Week of Learning Jan 16, 2026

4. This prefix means "across"
6. Many of the factory works in the Lowell Mills were single young ___ from farming towns or immigrants from Europe.
7. Place where garbage goes after it is thrown away.
8. This prefix means "before"
11. prejudgement in favor or against one thing, person, or group, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
12. Another word for math.
15. The root word of upcycling, recycling, and tricycle.
18. The invention of the cotton gin made a lot of money for owners of cotton plantations. However, it also had devastating ______ for enslaved laborers.
19. prefix means "between"
20. People called cotton "white ____" because it made so much money.
21. This part of the United States was called the "Cotton Belt."
22. Short for "engine"

1. This prefix means "life" or "living"
2. Make the environment dangerously dirty or poisonous.
3. This prefix means "earth"
5. The right to vote.
9. This means to break apart.
10. This means turning garbage into something else that is useful.
13. In the late 1700s and 1800s, the invention of new machines launched the first wave of the ____ ____.
14. A change or addition to a legal document, like the U.S. Constitution. The 15th one gave the right of African American men to vote.
16. This prefix means "after"
17. Eli Whitney invented a machine that increased the production of this plant.