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Weekly Vocabulary 
Unit 1

Unit 1.01 - Purpose of School 
analyze | factor | function | interpret | structure

Student Packet -Unit 1.01

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Teacher Packet -Unit 1.01

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Unit 1.02 - Women in Math and Science
context | indicate | variable | create | benefit

Student Packet -Unit 1.02

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Teacher Packet -Unit 1.02

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Video -  3 min news clip: -Link  

Unit 1.03 -  What is an American?
complexity | culture | element | resourceful | tradition

Student Packet -Unit 1.03

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Teacher Packet -Unit 1.03

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Unit 1.04 - Cloning
design | feature | impact | potential | transfer

Student Packet -Unit 1.04

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Teacher Packet -Unit 1.04

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Videos - Discovery short
             - Bill Nye Explains (24 min) 

Unit 1.05 - Rap Music
considerable | contribute | demonstrate | sufficient | valid

Student Packet -Unit 1.05

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Teacher Packet -Unit 1.05

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Unit 1.06 -  Animal Testing
rely | react | alternative | justify | proportion

Student Packet -Unit 1.06

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Teacher Packet -Unit 1.06

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Video - 3 min news clip:  -Link
Video - 21 minute CNN debate -Link

Unit 1.07 -  Censorship
access | civil | despite | integrate | promote

Student Packet -Unit 1.07

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Teacher Packet -Unit 1.07

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Video: Captain Underpants on banning books -Link
Docs: article on banning graphic novels -Link
Timeline of books banned -Link

Unit 1.08 -  Global Warming
attribute | cycle | hypothesis | project | statistics

Student Packet -Unit 1.08

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Teacher Packet -Unit 1.08

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Video - Smithsonian video with Bill Nye on climate change (4 ½ min) -Link
3 min Discovery video that has good visuals to explain our carbon footprint -Link

Unit 1.09 -  School Dress Codes
adjustment | exposure | modify | monitor | transition

Student Packet -Unit 1.09

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Teacher Packet -Unit 1.09

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Unit 1.10 -  Steroids
alter | compound | conflict | fundamental | substitute

Student Packet -Unit 1.10

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Teacher Packet -Unit 10

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Unit 1.11 -  Mummies
diversity | enhance | migration | presume | reveal

Student Packet -Unit 1.11

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Teacher Packet -Unit 11

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The Icemen Website from Discovery

News -Taliban claim mummy

News -Egyptian mummy in Ireland

Video - National Geo on Icemen
Video2 - Also Nat'l Geo

Unit 1.12 -  Junk Food
acknowledge | incidence | incorporate | initiative | transport

Student Packet -Unit 1.12

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Teacher Packet -Unit 12

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Video -Is Sugar Toxic? (15 min) 
long video, but high quality, kids to take notes, excellent info, inspires writing

Unit 1.13 - Death Penalty
advocates | contrary | prohibit | release | reverse

Student Packet -Unit 1.13

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Teacher Packet -Unit 13

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Video Ray's Story: A Death Penalty Mistake (3min)
Video CA lawmakers on death penalty (3min)       
                       -very good pro and con
Video Yes on 34 TV ad (30sec)
Video Man on St. Intvws. Pro & Con (3min)
Video Death penalty not a deterrent -Texas... (4min)

Unit 1.14 - Asthma
intervention | phenomenon | priority | suspend | transmit

Student Packet -Unit 1.14

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Teacher Packet -Unit 14

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Video Air Pollution & Asthma (7min)
Video What is Asthma? (physiology) (3 min)
Video Music Video with facts -disturbing images
Video Heavy Smog Covers Beijing (2min)
Video Pollution study -effect on kids in SoCal (4min)
Video Air Quality improvements SoCal (5min)

Unit 1.15 - Is News Information or Entertainment?
abandon | biased | contemporary | dramatic | exploit

Student Packet -Unit 1.15

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Teacher Packet -Unit 15

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Video Montage on sensationalism in news      (biased claims to spread fear, division, and anger)
Video Ted X Talk on News Bias -Alisa Miller
Writing Assignment

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Unit 1.16 - Teen Smoking
accumulation | contradict | exhibit | inevitable | manipulate

Student Packet -Unit 1.16

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Teacher Packet -Unit 16

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Vocab Quiz -Teen Smoking

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Unit 1.17 - Military Recruiting at High Schools
accommodate | bulk | confine | route | unethical

Student Packet -Unit 1.17

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Teacher Packet -Unit 17

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Unit 1.18 - Legalizing Drugs
decade | incompatible | temporarily | unify | violation

Student Packet -Unit 1.18

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Teacher Packet -Unit 18

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Effect of drugs on teen brain -LINK

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Unit 1.19 - Global Civilization
collapse | conceive | incline | intrinsically | nonetheless

Student Packet -Unit 1.19

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Teacher Packet -Unit 19

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Unit 1.20 - High School Dropouts
convince | enormous | integrity | persistent | reluctant

Student Packet -Unit 1.20

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Teacher Packet -Unit 20

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Videos:
News: New Bridge High School (3 min)
News: High School Dropout Epidemic (5 min)
Who’s to Blame for HS Drop Outs (3 min)

Unit 1.21 - Victim's Compensation
financial | compensation | fund | sum | recover

Student Packet -Unit 1.21

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Teacher Packet -Unit 21

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Unit 1.22 - Privacy in Politics
candidate | campaign | ethics | issue | display

Student Packet -Unit 1.22

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Teacher Packet -Unit 22

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Unit 1.23 - Explicit Photos & Cell Phones
accountable | disseminate | constant | appropriate | legal

Student Packet -Unit 1.23

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Teacher Packet -Unit 23

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Unit 1.24 - Dating Violence
assault | abuse | trigger | distort | physical

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Teacher Packet -Unit 24

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Video -