Tuesday-Friday, September 26th-29th

Honors Students:

This week the Honors students worked on learning about the Native American tribes. We completed a Table and are still working on the map.  Come see me for help.

Regular Students:

This week these students have learned about the Earliest Americans and Civilizations.  Friday we took notes on 4 vocabulary words that make up what History is.

Monday, September 25th

Learning Target: 
Students will understand the importance of history today.

What we did: 
HONORS: discussed the current events of NFL players protesting and the importance of history knowledge.  We then finished working on the "Why History" assignment and turned it in.  Some classes took notes, so get with a classmate to find out.

REGULAR: corrected the "Argumentative Essay Quiz" and called in the scores.  Then we received a new assignment "Why History" and began annotating an article.


No Starter

If you were absent: 
HONORS: turn in your "Why History" assignment, I will correct it.
REGULAR: get the new assignment from the blue binder and be ready to do the assignment in class.

Assignments turned in: 
HONORS: "Why History"

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
REGULAR: "Why History"

Friday, September 22nd

Learning Target: 
Students will discuss current events and identify the parts of a 1st paragraph.

What we did: 
1. Turned in Starters
2. Turned in Citizenship Cards
3. HONORS: Discussed current events and related it to the importance of studying history.
4. REGULAR: finished notes and took the "Argumentative Essay Quiz"

No Starter: 

If you were absent: 
*Turn in your Starter Packet
*Turn in your Citizenship Cards
*REGULAR: Come to take the Quiz in Plus period

Assignments turned in: 
1. Starter Packet
2. Citizenship Cards

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Thursday, September 21st

Learning Target: 
Students will practice writing skills based on article "Why History"

What we did: 
HONORS: received "Why History" assignment and worked on it in class.
REGULAR: took notes on Writing Essays.

Starter: 
How many sentences minimum does Part 3 "Stating the issue and both sides" require?

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. HONORS get the "Why History" assignment and do it.
3 REGULAR: get the notes from a classmate or from the website.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
HONORS ONLY: "Why History" Packet

Wednesday, September 20th

Learning Target: 
Students will learn about Utah Scholars

What we did: 
Listened to Counselors discuss college options.

If you were absent: 
Don't need to do anything

Tuesday, September 19th

Learning Target: 
Students will identify the 5 parts of a 1st paragraph

What we did: 
No Starter
HONORS: Took the Writing Quiz
REGULAR: Took the 50 States Test

If you were absent: 
Come to Plus Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday to take the Test.

Monday, September 18th

Learning Target: 
Students will identify the 5 parts of a 1st paragraph of an argumentative essay.

What we did: 
1. Starter
HONORS: Finished taking notes on Writing Essays and played a review game.
REGULAR: Studied and reviewed for the states test.

Starter: 
Why is the 1st paragraph of an essay the most important?

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. REGULAR: Get ready to take the States Test today.
3. HONORS: Get the notes from a classmate or from here.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Friday, September 15th

Learning Target: 
Students will identify the 50 states of the U.S. on a map. And can identify the major land forms of North America.

What we did: 
HONORS: Took the US States Test and corrected it.
REGULAR: Studied for States Test and began notes on "Writing Essays."

No Starter: 

If you were absent: 
1. HONORS: Come to Plus Monday to take the Test.
2. REGULAR: Get notes from a classmate or click here.

Assignments turned in: 
HONORS: States Test! 61 Point Test!

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Thursday, September 14th

Learning Target: 
Students will know their states

What we did: 
1. Starter
2. Reviewed States
3. REGULAR: corrected and called in scores for US Map
4. HONORS: Took notes

Starter: 
Name the 5 Great Lakes

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. Correct and turn in your map, 41 points!
3. Get notes from classmate or website

Assignments turned in: 
Regular ONLY, corrected and called in scores for US Map

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Wednesday, September 13th

Learning Target: 
Students will label and memorize the 50 states.

What we did: 

•Starter

•Study with States Song, 10 min

•Honors: Correct Maps

•Regular: Work on Maps, due Thursday

•“Why Writing is Important” Notes

•States Test is Friday for Honors

•States Test is Tuesday for Regular

Starter: 

Name the 6 States that make up New England.

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. HONORS: use the key and correct your map.Then get the notes from a classmate or from the website.
3. REGULAR: finish your maps and have it ready for Thursday.

