Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Utah Studies

Today students read an article about the surge in Latino population within the state of Utah.  They also completed "Reading Like a Historian" questions on that document.  DUE TODAY:  RLH: "Latino Population Skyrockets" Assignment.  DUE SOON: Signed Grade Printoffs (Wednesday).

US History

Today students continued their Regional Native American Poster projects.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Signed Grade Printoffs and Regional Native American Poster projects (both on Wednesday).

Monday, September 29, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students analyzed a Utah population pyramid.  DUE TODAY:  Utah Population Pyramid Analysis.  DUE SOON:  Reading Like a Historian: Latino Population Surge (end of class Wednesday).

US History

Today in class students began working on their Regional Native American Poster projects.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Native American Poster Projects (end of class Wednesday).

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students learned about how to read population pyramids and what you can learn about a population of people from those.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Utah Population Pyramid Analysis (Monday).

US History

Students continued researching Native Americans from different regions of the United States.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Regional Native American Poster Project (Wednesday).

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Utah Studies

Today students received some more SAGE tips, then were given SAGE Prep#2 for homework.  They also read an article about the basics of population demographics.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  SAGE Prep #2 Homework!

US History

Today in class students gathered information about Native Americans from the various geographical regions of the United States in preparation for a project.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Regional Native American Poster Projects (next Wednesday).

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students read and analyzed a Salt Lake Tribune article about Utah's population growth.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep #2 (Thursday).

US History

Today in class students finished reading the article on Aztec culture.  Then they wrote a 1/2 page summary.  DUE TODAY:  Aztec Summaries.  DUE SOON:  Regional Native American Readings (Thursday).

Monday, September 22, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students began sourcing and contextualizing a newspaper article about Utah's population growth.  DUE TODAY: Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep #2 (Thursday).

US History

Today in class students watched a video about early Native American civilizations like the Anasazi, the Mound Builders, and the Maya.  Then they began reading about the Aztec of Mexico.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Aztec Summaries (Tuesday or Wednesday).

Friday, September 19, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished their Utah natural resource maps and then watched a brief introductory video to human population growth in order to better understand the context of Utah's population growth.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  RLH: Utah Population Growth Article (Tuesday).

US History

Today in class students addressed some misconceptions about early Native American societies and also examined theories about how humans first settled the Americas.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  500 Nations Video Notes (Monday).

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students turned in SAGE Prep 1 Homework and then began creating a natural resource map of Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Utah Natural Resource Map.

US History

Today in class students began learning about ancient human migration patterns that lead from Africa to the Americas.  DUE TODAY:  Human Journey Facts.  DUE SOON:  "500 Nations" Notes (Monday).

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students practiced SAGE reading comprehension questions from Utah Studies related articles.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW: SAGE Prep #1 Homework!

US History

Today in class students took the US Political Map Quiz and also did a brief SAGE reading pre-assessment.  DUE TODAY:  US Political Map Quiz.  DUE SOON: "Human Journey" Notes.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

US History

Today in class students reviewed for the upcoming US Political Map quiz tomorrow.  DUE TODAY: Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW: US Political Map Quiz.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students began looking at maps to locate important Utah landmarks.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Utah Maps (Tuesday).

US History

Today in class students continued locating on a map some historically important political landmarks.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  US Political Map Quiz (Wednesday).

Friday, September 12, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students read about and discussed the densest concentration of Jurassic-era dinosaur bones in the world--Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in central Utah!  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Utah Maps (Tuesday).

US History

Today in class students took the US Physical Map Quiz.  Then they began working on locating historically significant US political landmarks for the next quiz on Wednesday.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  US Political Map Quiz (Wednesday).

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students examined how continental drift has affected Utah over the last 500 million years.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Dinosaur Article (at the end of the period).

US History

Today in class students reviewed for the US Physical Map test tomorrow.  DUE TODAY: Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  US Physical Map Test!

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students took a SAGE reading pre-assessment using a Utah Geology article.  DUE TODAY:  SAGE Pre-Assessment.  DUE SOON:  Dinosaur Article (Friday).

US History

Today in class students finished their US Physical Map Study Guides and then began studying for the test on Friday.  DUE TODAY:  US Physical Map Study Guides.  DUE SOON:  US Physical Map Test (Friday).

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

US History

Today students began studying US Geography by being practicing their map reading skills and by labeling a physical map of the US.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  US Physical Map Packet (Wednesday).

Utah Studies

Wow, I need to get back in the habit of doing this daily!  Anyways, today in class students "corroborated" two different documents to get a better perspective on what early Native American and Euro-American encounters were like in Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep Pre-Assessments (end of class Wednesday)

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students began learning how to think like a historian in order to better navigate the social and psychological landscape of their everyday lives.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Thinking Like a Historian (TLH) activity (Wednesday at the end of class).

US History

Today in class students analyzed their own lives using the "Thinking Like a Historian" (TLH) skills that we studied Friday.  DUE TODAY:  TLH Assignment.  DUE SOON: "Reading Like a Historian" (RLH) Assignment (due Friday)