Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished analyzing two different opinions on a proposed Utah dam.  DUE TODAY:  WLH--Utah Dam Debate.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep 9 (next Thursday).

US History

Today students finished their Causes of the American Revolution Game.  Over the last few days this game taught them about the Stamp Act, the Townshend Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Coercive/"Intolerable" Acts, and the Battle of Lexington and Concord.  DUE TODAY:  Causes of the American Revolution Scoresheets.  DUE SOON:  RLH--War or Peace? (end of class Monday).

Monday, November 24, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished their Utah Land Use Brochures.  Then they began to Write Like a Historian about Utah Water Use Debates.  DUE TODAY:  Utah Land Use Brochures.  DUE TOMORROW:  WLH: Utah Water Use (end of class).

US History

Students continued their simulation game about the Causes of the American Revolution.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Causes of the American Revolution Scoresheet (end of class).

Friday, November 21, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students continued working on the Utah Land Use brochures.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE MONDAY:  Utah Land Use Brochures (will finish in class).

US History

Today in class students closely examined John Adams' "electrical" defense of the British soldiers charged with murder in the Boston "massacre."  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Causes of the American Revolution Scoresheet (Tuesday).

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Utah Studies

Today students worked on their brochures showing examples from Utah's history of competition and cooperation over natural resources.  DUE TODAY:  SAGE Prep 7.  DUE SOON:  Land Use Brochures (Friday or Monday).

US History

Today in class students began examining the events surrounding the Boston Massacre.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Causes of Revolution Scoresheet (Tuesday).

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students were given instructions on how to create a brochure analyzing competition and cooperation in how Utahns have gotten the natural resources that they need.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  SAGE Prep 8.

US History

Today students played the first 3 rounds of the Causes of the American Revolution Game.  They analyzed how the colonists reacted to the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Act.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: Causes of the Revolution Scoresheet (Tuesday end of class).

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students reviewed the history of water use in Utah article they read.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep 8 (Thursday).

US History

Today in class students finished their summaries about the deep causes of the American Revolution.  Then they did a practice round of the Causes of the American Revolution Game.  DUE TODAY:  Deep Causes Summaries.  DUE SOON:  Causes of the American Revolution Scoresheet (next Tuesday).

Friday, November 14, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students examined the modern day issue of land ownership in Utah, with special attention towards the debate over federal lands.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Utah Water History Summaries (end of class Monday).

US History

Today in class students were introduced the the political conflict that developed between the British and the American colonies in the 1750's.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Deep Causes of Revolution Summaries (end of class Monday).

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished simulating a strike in the Mine Labor Game.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: Utah Water History Summaries (end of class Monday).

US History

Today in class students finished their colonial brochures.  DUE TODAY: Colonial Brochures.  DUE SOON:  Causes of the Revolution Summaries (end of class Monday).

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished their Scofield Mine Disaster Summaries.  Then they began preparing for the Utah Mine Labor Game.  DUE TODAY:  SAGE Prep #7 and Scofield Mine Disaster Summaries.  DUE SOON:  Utah Water History Summaries (Monday).

US History

Today in class students continued working on their colonial brochures.  DUE TODAY: Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Colonial Brochures (by the end of the period).

Monday, November 10, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students decided whether the railroad coming to Utah was overall positive or negative for Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Scofield Mine Disaster Summaries (Tuesday).

US History

Today in class students finished taking notes about the English religious colonies.  Then students analyzed the source of a famous American painting called The First Thanksgiving 1621.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Colony Brochures (Thursday).

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students examined how the spread of European-American culture into Utah shifted land use away from hunting and gathering and towards agriculture.  DUE TODAY:  SAGE Prep 6!  DUE SOON:  Scofield Mine Disaster Summary (Tuesday).

US History

Today in class students watched a brief video depicting the first Thanksgiving between Pilgrims and Wampanoag in Massachusetts.  Then they read about the early years of Massachusetts colony.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Colonial Brochures (next Thursday).

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students were introduced to the the issues of land use and resource management in Utah's history.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  SAGE Prep 6.

US History

Today in class students observed differences and similarities between the English "money" colonies that were founded primarily for financial purposes.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Colonial Brochures (next Thursday).

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished examining the evidence that indicates that events at Bear River in 1863 lead to a massacre of Shoshone people by the US military.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep 6 (Thursday).

US History

Today in class students continued their Writing Like a Historian assignment about different versions of the story of John Smith and Pocahontas.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  WLH: Smith and Pocahontas.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students examined different historical markers to determine if what happened at Bear River in 1863 was a battle or a massacre.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep 6 (Thursday).

US History

Today in class students began practicing how to write like a historian after analyzing two more documents related to John Smith and Pocahontas.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  WLH: Smith and Pocahontas.