Assignments turned in: 
HONORS ONLY: Turned in States Map, 41pts.

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Tuesday, September 12th

Learning Target: 
Students will begin to memorize the 50 states and major land forms of United States.

What we did: 
1. Starter
2. Listened to the States Song
3.Began working on US Map

Starter: 

What is something new you learned about Sept. 11, 2001? (if you didn’t learn something new, write something you know).

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. Get a map from the Blue Binder and follow instructions.
3. Write down there is a States Test on Friday.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
US Map, white

Monday, September 11th

Learning Target: 
Students will feel the events of 9/11/01

What we did: 
1. Starter
2. Some classes turned in the 5 Themes Packet
3. Discussed and watched a video on 9/11

Starter: 
1. Why do you think students should learn where the 50 states are?

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. Watch this video https://youtu.be/IjXgbpkKnKo 

Assignments turned in: 
5 Themes of Geography Packet 60 Pts!

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Friday, September 9th

Learning Target: 
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the 5 Themes of Geography

What we did: 
1. Reviewed for the Geography Test
2. Took the test and corrected it in class.

NO Starter

If you were absent: 
1. Get notes from a classmate and be sure your 5 Themes packet is completed.
2. Come during Plus Period to take the quiz

Assignments turned in: 
Geography Quiz, 18 Points.

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Online Textbook Questions and Textbook Download Directions

Below are two ways to get to the US History textbook for our class.

*Things to remember: Apple and Microsoft don't always "get along" and our district uses Microsoft.  But many have had it work on Ipads and other Apple products.

*It's not necessary to download the book, but it IS necessary to have access to the textbook in some way. If you have done all these steps and still cannot read the pages of the book, come see me.

*Check your software by clicking here and find the link on the left that says WebChecker. This is for online access only, and not downloading the PDF.

To use the textbook online:

Go to:
-my.hrw.com and login using your email and student id.
-Use the drop down menu and fine our book "United States History ..."
-then "Go to Online Textbook."
-Then click book pages and hope it loads.
If you get this far and have problems, you need to call Tech Support at (800) 323-9239.  They can usually resolve the issue.

To download the textbook to your computer or other device:

First: try clicking this link: https://livedsdmail-my.sharepoint.com/personal/dsdcurriculum_dsdmail_net/_layouts/15/guestaccess.aspx?guestaccesstoken=b5xdr6mUl29AtusJ1Vs47WY%2frPvPAuVZ8XsJKOleMcs%3d&folderid=2_00b344c4ac9854602acb5db29adad8298&rev=1

*If that didn't work, try the following:

-Go to Davis District website at https://www.davis.k12.ut.us/
-Curriculum
-Textbooks-Digital Access Instructions
-Click
STUDENTS -- PDF or ePub versions of textbooks as provided by publishers

-On the far left, click "Downloadable Books
-Choose 08 US History 1
-Then click the big link at the top.  This should take you to OneDrive files.  You may have to sign in to your Office 365.

Wednesday, September 6th

Learning Target: 

Student will understand the various climate zones of the world.

What we did: 

–Finished notes on Geography: Climates

–Began 5 Themes Packet

Starter: 
Why are all maps not completely accurate?

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. Get the notes from a classmate or from here
3. Get a white 5 Themes of Geography Packet from the blue binder.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
5 Themes of Geography Packet

Tuesday, September 5th

Learning Target: 
Students can identify all 5 themes of Geography and give examples of each.

What we did: 
1. Starter
2. Learned how to download the textbook to a mobile device.  Click here if you want to do that.
3. Took more notes on Geography.

Starter: 

1.Give an example of a relative location and exact location.

2.Draw 3 longitude lines and 3 latitude lines

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. Go here to get the notes and finish the notes.

Assignments turned in: 
None

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None

Friday, September 1st

Learning Target: 
Students will evaluate the role of Geography

What we did: 
1. Starter
2. HONORS corrected and turned in the US Textbook Survey
3. Took notes on Geography

Starter: 
1. Why is History important?
2. Why is Geography important?

If you were absent: 
1. Do the Starter
2. Get the notes from a classmate or go here. Stop at "Map Projections." You can get the notes handout here.

Assignments turned in: 
HONORS: US Textbook Survey, 22 Points

New Assignments to get from Blue Binder:
None