This document provides an overview of content covered in Civics Week 4, including learning objectives and topics such as wars in the 20th century, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and September 11, 2001. It then provides more detailed information on some of these topics, including lists of wars and key events in the 1900s, as well as biographies of important figures like Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and Wilson. The document concludes with exercises reviewing simple past tense verbs.

1. Civics Week 4
Caren Hayden
BEI

2. Learning Objectives for this Week
• Listen to, read, write, and speak using simple
past tense verbs correctly.
• Pronounce regular simple past verbs (-ed)
correctly
• Listen to, read, write, and speak about civics
content:
– Wars in the 20th century
– The Great Depression
– The Civil Rights Movement
– September 11, 2001

3. America in
the 1900s
Wars:
WWI
WWII
The Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War
Other Events:
The Great Depression
The Civil Rights Movement
September 11, 2001
People:
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Adolph Hitler
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks

4. Many countries became
Communist in the 1900s.
Communist governments
owned all the property.
There are still some
Communist countries
today.

5. Present Tense
Many countries became
Communist in the 1900s.
Communist governments
owned all the property.
There are still some
Communist countries
today.

6. Past Tense
Many countries became
Communist in the 1900s.
Communist governments
owned all the property.
There are still some
Communist countries
today.

7. Let’s review simple past!

8. 8
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST
(a) Our family ate lunch outside yesterday.
(b) Adrianna studied English for six hours
last Wednesday.
THE SIMPLE PAST

9. 9
CHAPTER
CONTENT
activities or situations
SIMPLE PAST began and ended in past
(yesterday, last night, in 2007)
2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST
(a) Our family ate lunch outside yesterday.
(b) Adrianna studied English for six hours
last Wednesday.
THE SIMPLE PAST

10. 10
CHAPTER
CONTENT
watch
2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST
(c) They watched the movie last night.
(d) Alexandra answered the question yesterday.
THE SIMPLE PAST
+ed = watched
answer +ed = answered

11. 11
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST
(e) We slept in tents at camp last summer.
THE SIMPLE PAST

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CONTENT
2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST
(e) We slept in tents at camp last summer.
(f) I understood most of the directions yesterday.
THE SIMPLE PAST
Irregular past:
sleep slept
understand understood
eat ate

13. 13
CHAPTER
CONTENT
Simple past forms of be was and were
2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST
(g) I was a lifeguard last summer.
(h) They were in Belgium last month.
THE SIMPLE PAST

14. 14
CHAPTER
CONTENT
We started school last week.
2-2 FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS

15. 15
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-2 FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS
STATEMENT I-You-She-He-It-We-They
started school last week.

16. 16
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-2 FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS
STATEMENT
NEGATIVE
I-You-She-He-It-We-They
started school last week.
I-You-She-He-It-We-They
did not start school last week.

17. 17
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-2 FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS
QUESTION
SHORT
ANSWER
I-you-she-he-it-we-they
start school last week?
Did
I-you-she-he-it-we-they did.Yes,
I-you-she-he-it-we-they didn’t.No,

18. 18
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-3 FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: BE
She was sick last Monday.

19. 19
CHAPTER
CONTENT
STATEMENT
2-3 FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: BE
I-She-He-It was home last week.
We-You-They were home last week.

20. 20
CHAPTER
CONTENT
STATEMENT
NEGATIVE I-She-He-It was not home last week.
2-3 FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: BE
I-She-He-It was home last week.
We-You-They were home last week.
We-You-They were not home last
week.

21. 21
CHAPTER
CONTENT
QUESTION
I-she-he-it home last week?Was
2-3 FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: BE
we-you-they home last week?Were
SHORT
ANSWER
I-she-he-it was.
we-you-they were.
Yes,
Yes,
I-she-he-it- wasn’t.
we-you-they weren’t.
No,
No,

22. 22
CHAPTER
CONTENT
They _______ at the movies last night at 8:00.
2-1, 2-2, 2-3 Let’s Practice
They ____ at the grocery store last night at 8:00.
weren’t
were
is
They were at the movies last
night at 8:00.?
ACCURATE, AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT:
NEGATIVE STATEMENT:

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CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-1, 2-2, 2-3 Let’s Practice
This airplane was made
in 1625.
This airplane ______ made in 1625.
This airplane ___ made in 1943.
wasn’t
was
?
1943 is
ACCURATE, AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT:
NEGATIVE STATEMENT:

24. 24
CHAPTER
CONTENT
ACCURATE, AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENT:
2-1, 2-2, 2-3 Let’s Practice
Did Carla get a bad grade
on her test?
Carla ________ a bad grade on her test.
Carla ________ an excellent grade on her test.
didn’t get
got
NEGATIVE STATEMENT:
get
?

25. Do you know the past tense forms of
these verbs?
• Do the “Lesson 1” section of your verb chart.
• Some are regular. Some are irregular.

