Thursday, December 18, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students finished studying the Mountain Meadows Massacre.  DUE TODAY:  MMM Assignment.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

US History

Today students took their American Revolution Essay Tests.  DUE TODAY:  Tests.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students read an article about the Mountain Meadows Massacre and then we began discussing it.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Mountain Meadows Massacre Questions (by the end of class).

US History

Today in class students finished preparing themselves for the American Revolution Essay Test tomorrow.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  American Revolution Essay Test (by the end of class).

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students did the SAGE Prep Final Assessment.  DUE TODAY:  SAGE Prep Final.  DUE SOON:  Mountain Meadows Massacre (Thursday).

US History

Today in class students finished their study guides for the American Revolution Essay Test we will take on Thursday.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  American Revolution Essay Test (Thursday).

Monday, December 15, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students read about the history of how many different religious groups have come to Utah over the years.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep Final Assessment (Tuesday).

US History

Today in class students examined how the American Revolution ignited a slow, painstaking trend towards democracy throughout the entire, despite sometimes inconsistent American support for democratic revolutions.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  American Revolution Essay Test (Thursday).

Friday, December 12, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students examined national and state demographic data to see how Utah compares to the rest of the US on religious make-up.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep Final Assessment (Tuesday).

US History

Today students read a skit that helped them to understand who benefited from the American Revolution and who did not.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing. DUE SOON: American Revolution Essay Test (Thursday).

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students continued working on their Utah Civil Rights posters.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Civil Rights Posters.

US History

Today in class students used the US Declaration of Independence to make inferences about Thomas Jefferson's beliefs when he was writing the Declaration of Independence.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: American Revolution Essay Test (next Thursday).

Monday, December 8, 2014

Utah Studies

Today students continued working on the Utah Civil Rights posters.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Utah Civil Rights posters (end of class Wednesday).

US History

Today students were introduced to Thomas Jefferson and some famous quotes from his "Declaration of Independence."  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Declaration of Independence Quotes.

Friday, December 5, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students learned how to do their Civil Rights projects.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Civil Rights Projects (Wednesday).

US History

Today students analyzed short excerpts from Thomas Paine's argument for American independence, called Common Sense.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Declaration of Independence Quotes (Wednesday).

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Utah Studies

Today students examined civil rights legislation of the 1960's and 1970's and how it impacts their lives.  DUE TODAY:  SAGE Prep 9.  DUE TOMORROW:  Civil Rights Legislation Questions.

US History

Today in class students finished writing summaries about the early years of the American Revolution.  DUE TODAY:  Early Years of the War Summaries.  DUE SOON:  Declaration of Independence Quote Analysis (Wed.)

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students learned about the early years of the Civil Rights Movement (from Brown vs. Board of Education) to MLK's "I Have a Dream..." speech, including how segregation existed in Utah, but to a lesser extent than in some other states.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  SAGE Prep #9.

US History

Today in class students read about George Washington and the early years of the Revolutionary War.  Then they began writing summaries of what they read.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE TOMORROW:  Eary Years of the War Summaries.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students studied the origins of the US Civil Rights Movement so that they will better understand how this movement affected Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Video Notes.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep 9 (Thursday).

US History

Today in class students analyzed Samuel Adams' "Rights of the Colonists" and John Dickinson's "Olive Branch Petition" to understand that before and even during the war American colonists were divided on the whether war with the British was justified or winnable.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: Early Years of the Revolutionary War Summaries (Thursday).

Monday, December 1, 2014

Utah Studies

Today in class students read about the history of racism in Utah and the US.  DUE TODAY:  Racism Summaries.  DUE SOON:  SAGE Prep 9 (Thursday)

US History

Today in class students reviewed the multiple deep and short-term causes of the American Revolution.  DUE TODAY: Nothing.  DUE SOON:  RLH--War or Peace? (Tuesday)