Monday, April 14

Today we began our Pioneer Unit. Students began working on creating their own pioneers today and wrote a song/poem as if they were their pioneer. We will continue working on this throughout the week and will be putting together a pioneer poster.

Students also received progress reports today listing their missing assignments. The deadline for late work for the last couple weeks is this Friday, April 18 at 3 pm. Students who get their progress reports signed and return them before the end of the week will receive extra credit.

DUE: Calendar #2 with Journals
HW: None

Friday, April 4

Today we worked on getting our portfolios put together for the Student-Led Parent Teacher Conference that is on Thursday, April 24 from 3:40-7:40 PM.

DUE: History Self-Assessment and Portfolio Assignments
HW: None

Have a good Spring Break!

Thursday, April 3

Today we took the Age of Exploration Test in class. Students who need to finish or make up the test will have until 3 pm on April 17th to get it done. Times to come take the test are during Quest Time or after school any day except Wednesday.

DUE: None
HW: None

Wednesday, April 2

Today we played jeopardy to review for the Age of Exploration Test

DUE: none
HW: study for test

Mrs. Shepherd's Utah Studies

Unit 4 Study Guide

Directions: In order to be more prepared for the test, answer and review each of these questions.

1. History is the study of what?

2. Who are the groups of people who settled Utah?

3. What climate zone is Utah located in?

4. What is the highest mountain peak in Utah?

5. What is Utah's major source of water?

6. How is the exact location of a place measured?

7. Why is life more difficult for desert dwellers in Utah?

8. How did Utah's pioneers solve the problem of not having enough rain water?

9. How do dams help us today?

10. What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources?

11. What is a region?

12. What are the names of the three major landform regions in Utah?

13. What are the major contributions to Utah's economy?

14. What is the most important water source for cities and farms?

15. What is the largest body of water in Utah?

16. Explain why the Great Salt Lake is 3-6 times saltier than any ocean.

17. Name the five most important conditions of the air.

18. Name the three important factors that affect the climate.

19. Name the three different climates in Utah.

20. Why is Utah more likely to have extreme changes in temperature?

21. What causes the scenery of vegetation life to change?

22. How did people adapt after the ice age?

23. What is an archaeologist?

24. What does "prehistoric" mean?

25. What does "historic" mean?

26. What are Danger Cave and Hogup Cave and why are they important to Utah history?

27. Know the different characteristics of the different Native American Groups.

28. What is "The Great Encounter"?

29. Where do Europeans want to buy and sell their goods?

30. Why did Christopher go on his expedition in 1492?

31. Define a mission.

32. Define a presidio.

33. Who is Juan Rivera?

34. Who is Father Escalante and why is he significant?

35. Define Ethnocentricity and know how it relates to the interactions between Europeans and Native Americans.

36. Know the two different major fur trapping companies we talked about

37. Define a Rendezvous and what its purpose is.

38. Define what a cache is and what its purpose is.

39. Why were beavers so important to the mountain men and the world in the early 1800s?

40. What is the Old Spanish Trail?

41. Why did the Era of the Mountain Men end?

42. What was the cultural exchange that took place between the explorers, trappers, and American Indians? How did it happen? Can you think of an example?

43. Know the different Mountain Men and their major contributions to Utah's history.

44. Review the Pocahontas Legend.

Tuesday, April 1

Today students are working on reviewing for their Age of Exploration Test that will be on Thursday.

DUE: Pocahontas Worksheet
HW: Study for test

Exploration and Mountain Men Test

Study Guide Objectives

Directions: As you go through your notes, make sure that you can explain in one or two paragraphs each of the following prompts.

·        I can investigate and explain the importance of explorers to Utah's settlement.

·        I can explain the contributions of the Spanish

·        I can explain the contributions of the mountain men

·        I can identify explorers and explain how their expeditions contributed to our understanding of Utah.

Monday, March 31

Today we are looking into the Pocahontas story. We are trying to answer the question about whether or not Pocahontas really saved John Smith's life. We are watching a clip from the Disney movie as well as really primary sources written by John Smith about the event as well as two interpretations by modern historians. We will have a follow-up discussion about this tomorrow.

DUE: Calendar/Journals
HW: Finish Pocahontas worksheet

Document A: “True Relation” (Modified)

Arriving in Werowocomoco, the emperor

welcomed me with good words and great

platters of food. He promised me his friendship

and my freedom within four days. . . .He asked

me why we came and why we went further with

our boat. . . . He promised to give me what I

wanted and to feed us if we made him hatchets

and copper. I promised to do this. And so, with

all this kindness, he sent me home.

Source: Smith’s own words, from A True Relation of such occurrences and accidents of note as hath happened in Virginia Since the First Planting of that Colony, published in 1608.

Document B: “General History” (Modified)

They brought me to Meronocomoco, where I

saw Powhatan, their Emperor. Two great

stones were brought before Powhatan. Then I

was dragged by many hands, and they laid my

head on the stones, ready to beat out my brains.

Pocahontas, the King’s dearest daughter took

my head in her arms and laid down her own

upon it to save me from death. Then the

Emperor said I should live.

Two days later, Powhatan met me and said we

were friends. He told me to bring him two guns

and a grindstone and he would consider me his

son.

Source: From Smith’s later version of the story in General History of

Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles, published in 1624.

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John Smith Documents Worksheet

Did Pocahontas save John Smith’s life?

True Relation says

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General History says

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Why would Smith add on to his earlier story?

Why might Smith lie or exaggerate and invent new information?

Why wouldn’t Smith lie about the story?

Paul Lewis

Historian, Interpretation A (Modified)

Author, The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith (1966)

In 1617, Pocahontas became a big media event in London.  She was a “princess” (daughter of “king” Powhatan), and the first Indian woman to visit England. Because she converted to Christianity, people high in the church, as well as the King and Queen, paid attention to her. While all this was going on, John Smith published a new version of True Relation, adding footnotes that say that Pocahontas threw herself on Smith to save him. Smith even takes credit for introducing Pocahontas to the English language and the Bible. Then, in 1624, Smith expands his story in General History. He adds details to the story, and says that Pocahontas risked her life to save his. Why would a chief who had been so friendly before, suddenly decide to kill John Smith?

Source: Excerpt from The Great Rogue: A Biography of Captain John Smith,

written by the historian Paul Lewis in 1966.

J.A. Leo Lemay

Historian, Interpretation B (Modified)

Author, The American Dream of Captain John Smith (1991)

John Smith had no reason to lie. In all of his other writings he is very accurate and observant. For 250 years after his captivity, no one questioned his story. The reason the two versions differ is that their purpose is different. In A True Relation, Smith didn’t want to brag about his adventures, he wanted to inform readers about the land and people of Virginia. In the General History, his goal was to promote settlement in Virginia (and added stories might get people interested). There is no doubt the event happened. Smith may have misunderstood what the whole thing meant. I think it was probably a common ritual for the tribe, where a young woman in the tribe pretends to save a newcomer as a way of welcoming him into the tribe.

Source: Excerpt from The American Dream of Captain John Smith, written in

1991 by historian J.A. Leo Lemay.

Historian Interpretation Worksheet

Did Pocahontas save John Smith’s life?

Paul Lewis says

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J.A. Leo Lemay says

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Which historian interpretation do you find more convincing?  Why?

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