Albert Einstein

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Who Is Albert Einstein?

• Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion.
• Einstein was born and raised in Germany for most of his childhood.

Lesson 2: Einstein, The Boy

• boisterous: rough and noisy
• radioactivity: the property of an element emitting radiation
• bohemian: a person, such as an artist or writer, who lives and acts free, without regard for conventional rules and practices
• exasperated: feeling of being very annoyed
• prodigy: an unusually gifted or intelligent young person
• bravado: a disposition toward showy defiance
• synchronicity: the relationship that forms when things occur at the same time
• ambivalent: mixed feelings or emotions

Lesson 3: University Days and Beyond

• Roots found on the Beyond Roots Set 1 cards.

Lesson 4: Research and Discovery

• Definitions of asylum, pacifist, agog, ambivalent, anti-Semitism, retort, and refute.

Lesson 5: The Professor

• Know the meanings of the roots in Beyond Roots Set 2.

Lesson 6: Fame

• Nonfiction sources of information include biographies, documentaries, and encyclopedias.
• Understand the differences among biographies, encyclopedia entries, and documentaries.

Lesson 7: War

• The meanings of words formed from Latin and Greek roots.

Lesson 8: Peace

• A biography has the following elements: describes details about the person's surroundings, shows how the person affects other people, provides examples that demonstrate the person's behavior, illustrates the person's individuality, and implies or notes how the writer feels about the person.

Final Project: Biography Scrapbook

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