Utah Studies

Today in class students did an activity defining cultural syncretism and showing how it has affected today's American culture.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

US History

Today in class students continued working on their Native American culture posters.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American Culture Posters (end of class Wednesday).

Utah Studies

Today, 7th grade students went on a field trip to watch the movie "Bully" at the Gateway theater.  Students returned in the afternoon and the classes that I did teach read 2 Ute legends and drew a comic strip version of one legend.  DUE TODAY:  Ute Comic Strip.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

US History

Students continued working on their Native American Culture poster.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American Culture posters (maybe Wednesday of next week).

Utah Studies

Today in class students learned about the earliest Pacific Islanders to Utah and the town they started called Iosepa.  Then they wrote short BPQ essays about early European and white American exploration and settlement.  DUE TODAY:  BPQ Essay.  DUE NEXT TIME:  Nothing.

US History

Today in class students continued their Native American Culture posters.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American Poster Project (approximately next Monday).

Utah Studies

Today students finished studying the Mountain Meadows Massacre.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Big Picture Question (Wednesday at end of class).

US History

Today in class students began working on their Native American Culture posters.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Posters (end of class Monday).

Utah Studies

Today in class students began examining the events surrounding the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  European Exploration and Settlement BPQ (Wednesday).

US History

Today students finished reviewing different Native American cultures before contact with Europeans.  Then they chose which Native American group they would be doing a project on.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing  DUE SOON:  Native American Poster Project (next Monday).

Utah Studies

Today in class students studied why and how the LDS settled Utah.  DUE TODAY:  What if Mexico Had Won the War?  Essays  DUE SOON:  Signed Grade Printoffs (Tuesday)

US History

Today in class students played a Native American Scavenger Hunt game.  Then we reviewed what we had learned in the last few days about the differences between different Native American cultures.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Signed Grade Printoffs (Tuesday)!

Utah Studies

Today in class students read about how the Mexican-American War caused Utah to become a part of the United States from Mexico.  Then they wrote a short "what if.." essay about how their lives might be different had Mexico kept a hold of Utah.  DUE TODAY:  What if Mexico Had Won? Essay.  DUE SOON:  Euro-American Exploration and Settlement BPQ (later next week).

US History

Today in class students finished reading a series of articles about different Native American cultures located in the modern-day United States.  DUE TODAY:  Native American Articles.  DUE SOON:  Native American Poster Projects (late next week).

Utah Studies

Today in class students began learning about different Euro-American groups that came to Utah between 1776 and the 1840's like the Spanish explorers, fur trappers, and US government explorers.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: Utah Euro-American Exploration and Settlement BPQ (late next week sometime).

US History

Today in class students finished their Aztec bumper stickers.  Then they began reading articles about 6 different US Native American cultures.  DUE TODAY:  Aztec Bumper Stickers.  DUE SOON:  Native American Poster Project will be due sometime late next week approximately.

Utah Studies

Today in class students continued taking notes on the diverse Native American cultures of Utah throughout time.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE NEXT TIME:  Native American Culture BPQ.

US History

Today students read an article about the Aztec people of Mexico and their culture.  Then they began writing summaries of the article.  DUE TODAY:  Family Ancestry Interviews.  DUE NEXT TIME:  Aztec Summaries.

Utah Studies

Today in class students began examining the earliest Native American cultures.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American BPQ (Monday at the end of class or Tuesday at the beginning)

US History

Today in class students finished their LOQ assignment about 1491.  Then they watched a video about the Anasazi, the Mound-builders, and the Maya.  DUE TODAY:  LOQs and video notes.  DUE NEXT TIME:  Family Ancestry Interviews!

Utah Studies

Sorry that I haven't been posting lately--I've somehow fallen out of the habit.

Today in class students started a new unit by listening to a version of the Dine (Navajo) Creation story.  Then they were introduced to this unit's Big Picture Question (BPQ).  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American BPQ (due Monday--will work on during class)!

US History

Sorry that I haven't been posting lately--I've somehow fallen out of the habit.

Today in class students read an NPR interview with historian Charles Mann about his book "1491."  This book deals with what we now think Native American life was like before Columbus opened the floodgate of European immigration.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: Family Ancestry Interview Homework (due Monday)!

Utah Studies

Today in class students took the Utah Map and Timeline Test.  DUE TODAY:  Test!  DUE NEXT TIME:  We will answer the Geography BPQ in class Monday.

US History

Today in class students reviewed for the US Political Map test they will take on Monday.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing, but study for the test this weekend!  DUE NEXT TIME:  US Political Map Test!

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished reviewing for tomorrow's test.  It will be on the Utah Map and Timeline information we have been studying.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE NEXT TIME: Utah Map and Timeline Test.

US History

Today in class students finished their US Political Map Study Guides.  Then they took notes to eventually answer the BPQ about how geography affects us.  DUE TODAY: Political Map Study Guides.  DUE SOON:  US Political Map Test and Geography BPQ (Monday).

Utah STudies

Today in class students were introduced to a Utah history timeline and they finished studying the Utah map.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: Utah Map and Timeline Test (Friday)

US History

Today in class students took a US Physical Geography test and worked on a US Political Map Study Guide.  DUE TODAY:  Test.  DUE SOON: US Political Map Study Guide.