On this page you can get the daily schedule/Agenda 
What did we do in class? What's the homework?  
(what you see on the board daily). Use this page to stay caught up.

***Important Note: I do my best to update the Schedule every A day, at the end of the day. this is done so that  that all information is accurate.  experience has shown me that if I update my website in advance I end up making changes based on needs of the class.   If  you are going to be absent due to a vacation, and want your work ahead of time, I likely won't be able to give it to you.  This is not due to lack of preparation but because I aim to provide an authentic education, one that is based on the learning needs of my class and my students.

Term
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Daily Schedule

Term 2

Unit 3

NOVEMBER 11 - NOVEMBER 15

NOVEMBER 12

Question for the Unit: Why did it take so long for Utah to become a state?  How does perseverance help a person overcome challenges they might face in life?
Question For the Day: What does it look like to be an effective collaborator?  
Daily Agenda:
  • Bill Presentations
Starter: Get with your group and do finishing touches on your presentation.
Objective: Students will create a bill while being effective collaborators. 
Assignments/Announcements:​
  • Bills being introduced in committee next class.
  • Citizenship Project
    • ​Due TODAY
  • ​NOTEBOOK CHECK NEXT WEEK!!!!- MONDAY NOVEMBER 18
NOVEMBER 12
Question for the Unit: Why did it take so long for Utah to become a state?  How does perseverance help a person overcome challenges they might face in life?
Question For the Day: What does it look like to be an effective collaborator?  
Daily Agenda:
  • Bill Presentations
Starter: Get with your group and do finishing touches on your presentation.
Objective: Students will create a bill while being effective collaborators. 
Assignments/Announcements:​
  • Bills being introduced in committee next class.
  • Citizenship Project
    • ​Due November 14
  • ​NOTEBOOK CHECK NEXT WEEK!!!!- MONDAY NOVEMBER 18

NOVEMBER 4 - November 8

NOVEMBER 8

Question for the Unit: Why did it take so long for Utah to become a state?  How does perseverance help a person overcome challenges they might face in life?
Question For the Day: What does it look like to be an effective collaborator?
Daily Agenda:
  • Starter
  • Group Collaboration 15 minutes
  • Committee voting
  • Group Collaboration
    • ​Creating your bill to present to the other house
Starter: What have you liked most about this simulation?  What have you found the most difficult in the "Writing a Bill" assignment?
Objective: Students will create a bill while being effective collaborators. 
Assignments/Announcements:​

NOVEMBER 6

Question for the Unit: Why did it take so long for Utah to become a state?  How does perseverance help a person overcome challenges they might face in life?
Question For the Day: What does it look like to be an effective collaborator?
Daily Agenda:
  • Collaboration Lesson
Starter: What does it mean to be an effective collaborator?
Objective: Students will create a bill while being effective collaborators. 
Assignments/Announcements:​

November 4

Question for the Unit: Why did it take so long for Utah to become a state?  How does perseverance help a person overcome challenges they might face in life?
Question For the Day: How does a bill become a law?
Daily Agenda:
  • Starter
    • ​Discussion
  • ​Dumb Laws of Utah
  • How a Bill Becomes a law Notes
  • ​Writing a Bill Assignment
Starter: Think of a big problem that our city/state/world is facing.  What is the problem?  How would you like to change it?
Objective: Students will draw a diagram of how a bill becomes a law and list the steps.
Assignments/Announcements:​

OCTOBER 28-November 1

October 31

Question for the Unit: Why did it take so long for Utah to become a state?  How does perseverance help a person overcome challenges they might face in life?
Question For the Day: What are the rights and responsibilities of a citizen?
Daily Agenda:
  • Starbucks Mode
    • ​Reading on page 42
  • Citizenship pyramid
  • Ted Big Day Story Time
    • Ted's Rights and Responsibilities
Starter: What kinds of responsibilities do you have at home?Objective: Students will be able to name the 3 responsibilities of a citizen
Assignments/Announcements:​

OCTOBER 29

Question for the Unit: Why did it take so long for Utah to become a state?  How does perseverance help a person overcome challenges they might face in life?
Question For the Day: What does each branch of government do?
Daily Agenda:
  • Finish Separation of Powers
  • 3 Branches of Government ppt.
    • ​Game
Starter: What is our written form of government and why is it important to know? Assignments/Announcements:​

OCTOBER 22-25

OCTOBER 25

Question for the Unit: Why did it take so long for Utah to become a state?  How does perseverance help a person overcome challenges they might face in life?
Question For the Day: How did polygamy affect Utah's struggle for statehood?  What role did women's suffrage play in Utah's struggle for statehood?
Daily Agenda:
  • Utah Struggle for statehood
    • Manifesto
  • ​Citizenship Project Intro
  • State Power vs. Federal Power
Starter: How can you make a difference?​Objective: Students will be able to define polygamy and explain why the Manifesto was needed before we could become a state.  Students will explain the reason why women received the right to vote in Utah and why it was taken away.  Students will understand Local, State and Federal Powers.
Assignments/Announcements:​