26. Infinitive Form
of Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
Infinitive Form
of Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
be was/were do did
fight fought live lived
make made join joined
invade invaded go went
begin began involve involved
try tried decide decided
end ended grow grew
crash crashed lose lost
create created put put
call called come came
believe believed want wanted
attack attacked declare declared
die died become became
regular irregular

27. World War I: The Great War
1914 - 1918
The U.S. entered in
1917 as an Ally.

28. M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI
• Militarism – collecting weapons
• Alliances – secret friendships
• Imperialism – wanting to take over
other countries
• Nationalism – thinking one country
is better than others
Catalyst: Franz Ferdinand
was assassinated.

30. The Great Depression
1929 – early 1940s

31. The Great Depression

32. World War 2
1939-1945
• Short video

33. Vocabulary Preview
• century
• ethnic
• stock market
• join
• hero
• invade

34. ethnic
century
ethnic
stock market
join
hero
invade
a particular race, nationality, or group of people

35. join
century
ethnic
stock market
join
hero
invade
to come together with other people or groups

36. invade
century
ethnic
stock market
join
hero
invade
to go into another country to control it

37. hero
century
ethnic
stock market
join
hero
invade
a person who has done something good and brave

38. century
century
ethnic
stock market
join
hero
invade
a period of 100 years

39. stock market
century
ethnic
stock market
join
hero
invade
a place where people buy and sell shares in business

40. Check Your Understanding
• Put the correct word in the sentence.

41. Let’s Check
1. century
2. join
3. stock market
4. ethnic
5. invaded
6. hero

42. Struggles at Home and Away
• Page 41
• Listen and read along.

43. Ask Your Partner
• Who was President during World War 1?
• Who was President during the Great
Depression and World War 2?
• Who did the United States fight in World War
2?
• Before he was President, Eisenhower was a
general. What war was he in?

44. Let’s Check: Ask Your Partner
Questions
• Who was President during
World War 1?
• Who was President during
the Great Depression and
World War 2?
• Who did the United States
fight in World War 2?
• Before he was President,
Eisenhower was a general.
What war was he in?
Answers
• Woodrow Wilson
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Japan, Germany, and
Italy
• World War II

45. Do you know the past tense forms of
these verbs?
• Do the “Lesson 2” section of your verb chart.
• Some are regular. Some are irregular.

46. Infinitive
Form of Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
Infinitive
Form of Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
have had get got
tear tore play played
own owned share shared
separate separated start started
return returned
regular irregular

47. The U.S.: 20th Century Wars

48. Capitalist/Market Economy
• System of government is
democratic
• Property is privately owned
• Driven by free enterprise
• Wealth distributed
unevenly
• Education and health care
provided by private entities
• Freedom of the press
• Class distinctions: upper
class, middle class and
working class
• Focus is on the individual
and his/her own progress in
life
Communist/Command Economy
• System of government is
totalitarian
• Property is owned by the state
• No free enterprise is allowed
• Wealth distributed equally
• Education and health care
provided by the state
• Press controlled and owned by
the state
• Classless society: all members of
society are considered to be
equal
• Focus is on the progress of the
community as a whole
video

50. Vocabulary Preview
• economic system
• communism
• market economy
• main concern
• get involved
• tear down

51. Do you know these words?
• Do Exercise 4B on page 44
• Let’s Check:
1. e
2. b
3. d
4. c
5. f
6. a

52. 100 Years of War
• Page 45
• Listen and read along.

53. Ask Your Partner
• What is the economic system in the United
States?
• Name one war fought by the United States in
the 1900s.
• During the Cold War, what was the main
concern of the United States?

54. Let’s Check
Questions
1. What is the economic
system in the United
States?
2. Name one war fought by
the United States in the
1900s.
3. During the Cold War, what
was the main concern of
the United States?
Answers
1. capitalist or market
economy
2. WW1, WW2, Korean War,
Vietnam War, Persian Gulf
War
3. Communism

55. Read these sentences aloud…
• Hitler invaded many countries.
• The US played a role in many wars.
• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

56. Now just these words…
• Hitler invaded many countries.
• The US played a role in many wars.
• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
These all end in –ed,
but have 3 different
pronunciations.
Let’s review and
practice…

57. 57
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-4 REGULAR VERBS: PRONUNCIATION OF –ED
ENDINGS
talk/t/
She talked to me for an hour.

