Monday, November 25, 2013

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished their Civil Rights Artistic Project.  DUE TODAY: Civil Rights Artistic Project.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

US History

Today students began comparing and answering questions about different primary source documents from the American Revolution's "War of Words" between Britain and American colonists.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  War of Words Questions.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Utah Studies

Today in class students continued working on their civil rights artistic projects.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Civil Rights Artistic Projects (end of class Monday).

US History

Today in class students finished the Causes of the Revolution by trying to predict what the colonists would due because of the Intolerable Acts and the Battle of Lexington and Concord.  DUE TODAY: Causes of Revolution Score sheet.  DUE SOON:  War of Words Question Packet (Tuesday).

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Utah Studies

Today in class students worked on their Civil Rights Artistic Project.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Civil Rights Artistic Project (next Monday)

US History

Today in class students continued the Causes of the Revolution game and learned about events like the Boston Tea Party.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Causes of Revolution Scoresheet.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Utah Studies

Today in class students began working on a civil rights artistic project to show what they have learned about civil rights in Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Civil Rights Project (next Monday).

US History

Today students examined the verdict in the Boston "Massacre" trial to find out how John Adams helped the British troops be found not guilty.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Causes of the Revolution Scoresheet (Friday).

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Utah Studies

Today in class students wrote BPQs about the specific ways that the civil rights movement changed the lives of people in Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Civil Rights BPQ.  DUE SOON:  Civil Rights Artistic Project (next Monday)

US History

Today in class Period 1 read about the Boston Massacre.  Period 3 began the Causes of the Revolution game by examining the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts created by Britain to tax the colonists.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Causes of Revolution Score sheet (end of class Friday).

Friday, November 15, 2013

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished analyzing civil rights era music.  Then we read a story about what schools were like for Native Americans in the 1960's and 1970's.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: Civil Rights BPQ (Tuesday).

US History

Today in class students finished writing their summaries of the deep causes of the American Revolution.  Then they began examining the events in the 12 years before 1775 that lead to war.  We did this through a role-playing game where they were put in the shoes of the colonists.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Causes of the Revolution Scoresheet (end of next week).

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Utah Studies

Today in class students began studying how the Civil Rights movement affected Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

US History

Today in class, students watched a video, read a short article, and had a discussion about the origins of the American Revolution.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Summaries (end of class tomorrow).

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Utah Studies

Today in class students answered the Big Picture Question about how World War II changed the lives of Utahns.  DUE TODAY:  World War II BPQ.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

US History

Today students finished their colonial brochures.  DUE TODAY:  Colonial Brochures.  DUE SOON:  Deep Causes of American Revolution Summaries.

Friday, November 8, 2013

Utah Studies

Today students finished their investigations into the complex reasons why the Japanese-Americans were imprisoned in the Western US during World War II.  They also watched some more of a World War II video that features veterans from Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Japanese-American Imprisonment Investigations.  DUE SOON:  World War II film notes (Monday by end of class).

US History

Today in class students began creating brochures advertising for the English colonies of 1750.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Colonial Brochures (Tuesday).

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Utah Studies

Today students continued investigating the complex causes of the Japanese-American imprisonment during World War II.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Japanese-American Imprisonment Investigations.

US History

Today in class students took notes on the English colonies that were founded for religious reasons from Massachusetts through Pennsylvania.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Colonial Brochures (early next week).

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Utah Studies

Today in class students began investigating the complex causes of the Japanese imprisonment during World War II.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Japanese Imprisonment Investigation (Thursday during class).

US History

Today students read two historical sources from Massachusetts: the Mayflower Compact and the Massachusetts School Law of 1647.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Colonial Brochures (due early next week)

Monday, November 4, 2013

Utah Studies

Today students continued to examine how World War II affected Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Japanese Internment Investigation (Thursday).

US History

Today students continued examining the early years of English colonization of Massachusetts.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Massachusetts Historical Texts (end of class Tuesday)