Jan 29

 Warm up: none

Take a few minutes to prep for the test

Due Dates:

Pioneer and settlers Test- Today

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

2.Pioneer and settlers Test       2. Early Utah

Jan 28

 Warm up: 9-4

Listen to the clip CLIP
In a few sentences explain the 1848 cricket invasion

Due Dates:

Mormon Trail- 1/28 Thurs

Pioneer and settlers Test- 1/29 Fri

Today 1/28                              Next Day 1/29
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Review                                 2.Pioneer and settlers Test

Jan 27

 Warm up: 9-3

Listen to the clip  

Write about the Stansbury exploration of

 the Great Salt Lake

Due Dates:

Mormon Trail- 1/28 Thurs

Pioneer and settlers Test- 1/29 Fri

Today 1/27                              Next Day 1/28
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Settlement                             2.Review

Jan 26

 Warm up: 9-2

Listen to the clip 
Explain John C Fremont and Antelope Island

Due Dates:

Mormon Trail- 1/28 Thurs

Pioneer and settlers Test- 1/29 Fri

Today 1/26                              Next Day 1/27
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Settlement                             2.Settlement

Jan 25

 Warm up: 9-1 (Get a new Pink paper)

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:

Mormon Trail- 1/28 Thurs

Today 1/25                              Next Day 1/26
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Mormon Trail                      2.Settlement

Jan 22

 Warm up: 8-4

1. In a few sentences, explain reasons the Latter-day Saints
left the east to come to Utah
2. In a few sentences, explain how the Mormon Migration
West fit into other US western history.

Due Dates:

Mormon Trail- 1/28 Thurs

Today 1/22                              Next Day 1/25
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Mormon Trail                      2.Mormon Trail

Jan 21

 Warm up: 8-3

1.Why would people have wanted to move west?

2. What challenges might people have had traveling
     the trails?

3. What benefits would Utah's geography give to settlers?

Due Dates:

Wagon Parties- 1/21 Wed

Today 1/21                              Next Day 1/22
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Origins in the East                2.Mormon Trail

Jan 20

 Warm up: 8-2

1.In a few sentences, explain westward expansion 
and the Oregon Trail. (you can use yesterday's notes)

2.How does Mtn. Men and explorers connect to people

going west to settle?

Due Dates:

Wagon Parties- 1/21 Wed

Today 1/20                              Next Day 1/21
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Oregon Trail                        2.Pioneer

Jan 19

Warm up: 8-1 (Same paper as last week)

Write the questions down and be ready to answer
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 Parites- 1/21 Wed

Today 1/19                              Next Day 1/20
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Oregon Trail                        2.Oregon Trail

Jan 14

 Warm up: 7-4

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 1/14                              Next Day 1/19
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Wagon Parties                      2.Oregon Trail

Jan 13

 Warm up: 7-3

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 1/13                              Next Day 1/14
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2.Wagon Parties                      2.Wagon Parties

Jan 12

 Warm up: 7-2

Would you enjoy the living in the wild trapping 

for furs and exploring the mountains?  Explain

Due Dates:

Mtn Men and Explorers Test-Today

Today 1/12                              Next Day 1/13
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2. Mtn Men and Explorers Test   2.Wagon Parties

Jan 11

 Warm up: 7-1 (Get a new blue paper on the front table)

Listen to the clip 

What did John Wesley Powell do, and why was it important?

Due Dates:

Mtn Men and Explorers- 1/11 Mon

Mtn Men and Explorers Test-1/12 Tue

Today 1/11                              Next Day 1/12
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2. Review                                2. Mtn Men and Explorers Test

Jan 8

 Warm up: 6-5

Watch the clip CLIP

Write some of the information on the Fur Trade

Due Dates:

Mtn Men and Explorers- 1/11 Mon

Mtn Men and Explorers Test-1/12 Tue

Today 1/8                              Next Day 1/11
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2. Mtn Men and Explorers       2. Mtn Men and Explorers

Jan 7

 Warm up: 6-4

Get on canvas and read the article called

"American Mountain Men the the Fur Trade"

Write a 3-4 sentence summary on how mountain
 men lived and worked

Due Dates:

Mtn Men and Explorers- 1/11 Mon

Mtn Men and Explorers Test-1/12 Tue

Today 1/7                              Next Day 1/8
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2. Mtn Men and Explorers       2. Mtn Men and Explorers

Jan 6

Warm up: 6-3

Listen to the clip CLIP
Explain the Fremont and life on the move 
in a few sentences

Due Dates:

Mtn Men and Explorers- 1/11 Mon

Mtn Men and Explorers Test-1/12 Tue

Today 1/6                              Next Day 1/7
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2. Mtn Men and Explorers       2. Mtn Men and Explorers

Jan 5

Warm up: 6-2

Explain some of the information on the Fur Trade
after watching the  CLIP

Due Dates:

Today 1/5                              Next Day 1/6
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2. Mtn Men in the West           2. Mtn Men

Jan 4

  Warm up: 6-1 (Use the same paper as last time)

Listen to the clip CLIP

Write a few sentences on the information about the West

Due Dates:

Utah Indian Tribe Report- 12/22 Tue

Today 1/4                              Next Day 1/5
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up     

2. Dominguez and Escalante   2. Mtn Men