58. 58
CHAPTER
CONTENT
voiceless sound + -ed /t/
(a) talked = talk/t/
stopped = stop/t/
hissed = hiss/t/
watched = watch/t/
washed = wash/t/
examples:
k
/k/ /p/
pp
,
2-4 REGULAR VERBS: PRONUNCIATION OF –ED
ENDINGS

59. 59
CHAPTER
CONTENT
/k/ /s/ /ch/ /sh/,
voiceless sound + -ed /t/
(a) talked = talk/t/
stopped = stop/t/
hissed = hiss/t/
watched = watch/t/
washed = wash/t/
examples: /p/
ss
ch
sh
, , ,
2-4 REGULAR VERBS: PRONUNCIATION OF –ED
ENDINGS

60. 60
CHAPTER
CONTENT
voiced sound + -ed /d/
(b) called = call/d/
rained = rain/d/
lived = live/d/
robbed = rob/d/
stayed = stay/d/
examples:
ll
/l/ /n/
n
,
2-4 REGULAR VERBS: PRONUNCIATION OF –ED
ENDINGS

61. 61
CHAPTER
CONTENT
voiced sound + -ed /d/
(b) called = call/d/
rained = rain/d/
lived = live/d/
robbed = rob/d/
stayed = stay/d/
examples: /l/ /n/ /v/
v
/b/
bb
all vowel sounds
y
, , , ,
2-4 REGULAR VERBS: PRONUNCIATION OF –ED
ENDINGS

62. 62
CHAPTER
CONTENT
“t” or “d” + -ed / d/
(c) waited = wait / d/
needed = need / d/
t
d
e
e
e
2-4 REGULAR VERBS: PRONUNCIATION OF –ED
ENDINGS

63. 63
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-4 Let’s Practice
behave__ 1. /t/
2. /d/
3. / d/
e
?

64. 64
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-4 Let’s Practice
behave__ 1. /t/
2. /d/
3. / d/
e
/d/

65. 65
CHAPTER
CONTENT
2-4 Let’s Practice
plant___? 1. /t/
2. /d/
3. / d/
e

66. 66
CHAPTER
CONTENT
plant___
2-4 Let’s Practice
/ d/
e 1. /t/
2. /d/
3. / d/
e

67. -d, -t, or -id
• Put each word from Unit 3 in the correct
column

68. -d
• lived
• joined
• tried
• called
• believed
• declared
• died
• played
• owned
• shared
• returned
• continued
• shared
• happened
• turned
• realized
• changed

69. -t
• crashed
• attacked
• worked
• passed
• talked
• asked
• stopped
• walked
• hijacked

70. -id
• invaded
• decided
• ended
• created
• wanted
• separated
• started
• protested
• accepted
• boycotted
• wanted
• adopted

71. I started to call you
yesterday, but then
something happened.
My friend called me
from the airport.
No problem. I talked to
our boss, and he wanted
us to work yesterday. He
decided he needed extra
help.

72. Who is this?

73. Do you know who she is?

74. Describe the following images to your
neighbor…

79. Vocabulary Preview
• violent
• racial discrimination
• protest
• arrest
• boycott
• movement

80. Before You Read
• Page 48
• Exercise 3
• Circle a or b – the correct meaning of the
sentence.

81. Let’s Check
1. a
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. b
6. b

82. Simple Past Verbs Preview – Lesson 3
Infinitive Form
of Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
Infinitive Form
of Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
protest accept
speak boycott
work tell
continue pass
can lead
give talk
sit say
ask want
decide stop
walk share
win continue

83. Simple Past Verbs Preview – Lesson 3
Infinitive Form
of Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
Infinitive Form
of Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
protest protested accept accepted
speak spoke boycott boycotted
work worked tell told
continue continued pass passed
can could lead led
give gave talk talked
sit sat say said
ask asked want wanted
decide decided stop stopped
walk walked share shared
win won continue continuedregular irregular

84. I Have a Dream Speech
• Video
• Write in the missing
words you hear.

85. Let’s Check
1. equal
2. slaves
3. injustice
4. character
5. racists
6. join
7. hope
8. children
9. New York
10.California
11.ring
12.state

86. I Have a Dream
• Silently read “I Have a Dream” on page 49
• Try to find the answers to these questions:
– What movement tried to end racial
discrimination?
– What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?

87. Have you ever participated in a
boycott? Why?

88. When did this happen? What
happened?

89. Vocabulary Preview
• crash
• military
• event
• security
• hijack
• terrorist

90. Before You Read
• Exercise 3
• Page 52
• Let’s Check:
1. terrorist
2. hijack
3. crash
4. event
5. security
6. military

91. Simple Past Verbs Preview – Lesson 4
Infinitive
Form of
Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
Infinitive
Form of
Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
happen hijack
fly fall
turn hear
realize take
change adopt

92. Simple Past Verbs Preview – Lesson 4
Infinitive
Form of
Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
Infinitive
Form of
Verb
Simple Past
Tense Form
happen happened hijack hijacked
fly flew fall fell
turn turned hear heard
realize realized take took
change changed adopt adopted
regular irregular

93. Preview T/F
• Page 52
• 4B

94. America Under Attack
• Listen and read along.
• Page 53
• Go back and answer the
T/F questions on page
52

95. Let’s Check
1. T
2. F (New York, Virginia,
and Pennsylvania)
3. F (4 airplanes)
4. T
5. F (1 airplane crashed
into the Pentagon in
Virginia. OR Two
airplanes crashed into
the WTC in NYC.
6. T
7. T
8. F (NYC created the
expression “If you see
something, say
something.”)

96. Writing Practice
• Close your books
• Write 3-5 sentences
summarizing what
happened on
September 11, 2001.