7th Grade Padlet by Patrice Steller https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq Ideas, ideas, and more ideas en-us 2017-01-05 00:32:40 UTC 2017-01-11 20:09:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png Welcome to the 7th Grade Padlet psteller https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145400789 Think of this as a repository for sharing ideas across the content areas. Feel free to add materials all 7th grade students can use. Have fun!]]> 2017-01-05 00:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145400789 English psteller https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145400924 7th graders are reading The House of the Scorpion. What would it be like to live in a world where people could be cloned? Would this be a utopia or a dystopia?

Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics,
laws, customs, and conditions.

Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and
the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated, worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or
political system.

Characteristics of a Dystopian Society
• Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.
• Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.
• A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.
• Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
• Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
• Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
• The natural world is banished and distrusted.
• Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.
• The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.



]]> 2017-01-05 00:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145400924 Geography psteller https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145401315 The setting of The House of the Scorpion is an imaginary country called Opium that exists between the United States and what used to be known as Mexico (now called Aztlan). What would the climate be like, and how would that impact what grows there? The book mentions Creosote bushes and paloverde trees.]]> 2017-01-05 00:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145401315 Science psteller https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145401437
check out this link for this book:
https://teachingtextsresources.wikispaces.com/House+of+the+Scorpion+Resources
  • Cloning: In the book, humans are cloned to harvest body parts to help people live longer. Most clones' brains are damaged at birth and they are treated as animals or oftentimes even worse. This opens the door to look at what has actually been done with cloning, and what potential does cloning have for the future. Science can be integrated into the language arts classroom as students explore the facts on cloning as well as discuss how they think cloning can and should be used.

The natural world is banished and distrusted: 
What has earth told us this far? Rocks and fossils teach us of a history only from natural occurrences through cycles; Rock Cycle, water cycle, nutrient cycling. With the current technological advances, how are we as a human species affecting the survival of other species with these advances in science? How will these advances affect our natural resouces? How will our small planet sustain life with changes in climate? Won't this affect the growth of food? What will our food eat?


]]> 2017-01-05 00:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145401437 Math psteller https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145558370 Inequalities
4x + 2<18

Create an inequality where "x" represents one of the characters from House of the Scorpion.]]> 2017-01-05 18:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/psteller/rk8p5skb8rnq/wish/145558370