Thursday, April 28, 2016

US History

A DAY: Today in class students finished their "Life as a Slave" projects.  Then they began studying the Civil War by trying to determine who had the advantage at the start of the war: North or South?  DUE TODAY:  Life as a Slave Projects.  DUE NEXT TIME:  Signed Grade Printoffs.

Utah Studies

A DAY: Today students watched part of "Eyes on the Prize" as an introduction to the civil rights movement.  Then they used their iPads to research about various civil rights leaders on the "Eyes on the Prize" website.  DUE TODAY:  Civil Rights Notes.  DUE SOON:  SAGE 5 (next week).

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Utah Studies

B DAY: Today students watched part of "Eyes on the Prize" as an introduction to the civil rights movement.  Then they used their iPads to research about various civil rights leaders on the "Eyes on the Prize" website.  DUE TODAY:  Civil Rights Notes.  DUE SOON:  SAGE 5 (next week).

US History

B DAY: Today in class students continued working on their "Life as a Slave" projects.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE FRIDAY: Life as a Slave Projects (midway through class).

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

US History

A DAY: Today in class students continued working on their "Life as a Slave" projects.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE THURSDAY: Life as a Slave Projects (midway through class).

Utah Studies

A DAY:  Today in class students wrote a short essay about Utah's economy after reading two documents on the subject.  DUE TODAY:  Utah Economy Essay.  DUE NEXT TIME:  Signed Grade Printoffs!

Monday, April 25, 2016

US History

B DAY: Today in class students began working on their "Life as a Slave" Projects.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE NEXT TIME:  Signed Grade Printoffs.

Utah Studies

B DAY:  Today in class students wrote a short essay about Utah's economy after reading two documents on the subject.  DUE TODAY:  Utah Economy Essay.  DUE NEXT TIME:  Signed Grade Printoffs!

Friday, April 22, 2016

US History

A DAY: Today in class students began working on their "Life as a Slave" Projects.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Life as a Slave Projects (midway through class next Thursday).

Utah Studies

A DAY:  Today in class students finished their Utah Land Use brochures.  Then they watched excerpts of Utah World War II Stories about Utahns experiences in that war.  DUE TODAY:  Utah Land Use Brochure.  DUE SOON:  Utah Economy Essays (end of class Tuesday).

Thursday, April 21, 2016

US History

B DAY:  Today in class students finished the Causes of the Civil War game by learning about how Dred Scott, John Brown, and Southern secession affected Congress and the nation.  DUE TODAY:  Causes of the Civil War notes.  DUE SOON: Life as a Slave Project (next Friday).

Utah Studies

B DAY:  Today in class students finished their Utah Land Use brochures.  Then they watched excerpts of Utah World War II Stories about Utahns experiences in that war.  DUE TODAY:  Utah Land Use Brochure.  DUE SOON;  Utah Economy Essays (end of class Monday).

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

US History

B DAY:  Today in class students continued the Causes of the Civil War game.  In it they learned about these fateful decisions that lead to civil war: Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the formation of the Republican Party.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Causes of Civil War Game (Thursday).

Utah Studies

B DAY:  Today in class students worked on their Utah Land Use Projects showing examples of cooperation and competition from Utah's history.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Utah Land Use Projects (Thursday).

Friday, April 15, 2016

US History

B DAY:  Today in class students learned about US slave rebellions and then began a game simulating the choices the US Congress made between 1820-60 that gradually lead to civil war.  DUE TODAY:  SAGE 10 and David Walker Quotes.  DUE SOON:  Causes of Civil War Game Notes (next Thursday).

Utah Studies

B DAY:  Today in class students learned about land ownership rates in Utah.  Then they began working on their Utah Land Use brochures.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: Utah Land Use Brochures (end of class Thursday).

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

US History

B DAY: Today students learned how Frederick Douglass was able to flip the typical slave-master power structure.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE FRIDAY: SAGE 10.

Utah Studies

B DAY: Today students learned about strikes in Utah's history by playing the Mine Labor game that simulates the national coal mine strike of 1922.  DUE TODAY:  SAGE 4.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

US History

A DAY: Today students learned how Frederick Douglass was able to flip the typical slave-master power structure.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE THURSDAY: SAGE 10.

Utah Studies

A DAY:  Today in class students continued learning about Utah's water consumption.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE THURSDAY:  SAGE 4.

Monday, April 11, 2016

US History

B DAY: Today in class students learned about how slaves resisted the effects of slavery through literacy, music, and occasionally escaping.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: SAGE 10 (Friday).

Utah Studies

B DAY:  Today in class students continued learning about Utah's water consumption.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE WEDNESDAY:  SAGE 4.

Friday, April 8, 2016

US History

A DAY: Today in class students learned about how slaves resisted the effects of slavery through literacy, music, and occasionally escaping.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON: SAGE 10 (Thursday).

Utah Studies

A DAY:  Today in class students learned about how the railroad changed Utah and how the scarcity of water in this state had a major impact on our history and culture.  DUE TODAY:  Utah Water Summaries.  DUE SOON: SAGE 4 (next Thursday).

Thursday, April 7, 2016

US History

B DAY:  Today students learned about the conditions slaves faced--from the auction block to slave codes to working as a field hand or house slave.  DUE TODAY: Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE 10 (next week).

Utah Studies

B DAY:  Today in class students learned how the railroad began the process of changing Utah from rural and agrarian to urban and industrial.  Then they read about how control of Utah's scarce water has required massive cooperation between local people and the federal government.  DUE TODAY:  Water Use Summaries.  DUE SOON:  SAGE 4 (next week).

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

US History

A DAY:  Today in class students read about the slavery auction block, various slave codes, and what it was like to work as an enslaved field hand or house slave.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE 10 (next week).

Utah Studies

A DAY:  Today in class students learned about the conflicts between Euro-Americans and Native Americans over land and resources in Utah.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Water Use Summaries (Friday end of class).

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

US History

B DAY: Today students learned about different ways that race has been defined in various cultures and how it was used to define who could and couldn't be a slave in early American history.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  SAGE 10 (next week).

Utah Studies

B DAY: Today students read about conflict over land and wars between Utah Euro-American settlers and the indigenous Native Americans.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Water Use Summaries (end of class Thursday).

Monday, April 4, 2016

US History

A DAY:  Today in class students finished learning why slavery died in the North faster than the South.  Then they had a discussion about how race was defined in America for the purpose of slavery.  DUE TODAY:  Nothing.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.

Utah Studies

A DAY:  Today in class students continued to examine primary sources from the Bear River Massacre.  Then they wrote a short essay about it.  DUE TODAY:  Bear River Massacre Essays. DUE SOON:  Water Use Summaries (Friday).

Friday, April 1, 2016

US History

B DAY:  Today in class students completed an essay test on how Manifest Destiny affected Westward Expansion.  Then they learned the geographic, climate, and economic reasons why slavery flourished in the South but died slowly in the North.  DUE TODAY:  Westward Expansion Essay.  DUE SOON:  SAGE 10 (next week).

Utah Studies

B DAY: Today in class students read primary sources from the Bear River Massacre and then wrote a short essay about the evidence.  DUE TODAY:  Bear River Massacre Essays.  DUE SOON:  Nothing.