ABCTE Elementary Education

Magna Carta (1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom 13th Ammendment officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude. Articles of Confederation 1st Constitution of the U.S. (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) Cuban Missile Crisis The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba. Roger Williams He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs. Jean-Jacques Rousseau "Social Contract" he explained an ideal society where each community member would vote on issues and majority would become one law. Sumerians The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions. October Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution) second part of the russian revolution led by lenin; lenin was a student of marxism and said that the proletariat would rise up against the bourgeoisie; bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government in a bloodless coup; transform political and economic landscape of the nation; land redistribution; soviet union was the worlds first communist nation Fall of the Roman Empire The fall of this empire was precipitated by Germanic attacks and toward the mid fifth century barbarian chieftains replaced roman emperors. Rome and Western Europe was overrun by the German tribes but they respected the Roman culture and learned from their roman sunjects. Some Roman government and cultural ideas survived and blended with Germanic culture. 476 AD adage a familiar proverb or wise saying Continental Divide separation of two different land forms invisible hand A phrase coined by Adam Smith to describe the process that turns self- directed gain into social and economic benefits for all Laissez-faire economics Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property. International Dateline is an imaginary line of longitude generally 180° (degrees) east or west of the Prime Meridian. The International Date Line is where each new day begins. Implicit Phonics teaching letter/sound correspondences "opportunistically" or as teachable moments Explicit Phonics Teaching of letter-sound correspondences directly and usually systematically. Fluency Level Independent Level-Relatively easy for the student to read (95% word accuracy). Instructional Level-Challenging but manageable for the reader (90% word accuracy). Frustration Level-Difficult text for the student to read (less than 90% word accuracy). 60-80 wpm Idiom A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. Dennotation the dictionary meaning of a word Connotation All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests spurious correlation an apparent but false relati