Utah Studies

Today in class students continued working on their Native American Culture Change posters.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American Culture Change posters (Monday).

US History

Today in class students read an interview with an ex-slave in order to gain a better understanding of slave labor.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

Utah Studies

Today in class students worked hard on their Native American Culture Change posters.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American Culture Change posters (Friday or Monday).

US History

Today in class students learned about slavery's auction block and slave codes that were designed to keep slaves in line and were extremely brutal.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

Utah Studies

Today in class students were taught how to make their Native American Culture Change posters.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American Culture Change Posters (Friday or Monday).

US History

Today in class students finished discussing how Americans have viewed race in the past and in the present.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished their Bear River Massacre Analysis assignments.  Then they read about Utah's Native American wars.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American Culture Change Posters (Friday or Monday).

US History

Today in class students began a discussion on how Americans view race today and how they viewed in during the time of slavery.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished practicing how to do a written analysis of two primary source documents.  Then they did another primary source analysis for a grade.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Primary Source Analysis assignment (Tuesday).

US History

Today in class students learned about the geographic, climatic, economic, and technological reasons for slavery dying out in the North quicker than in the South.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

Utah Studies

Today students finished examined whether the events at Bear River were a battle or a massacre.  Then they looked at a good example of how to analyze 2 primary source documents in preparation for tomorrow.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Bear River Massacre Document Analysis (Monday).

US History

Today students analyzed 2 primary source documents about Manifest Destiny by answering a writing prompt.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Manifest Destiny Writing Prompt.

Utah Studies

Today in class students examined how Euro-Americans attempted to change Native American culture.  They also began studying whether the incident at Bear River in 1863 was a battle or a massacre.  DUE TODAY:  All Q3 Late Work was due by 3:40 PM.  DUE SOON:  Cultural Contact Document Analysis (next Monday).

US History

Today in class students practiced analyzing and comparing 2 primary source documents.  DUE TODAY:  All Q3 Late Work is due today at 3:40 PM.  DUE SOON:  Manifest Destiny Document Analysis (Thursday or Friday).

Utah Studies

Today in class students read about and discussed how Euro-Americans caused disease and hunger to spread amongst Utah's Native Americans.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  All Q3 Late Work must be turned in by 3:40 PM at the latest.

US History

Today students took an essay test on how Manifest Destiny affected Westward Expansion.  DUE TODAY:  Essay Test.  DUE TOMORROW:  All Q3 Late Work must be turned in by 3:40 PM at the latest!

Utah Studies

Today in class students did an activity designed to simulate how trade occurred between Native Americans and Europeans in what historians call the Columbian Exchange after 1492.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  All late work for Q3 MUST be turned in to me by Wednesday @ 3:40 PM!

US History

Today in class students prepared for tomorrow's essay test about Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny Essay Test (Tuesday).  Also, all late work for Q3 MUST be turned in by Wednesday @ 3:40 PM!

Utah Studies

Today in class students wrote a BPQ essay comparing different groups of Euro-American explorers to Utah.  Then we studied Iosepa, Utah--the oldest Pacific Islander settlement in Utah's history.  DUE TODAY:  Euro-American Exploration BPQ.  DUE SOON:  All late work for Quarter 3 must be turned in to me by 3:40 PM on Wednesday, March 19!

US History

Today in class students finished learning about how Manifest Destiny affected Westward Expansion by examining Tecumseh, the Cherokee Trail of Tears, and other examples of Euro-Americans taking Native American lands.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Manifest Destiny Essay Test (Tuesday).  Also, all late work for Quarter 3 must be turned in to me by 3:40 PM on Wednesday, March 19!

Utah Studies

Today in class students learned about the reasons why the LDS settlers came to Utah and how those problems continued once here with events like the Mountain Meadows Massacre.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Euro-American BPQ (Friday).

US History

Today students read 2 opposing American views on the Mexican War and discussed the anti-war movement at that time.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo excerpts (Thurs. or Fri.)

Utah Studies

Today in class students discussed how the Mexican-American War affected Utah, then they wrote a short essay about how life would be different if Mexico had won the war.  DUE TODAY:  What if Mexico had won the war?  Essay.  DUE SOON:  Euro-American Exploration BPQ.

US History

Today in class students examined how the US government under President Polk started the Mexican-American War, how a young Abe Lincoln challenged Polk, and how both sides used propaganda to gain support for the war.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo excerpts (Thursday).

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished learning about the earliest groups of Euro-American explorers to Utah including the Spanish explorers, trappers, and government explorers.  Then they began reading about how the Mexican-American War affected Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  What if Mexico Had Won the War? Essay (Tuesday or Wednesday).

US History

Today in class students learned about how Manifest Destiny lead to the Texas War and how Texas won their independence from Mexico before joining the US.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo excerpts (Wednesday).

Utah Studies

Today students began reading about the first groups of Euro-American explorers to reach Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  What if Mexico Had Won the War? Essay (Monday).

US History

Today in class students discussed the natural beauty that lured people West and also learned about how the Monroe Doctrine spread Manifest Destiny into Latin America.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo excerpts (Wednesday).

Utah Studies

Today students wrote the answers to their BPQ essay about early Utah Native American cultures.  Then they were introduced to the next unit about Euro-American exploration.  DUE TODAY:  Native American Culture BPQs.  DUE SOON: Nothing.

US History

Today students learned about how the Oregon Trail is an example of Manifest Destiny.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

Utah Studies

Today in class students learned about the many different early Native American cultures here in Utah.  DUE TODAY: Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American Cultures BPQ (Wednesday).

US History

Today in class students examined how Westward Expansion was driven by a set of beliefs held by many 19th century Americans known as "Manifest Destiny."  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.