Oct 31

Warm up: 10-2
Grab the article off the front table to read.  ARTICLE
Don't answer the 10 questions, instead
1. Summarize the article in 4-5 sentences.
2. Did you (or will you) carve or paint a pumpkin
this year for Halloween?

Due Dates: 

Today 10/31                               Next Day 11/1
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Samhain                               2. Indian Wars

Oct 30

Warm up: 10-1 (Start a new paper)
Listen to the clip CLIP
1.Summarize the information on Butch Cassidy
2. Do you think he was a Robin Hood or an outlaw, explain

Due Dates: 

Today 10/30                               Next Day 10/31
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Utah War                              2. Samhain

Oct 27

Warm up: 9-4
Listen the the radio clip CLIP
Explain the story of Alfred Packer

Due Dates: 

Today 10/27                               Next Day 10/30
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Utah Territory                      2. Utah War

Oct 26

Warm up: 
Take the first few minutes of class to prep for the test

Due Dates: 
Pioneer and settler test- Today

Today 10/26                               Next Day 10/27
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Pioneer and Settler Test       2. Utah Territory

Oct 25

Warm up: 9-3
In a few sentences, explain the timeline of events
 we have learned about this unit.

Due Dates: 
Pioneer and settler test- Thursday, Oct 26

Today 10/25                               Next Day 10/26
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Reveiw                                2. Pioneer and Settler Test

Oct 24

Warm up: 9-2
Listen to the clip CLIP
In a few sentences explain the 1848 cricket invasion

Due Dates: 
Pioneer and settler test- Thursday, Oct 26

Today 10/24                               Next Day 10/25
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Settlement                           2. Reveiw

Oct 23

Warm up: 9-1 (Start a new paper)
Draw a basic map from your house to school.  
Include some of the landmarks or noticeable building
 you pass to get here

Due Dates: 
Pioneer and settler test- Thursday, Oct 26

Today 10/23                               Next Day 10/24
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Settlement                           2. Settlement 

Oct 18

Warm up: 8-4
What challenges would you face trying settle a
 new community in a new area with nothing else there?

Due Dates: 

Today 10/18                               Next Day 10/23
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Settlement                           2. Settlement 

Oct 17

Warm up: 8-2
1.Listen the the radio clip then answer the question. CLIP
In 3 sentences explain the history of Christina McNeil

Due Dates: 

Today 10/17                               Next Day 10/18
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormon Trail Map              2. Settlement 

Oct 16

Warm up: 8-1 (use last week's paper)
In a few sentences explain similarities and 
differences between the Oregon and Mormon Trails

Due Dates: 

Today 10/16                               Next Day 10/17
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormon Trail                      2. Mormon Trail Map

Oct 13

Warm up: 7-5
1. What historical knowledge can you gain about
 the migration west from the Oregon Trail game?
2. Why would it have been so hard to travel the trail?

Due Dates: 

Today 10/13                               Next Day 10/16
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormon Trail                      2. Mormon Trail

Oct 12

Warm up: 7-4
1. In a few sentences, explain reasons the Mormons 
left the east to come to Utah
2. In a few sentences, explain how the Mormon migration
West fit into other US west history.

Due Dates: 

Today 10/12                               Next Day 10/13
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormon Trail                      2. Mormon Trail

Oct 11

Warm up: 7-3
1. List 4 things you would have wanted to take 
with you if you had traveled the Mormon Trail.
2. Explain why you would take these things

Due Dates: 

Today 10/11                               Next Day 10/12
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormon Trail                      2. Mormon Trail

Oct 10

Warm up: 7-2
Listen the the radio clip to answer the question. CLIP
Write a 2-3 sentence summary of the clip of 
traveling through Utah

Due Dates: 

Today 10/10                               Next Day 10/11
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormons in the East           2. Mormon Trail

Oct 9

Warm up: 7-1 Start a new paper
1. When you hear Oregon or Mormon Trail, what images 
come to your head?  Draw or describe
2. What challenges might people have had traveling the trails?

Due Dates: 

Today 10/9                               Next Day 10/10
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Pioneer Guide                      2. Mormons in the East

Oct 5

Warm up: none
Turn in this weeks paper (if you have them
 all done 3 this week and 3 last week) pull 
out your wagon parties paper and be ready to start

Due Dates: 

Today 10/5                               Next Day 10/6
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Oregon Trail                        2. Pioneer Guide

Oct 4

Warm up: 6-3
Use the picture to answer the questions.
1. What does this tell us of the American West?
2. What feeling is the artist trying to show to the
 American people?

Due Dates: 

Today 10/4                               Next Day 10/5
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Oregon Trail                        2. Pioneer Guide

Oct 3

Warm up: 6-2
1. What did you learn about some of the early wagon
 parties that passed through Utah?
2. Thinking of the geography of California, Utah, and 
Oregon, why would people pass Utah to go to the others?

Due Dates: 

Today 10/3                               Next Day 10/4
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Wagon Parties                     2. Oregon Trail

Oct 2

Warm up: 6-1 (Use last week's paper)
Imagine the government planned to colonize the moon.
1. What would it take for you to go colonize the moon?
2. What challenges might you face?
3. What would it be like to leave a known area that is
 civilized and go to an unknown undeveloped area?

Due Dates: 
Native and Explorer Vocab-today

Today 10/2                               Next Day 10/3
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Wagon Parties                     2. Oregon Trail