (cm) # of Pennies to Lift Load

6 cm

8 cm

10 cm

8. Increase the length of the effort arm by 2 cm (total length should now be 8 cm) and repeat step 5 again. Did it

take more or fewer pennies to lift the load? Record your findings.

9. Continue increasing the effort arm length by 2-cm increments and retrying the experiment until the effort arm

measures 24 cm. Don't forget to record all the data in your data table.

10. Analyze your data. You can make a line graph with the length of the effort arm on the x-axis and the number of

pennies it takes to lift the load on the y-axis. Do you see a pattern? What happens when you double the distance?

What happens when you quadruple the distance?

To use the computer to make your graph you can visit the Create A Graph website.

1. You are trying to determine the relationship between two variables: the effort (# of pennies) it takes to lift

the load (bar of soap) and the length of the effort arm, so choose the XY graph.

2. Select the Data Tab, fill in:

■ The graph title

■ X-axis label (remember, the x-axis is the length of the effort arm)

■ Y-axis label (remember, the y-axis is the number of pennies is takes to lift the load)

■ In the Data Set box, tell the program you have 12 data points.

■ For each point, fill in the length of the effort arm (x) and the number of pennies (y). So, point 1x

would be 6 since you took your first data reading when the effort arm was 6 cm long. Point 1y

would be the number of pennies, recorded in your data table, that it took to lift the soap bar at an

effort arm length of 6 cm.

■ You can use the remaining options to customize the font styles and colors of your chart.

3. When you are done, print it out.

Marketing

Links: Each can be done from phone

https://www.goosechase.com/

game/6411b19d96f440b289a

987fa0f84be35/share/

https://admin.flipgrid.com/manage/grid

s/3908199/topics/11246001

2-Week Physical Activity Log

Use this activity log to track your physical activity minutes for 2 weeks.Have an adult sign their initials next to

each day that you complete 30 minutes.

Week 1:

Day Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

Sample Day

Active Outside

30 Mins (jog, ride bike,throw and

catch, etc..)

Walk with Family

30 Mins

25 sit-ups, 1 minute plank, 30

lunges, 50 squats & 25

jumping jacks

May 4th

May 5th

May 6th

May 7th

May 8th

May 9th

May 10th

Week 2:

Day Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

May 11th

May 12th

May 13th

May 14th

May 15th

May 16th

May 17th

Math 7 and Honors Math 7 (Honors also look on Google Classroom for other assignment) - Guinther