Senior Team Homework Term 3 & 4, 2014 Each fortnight:

Complete TWO homework activities from the table below. Aim to use ONE page per activity. If you have photos, diagrams or graphs it may go

over 2 pages. Do your BEST work and remember your book standards at all times. Remember to fill in your Reading Log (minimum of 5 reading sessions of 20 minutes

per week) and remember to participate in Mathletics (100 points per week).

Make as many words as you can from HORRIBLE HISTORIES.

What animals were symbolically important to the Caveman culture?

Draw a picture of a home from the people you are studying. What would it look like inside? What would it look like

outside?

Make a glossary of common English words that originally came from the

Norse or Viking culture.  Is their meaning the same or different now?

Make a mind map of connections between the culture you are

studying and now.  Where to do see evidence?  On T.V, books, movies?

Create a diorama that shows what it looked like where your culture lived.

Design and create a piece of jewellery that was worn by the

Native American Indians

Design a weapon that someone from the Viking culture would have

used (Sword, shield etc.).

Dress up as a person from the culture you are studying.  Take a photo of

yourself and include arrows/bubbles that explain you choices.

Write 10 ways to avoid getting the plague.

Plan a 7day trip to the area your studying to see the sights and see

artifacts in a museum. Include: flights, accommodation and places

to visit.

Design and create a set of 10 Quiz cards about cowboys and Native

American Indians.

Imagine you are a 10-year-old child from your "Horrible History". Write a descriptive diary entry of a 'day in your life'. You will need to research

this.

Create a word search or crossword about the culture from your

“horrible histories”.

Research the history of an antibiotic, e.g., penicillin. How did life change

before and after its invention?

Research a piece of technology developed by the Aztecs.  Explain

what, when, and where it was developed and how it was used.

Using a T-chart, compare an Aztec pyramid with an Egyptian pyramid.

Write a narrative about a place and time from the “horrible histories culture you are studying. Remember to include a setting, characters, a problem and a

solution.

Set yourself a fitness goal or decide on a sporting skill you want to learn.

Plan how you will achieve this.Keep a record of what you do each

day to as you work on your goal...this could be written, photo or video evidence. After 2 weeks test yourself to see if you met your goal

and write about it.

Pretend you’re Goldilocks and write an apology letter to the 3 bears for

damaging their property and stealing their food.

Think of 10 questions you would ask a Caveman.

What if “the Gardens School” had no rules for stealing, hurting people

or willful damage?Write down the consequences.

Visit http://horrible-histories.co.uk/Record in pictures what happened

on “This Day in History”Record three facts you have learnt

about the “Villain” of the week.

Does NZ have its own castle? Research 5 facts about Larnach’s Castle in

Dunedin.

Design a Victorian dinner menu for Queen Victoria.  What did she like to

eat?

What Happened The Day You Were Born? Record an interesting event on either the day you were born or

the year.

Create a fact file about children’s toys from the Victorian era.

What toys do we still have?