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.