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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Friday, 9/2

Friday, 9/2: UNIT 1 TEST

Journal:
 What are you looking forward to the most this weekend?

Things due: Test, Journals, Blue Maps of US, and Yellow paper of Native American Tribes.

Thursday, 9/1

Thursday, 9/1: REVIEW DAY

Journal
If you could only eat 1 food for the rest of your life, what would it be? Why?

Review for test.

Review all power points on this blog. Everything that is underlined will most likely be on the test.

Wednesday, 8/31

Wednesday, 8/31: Native Americans

Journal: 
Imagine you were on a deserted Island, and you could only take 3 things with you. What would you take?

In class Assignment:
Pick one of the following Native American regions:
The Far North
The West/South West
The great plains
The east
The Pacific Coast

Once you have picked 1 of the 5, research and answer the following questions about that region:

Name of region:

Location:

Climate:

Peoples/Tribes:

Food:

Shelter:

Culture:

Movement/Migration:

Tuesday, 8/30

Tuesday, 8/30: Geography of US IN DEPTH

Journal: 
Upon entering the classroom, students will see the following journal prompt on the board: If you had to live by a river, mountain, ocean, or forest, which would you choose? Why?

In class Assignments:
On your map of the US, draw and label all of the oceans, lakes, rivers, mountain ranges, and climates that you see in the PowerPoint below:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NDgNqX9fm4OSQZ5PDGAwwBinNp1Sapdj0PySgL_GWpQ/edit?usp=sharing


Monday, 8/29

Monday, 8/29: Brief outline of Geography/Climate of US

Journal
Imagine the president of the United States sent you on a special mission to explore an untouched piece of land. He potentially would want to buy it and have people move there. He asks you to take notes and map out things while you’re exploring so that you can report to him what you saw. What are some things you would look out for and write down?

In-Class Assignment:

On a blank piece of paper, draw an outline of the United States. Then, draw an outline of the state of Utah inside of your United states.

On the backside of the paper, write 1 example of each of the 5 themes of geography for the state of Utah. Example: Location: Next to Colorado, Idaho, Nevada.

Class powerpoint:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J_c8D5i7s2pqzgFeNNeRMatOjHub7nrvc2DJPkpCWbQ/edit?usp=sharing

Friday, August 26, 2016

Friday, 8/26/16

Friday, 8/26/16

Journal Prompt:
If you could move to any state in the United States, where would you go? Why?

Powerpoint:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nhx7Yp_XdURykbPhPaLewHXXtTnb0Ng39k1sieiJCkY/edit?usp=sharing

Assignment (5 points):
Draw an outline of the United States on a piece of paper.
Then only draw an outline of the State of Utah.
On the back of the paper, write 1 example of each theme of geography for Utah. For example, location: by Nevada and Colorado.

Thursday, 8/25/16

Thursday, 8/25/16

Journal Prompt:
Imagine that you are the principal of a school and you just found out that there was a fight in the lunchroom during lunch. You need to find out some details of the fight.
What would you do?


Lesson: School Lunchroom Fight

Prompt:
Imagine that you are the principal of a school and you just found out that there was a fight in the lunchroom during lunch. You need to find out some details of the fight. You’ve asked many students and teachers who witnessed the fight to write down what they saw and who they think started the fight. Unfortunately, you have received many conflicting accounts that disagree about important details of the fight; like who started it, when it started, and who was involved

Worksheet (worth 5 points, turn in):
Lunchroom Fight


With your partner, answer the following questions:


  1. How could there be different stories of the event if NO ONE is lying?


  1. Who are the different people who might have seen this fight?


  1. What might make one person’s story more believable than another person’s?


  1. What physical evidence might affect who/what you believe (bruises, missing objects, etc.)  


Together, we will discuss these questions. Write answers below:
  1. Why might people see or remember things differently?

  1. Who has an interest in one person getting in trouble instead of another?

  1. Who was standing there? Could they see the whole event?

  1. Do stories change over time?

  1. How might we remember right after the event be different than what we remember a week later?

  1. Does time make the way someone remembers something more or less trustworthy?


It is most important to understand WHY the fight began!!

Wednesday 8/25/16

Wednesday 8/25/16

Why History?

Journal:
What was a difficult decision you or your family has had to make? What factors did you have to consider before making that decision?

ALL notes are in the power point.
Power point link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DoUfwX1PkHro3iRoWnEPFVadR8LUE2pYr5Km_R1CJnI/edit?usp=sharing

Tuesday 8/23/16

Tuesday 8/23/16

First Day of School

What you missed: Spotlight Sheet (fill out, return to me):

About Me Fact Sheet
Spotlight Wednesday


My Name is ___________________________ Class Period ______________


My friends/family call me ___________________________


One exciting thing I did this summer was ______________________ ______________________________________________________________________


I have __________________ siblings in my family


My dream job is _____________________________________


My favorite food is __________________________________


My favorite color is _________________________________________


My hobbies include _________________________________________________


My favorite band/artist is ______________________________________


My strengths are ____________________________________________


My spirit animal is ___________________________________________


Information below this strictly for my use as your teacher and will not be shared with the class during Spotlight Wednesday.


Do you struggle with reading or writing? If so, what? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Is there anything you need me to know as your teacher that will help you succeed? _____________________________________________________________