Wednesday, April 30, 2025

April 30

Warm up: 8-3

On canvas read the Mormon Trail- Exhibit article.
1. Write a paragraph about what you learned
2. Which location would you want to visit and why?

Due Dates:
City Plan- 4/30 Wed

Today 4/30                             Next Day 5/1
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Early Utah                           2. Bear River

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

April 29

Warm up: 8-2

Listen to the clip clip 
1. Explain the settlement of La Sal
2. Why do you think ghost towns happen?

Due Dates:
City Plan- 4/30 Wed

Today 4/29                             Next Day 4/30
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Early Utah                           2. Bear River

Monday, April 28, 2025

April 28

Warm up: 8-1 (Last week's Blue Paper)

1.What challenges would people face trying to
 start a new settlement?
2. As the leader of a young settlement, what would
you do to prepare for the possibility of war?

Due Dates:
City Plan- 4/30 Wed

Today 4/28                             Next Day 4/29
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Utah War                             2. Early Utah 

Friday, April 25, 2025

April 25

Warm up: 7-4

Listen to the clip CLIP
1. Write a few sentences about the Utah Silk Industry
2. Why would early Utah try to make all of its own products?

Due Dates:
City Plan- 4/30 Wed

Today 4/25                             Next Day 4/28
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2.Settlements                           2.Utah War  

Thursday, April 24, 2025

April 24

Warm up: 7-3

1. Define Zion
2. List features of Mormon settlements/cities in Utah
3. Why was it important to Brigham Young and other Mormon 
settlement/ cities that they look the same?

Due Dates:
Trail and Settlement Pack- Today
City Plan- 4/30 Wed

Today 4/24                             Next Day 4/25
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2.Settlements                           2.Settlements 

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

April 23

Warm up: none

Test Today!
Take the first 5 mins to review and prepare

Due Dates:
Trail and Settlement Pack- Today
Pioneers and Settlers Test- Today

Today 4/23                             Next Day 4/24
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Pioneers and Settler's Test   2. Settlement

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

April 22

Warm up: 7-2

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

Due Dates:
Trail and Settlement Pack- 4/23 Wed
Pioneers and Settlers Test- 4/23 Wed

Today 4/22                             Next Day 4/23
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Review                                 2. Pioneers and Settler's Test

Monday, April 21, 2025

April 21

Warm up: 7-1 (New Blue Paper)

Get on the canvas and read the "Handcart Companies Article"

1. Why were handcarts used on the Mormon Trail?
2. Write a 4+ sentence summary of the article.

Due Dates:
Trail and Settlement Pack- 4/23 Wed
Pioneers and Settlers Test- 4/23 Wed

Today 4/21                             Next Day 4/22
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Patterns of Settlement         2. Review

Friday, April 18, 2025

April 18

Warm up: 6-5

Listen to the clip  
Write about the Stansbury exploration of
 the Great Salt Lake

Listen to the clip CLIP
Explain the legend of the Rio Buenaventura

Due Dates:
Trail and Settlement Pack- 4/23 Wed
Pioneers and Settlers Test- 4/23 Wed

Today 4/18                             Next Day 4/21
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2.Settlment                              2.Settlment

Thursday, April 17, 2025

April 17

Warm up: 6-4

Listen to the clip  clip 
1. Explain John C Fremont and Antelope Island
2. Explain John C Fremont and the writing about his explorations.

Due Dates:
Wagon Parties- 4/15 Tue
Trail and Settlement Pack- 4/23 Wed
Pioneers and Settlers Test- 4/23 Wed

Today 4/17                             Next Day 4/18
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2.Settlment                              2.Settlment

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

April 16

Warm up: 6-3

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:
Wagon Parties- 4/15 Tue
Trail and Settlement Pack- 4/23 Wed
Pioneers and Settlers Test- 4/23 Wed

Today 4/16                             Next Day 4/17
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2.Mormon Trail                       2.Settlment

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

April 15

 Warm up: 6-2

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- 4/15 Tue
Trail and Settlement Pack- 4/23 Wed
Pioneers and Settlers Test- 4/23 Wed

Today 4/15                             Next Day 4/16
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2.Mormon Trail                       2.Mormon Trail

Monday, April 14, 2025

April 14

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

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- 4/15 Tue
Trail and Settlement Pack- 4/23 Wed
Pioneers and Settlers Test- 4/23 Wed

Today 4/14                             Next Day 4/15
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2.Origins in the East                2.Mormon Trail

Thursday, April 10, 2025

April 10

Warm up: 5-4

1.In a few sentences, explain westward migration 
and the Oregon Trail. (you can use the class notes)
2.How does Mtn. Men and explorers connect to people
going west to settle?

Due Dates:
Wagon Parties- 4/15 Tue

Today 4/10                             Next Day 4/14
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Oregon Trail                       2.Origins in the East

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

April 9


Warm up: 5-3

Write the questions down and be ready to answer
Use the picture to answer the questions.
1. What do I see?
2. I think______ because__________
3. What questions does this picture make you have

Due Dates:
Wagon Parties- 4/15 Tue

Today 4/9                             Next Day 4/10
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Oregon Trail                       2. Oregon Trail

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

April 8

Warm up: 5-2

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

Due Dates:
Wagon Parties- 4/15 Tue

Today 4/8                             Next Day 4/9
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Wagon Parties                     2. Oregon Trail

Monday, April 7, 2025

April 7

Warm up: 5-1 (New Yellow 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:
Mtn Men- 4/7 Mon
Wagon Parties- 4/15 Tue

Today 4/7                             Next Day 4/8
1. Warm Up                             1. Warm Up
2. Wagon Parties                      2. Wagon Parties