Jan 31

Warm up: 9-3
Listen to the clip CLIP
In a few sentences explain the 1848 cricket invasion

Due Dates: 
Pioneer and Settler Test- Feb 1

Today 1/31                              Next Day 2/1
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Review                                2. Pioneer and Settler Test

Jan 30

Warm up: 9-2
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- Feb 2

Today 1/30                              Next Day 1/31
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Settlement                            2. Patterns of Settlement 

Jan 29

Warm up: 9-1 (start a new paper)
1.Listen the radio clip then answer the question. CLIP
In 3 sentences explain the history of Christina McNeil

Due Dates: 
Pioneer and Settler Test- Feb 2

Today 1/29                              Next Day 1/30
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Settlement                            2. Settlement 

Jan 26

Warm up: 8-5
What challenges would you face trying settle a
 new community in a new area with nothing else there?

Due Dates: 
Pioneer and Settler Test- Feb 2

Today 1/26                              Next Day 1/29
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormon Trail                      2. Settlement 

Jan 25

Warm up: 8-4
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 1/25                              Next Day 1/26
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormon Trail                      2. Mormon Trail 

Jan 24

Warm up: 8-3
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 1/24                              Next Day 1/25
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Pioneer Guide                      2. Mormon Trail 

Jan 23

Warm up: 8-2
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 1/23                              Next Day 1/24
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormon Trail                      2. Pioneer Guide

Jan 22

Warm up: 8-1 (use last week's paper)
Watch the clip CLIP
In a few sentences, explain the Fur Trade's impact
 on shaping the western US

Due Dates: 

Today 1/18                              Next Day 1/22
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mormons in the East           2. Mormon Trail

Jan 18

Warm up: 7-3
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:
Wagon Parties- Thursday, Jan 18 

Today 1/18                              Next Day 1/22
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Pioneer Guide                     2. Mormons in the East

Jan 17

Warm up: 7-2
In a few sentences, explain westward expansion 
and the Oregon Trail. (you can use yesterday's notes)

Due Dates:
Wagon Parties- Thursday, Jan 18 

Today 1/17                              Next Day 1/18
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Oregon Trail                        2. Pioneer Guide

Jan 16

Warm up: 7-1 (start a new paper)
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:
Wagon Parties- Thursday, Jan 18 

Today 1/16                              Next Day 1/17
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Oregon Trail                        2. Oregon Trail 

Jan 12

Warm up: 6-3
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:
Wagon Parties- Thursday, Jan 18 

Today 1/12                              Next Day 1/16
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Wagon Parties                      2. Oregon Trail 

Jan 11

Warm up: 6-2
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: 

Today 1/11                              Next Day 1/12
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Wagon Parties                      2. Wagon Parties 

Jan 10

Warm up: none
Take the first few minutes to look over things for the test.

Due Dates: 
Natives and Explorers Test- Today

Today 1/10                              Next Day 1/11
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Natives and Explorers Test 2. Pioneers and Settlers 

Jan 9

Warm up: 6-1 (use last week's paper)
In a few sentences explain something about Utah's
 Mtn Men and/ or Native Indians you have learned 
in this class.

Due Dates: 
Natives and Explorers Test- Wed, 1/10

Today 1/9                              Next Day 1/10
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Review                                2. Natives and Explorers Test

Jan 8

Warm up: none
Get out your Mountain Man paper
 and be ready to start

Due Dates: 
Natives and Explorers Test- Wed, 1/10

Today 1/8                              Next Day 1/9
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Review                                2. Review

Jan 5

Warm up: 5-3
In 3-4 sentences, explain how developing researching, 
citing sources, and presenting information skills will 
help you in the future.

Due Dates: 
Natives and Explorers Test- Wed, 1/10

Today 1/5                              Next Day 1/8
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mtn. Men                            2. Review

Jan 4

Warm up: 5-2
In a few sentences, explain why your mtn. man or 
explorer was in Utah

Due Dates: 
Mtn Men Presentations- Today

Today 1/4                              Next Day 1/5
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mtn. Men                            2. Mtn. Men

Jan 3

Warm up: 5-1 (start a new paper)
Explain how and why Mtn men came to Utah
 and how that changed things in Utah

Due Dates: 
Mtn Men Presentations- Jan 4

Today 1/3                              Next Day 1/4
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up    
2. Mtn. Men                            2. Mtn. Men