Sept 30

Warm up: 6-4

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:

Wagon Parties- Today

Today 9/30                              Next Day 10/4
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2.Mormon Trail                       2.Mormon Trail

Sept 29

Warm up: 6-3

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- 9/29 Wed

Today 9/29                              Next Day 9/30
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2.Origins in the East                2.Mormon Trail 

Sept 28

Warm up: 6-2

1.In a few sentences, explain westward migration 
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- 9/29 Wed

Today 9/28                              Next Day 9/29
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Oregon Trail                        2. Pioneer 

Sept 27

Warm up: 6-1 (Last week's paper)

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 Parties- 9/29 Wed

Today 9/27                              Next Day 9/28
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Oregon Trail                        2. Oregon Trail

Sept 23

Warm up: 5-4

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?

3. What kind of people would want to be the first to 

come west? 

Due Dates:

Wagon Parties- 9/29 Wed

Today 9/23                              Next Day 9/27
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Wagon Parties                      2. Oregon Trail

Sept 22

Warm up: 5-3

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:

Mtn Men and Explorers - 9/22 Wed

Today 9/22                              Next Day 9/23
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Wagon Parties                      2. Wagon Parties

Sept 21

 Warm up: 5-2

Listen to the clip 

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

Due Dates:

Mtn Men and Explorers - 9/22 Wed

Today 9/21                              Next Day 9/22
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Mtn Men                              2. Mtn Men

Sept 20

Warm up: 5-1 (New Blue Paper)

Get the article off the front table called "American 

Mountain Men of the Fur Trade"

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

Due Dates:

Mtn Men and Explorers Test- 9/22 Wed

Mtn Men and Explorers - 9/22 Wed

Today 9/20                              Next Day 9/21
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Mtn Men                              2. Mtn Men

Sept 17

Warm up: 4-4

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

Due Dates:

Mtn Men and Explorers Test- 9/22 Wed

Mtn Men and Explorers - 9/22 Wed

Today 9/17                              Next Day 9/20
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Mtn Men in the West           2. Mtn Men

Sept 16

Warm up: 4-3

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

Due Dates:

Today 9/16                              Next Day 9/17
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Mtn Men in the West           2. Mtn Men

Sept 15

Warm up: 4-2

Listen to the clip CLIP

Write a few sentences on the information about the West

Due Dates:

Today 9/15                              Next Day 9/16
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Dominguez and Escalante   2. Mtn Men

Sept 14

Warm up: none

Take a few minutes to look over your notes 

and prep for the test

Due Dates:

Native Tribes of Utah Test- Today

Today 9/14                              Next Day 9/15
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Native Tribes Test                2. Mtn Men

Sept 13

Warm up: 4-1 (Use last week's yellow paper)

1. Explain the difference between the prehistoric

Indians and the historic Indians

2. Why would having horses make the Shoshone 

and Ute tribes more successful?

Due Dates:

Historic Tribes- Today

Native Tribes of Utah Test- 9/14 Tue

Today 9/13                              Next Day 9/14
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Review                                2. Native Tribes Test

Sept 10

Warm up: 3-4

Watch the clip CLIP

Explain the story about Snake, and what we

 can learn from it.

Due Dates:

Historic Tribes- 9/13 Mon

Native Tribes of Utah Test- 9/14 Tue

Today 9/10                              Next Day 9/13
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Legend                                 2. Review

Sept 9

Warm up: 3-3

Watch the clip CLIP
Explain the story of Coyote and his cunning 
Listen to the clip CLIP
Explain the story of Porcupine 

Due Dates:

Natives and Explorers Vocab- Today

Historic Tribes- 9/13 Mon

Native Tribes of Utah Test- 9/14 Tue

Today 9/9                              Next Day 9/10
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Legend                                 2. Legend

Sept 8

Warm up: 3-2

Watch the clip CLIP
What can we learn about the story of fire?

Due Dates:

Natives and Explorers Vocab- Today

Historic Tribes- 9/13 Mon

Native Tribes of Utah Test- 9/14 Tue

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

2. Historic tribes                      2. Legend

Sept 7

Warm up: 3-1 (New yellow paper on the front table)

Watch the clip to answer the question CLIP
1. Write a few sentences on the Shoshone Creation Story
2. What can we learn about the tribe from the story?

Due Dates:

Natives and Explorers Vocab- 9/8 Wed

Historic Tribes- 9/13 Mon

Native Tribes of Utah Test- 9/14 Tue

Today 9/7                              Next Day 9/8
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. Historic tribes                      2. Historic tribes

Sept 3

Warm up: 2-5

Think about the prehistoric tribes of Utah.

1. Pick one of the tribes and explain why you wouldn't

want to be part of that tribe.

2. Pick another tribe and explain why you would want 

to be part of that tribe.

3. Explain if you would rather live as we do now, or as 

the prehistoric tribes did.

Due Dates:

Utah Map- Today

Natives and Explorers Vocab- 9/8 Wed

Today 9/3                              Next Day 9/7
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up

2. H/G to AG                           2. Historic tribes

Sept 2

Warm up: 2-4

Remember to use complete sentences 
1.What challenges would someone face trying to 

survive in Utah's climate without our modern technology?

2. What positives and negatives does living in Utah

with our technology create for us?

Due Dates:

Utah Map- Today

Natives and Explorers Vocab- 9/8 Wed

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

2. Early Utahns                       2. H/G to AG

Sept 1

Warm up: 2-3

Quietly do this by yourself so nobody knows what
 you are drawing
On your warmup paper  make two boxes to draw in
In one draw a basic picture of something you did yesterday
In the other draw something you did during the summer
Use no letters of words in your drawings, use basic

 drawings, and work fast you only have a few minutes

Due Dates:

Utah Map- Today

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

2. Early Utahns                       2. Early Utahns