OCTOBER 23

Question for the Unit: Why did it take so long for Utah to become a state?  How does perseverance help a person overcome challenges they might face in life?
Question For the Day: How did polygamy affect Utah's struggle for statehood?
Daily Agenda:
  • Utah Struggle for statehood
    • ​Citizenship
    • Manifesto
Starter: What does it look like to be a good citizen?
​Objective: Students will be able to define polygamy and explain why the Manifesto was needed before we could become a state.
Assignments/Announcements:​

Term 1
​Unit 2

OCTOBER 14 -16

OCTOBER 14

Question for the Unit: Why did people move West?  What conflicts drive people to change location?  How do you personally dal with conflict in your own life?
Question For the Day: What developments in transportation and communication changed the state's economy and human geography?
Daily Agenda:
  • Railroad impact on Population
  • Railroad impact on Economy
Starter: How has technology changed who we are?​Objective: Students will explain the impact of the pony express and the Transcontinental Railroad on Utah.
Assignments/Announcements:
  • Notebook Check-October 14-TODAY

SEPTEMBER 7-OCTOBER 11

OCTOBER 10

Question for the Unit: Why did people move West?  What conflicts drive people to change location?  How do you personally dal with conflict in your own life?
Question For the Day: What were the motives for other groups (non-Mormons) to come to Utah?
Daily Agenda:
  • Immigration Qualification Simulation
  • ​Beekeepers in Belgium Story
Starter: CNN 10 & Complete Tracker #7
Objective: Students will explain why different immigrant groups came to Utah.
Assignments/Announcements:
  • Notebook Check-October 14

OCTOBER 8

Question for the Unit: Why did people move West?  What conflicts drive people to change location?  How do you personally dal with conflict in your own life?
Question For the Day: What was the impact of mining and railroads for the settlement and development of Utah's towns?
Daily Agenda:
  • Starter 
  • Review Mormon Settlement features
  • Mining Notes
  • Railroad Readers Theater
    • ​Railroad Reflection
Starter: Complete Tracker #5&6
​How does coming in contact with others change who we are?
Objective: Students will explain the difference between a mining town and be able to explain how most people made them money before mining and then after the railroad.
Assignments/Announcements:
  • Notebook Check-October 14

September 30-October 4

OCTOBER 4

Question for the Unit: Why did people move West?  What conflicts drive people to change location?  How do you personally dal with conflict in your own life?
Question For the Day: How did the Utah War create conflict in the territory of Utah?
Daily Agenda:
  • Starter
  • What does it mean "to walk in someone else shoes?"
  • Utah War & Mountain Meadows Massacre
Starter: Complete Tracker #4
Objective: Students will how the Utah War started and at least two perspectives in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Assignments/Announcements:
  • Notebook Check-October 14

October 2

Question for the Unit: Why did people move West?  What conflicts drive people to change location?  How do you personally dal with conflict in your own life?
Question For the Day:  What were the causes and effects of Native American conflict in territorial Utah?
Daily Agenda:
  • Starter
  • Native Conflict
    • Group Collaboration​
    • Group Presentation
Starter: How do we learn from conflict?
Objective: Students will be able to name major Native American wars in territorial Utah and include the cause and effects.
Assignments/Announcements:
  • Notebook Check-October 16

September 30

Question for the Unit: Why did people move West?  What conflicts drive people to change location?  How do you personally dal with conflict in your own life?
Question For the Day:  What were the causes and effects of Native American conflict in territorial Utah?
Daily Agenda:
  • Starter
  • Native Conflict
    • Group Collaboration​
    • Group Presentation
Starter: How do you deal with conflict in your own life?
Objective: Students will be able to name major Native American wars in territorial Utah and include the cause and effects.
Assignments/Announcements:
  • Notebook Check-October 16

September 23-27

September 26 

Question for the Unit: Why did people move West?  What conflicts drive people to change location?  How do you personally dal with conflict in your own life?
Question For the Day:  What was the pattern of settlement primarily used by the Mormon pioneers?
Daily Agenda:
  • Starter
  • Map Review
  • Map Test
  • Mormon Settlement
  • Create Own Settlement
Starter: Get your map out and study for the first 5 minutes of class.
Objective: Students can create a settlement based on the Mormon pioneer settlements.
Assignments/Announcements:
  • Western States Quiz-Today
  • Heritage Pioneer Project-Next Class Monday Sept. 30