American History, Week 5: Westward Expansion

First up: It's history week so that means VANBUCKS for MIRACLES. One buck for every miracle recorded on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Also, don't forget to study your notecards :) 

ALSO, your book groups had the assignment to have the books fully written and ready for illustration. If you didn't do this assignment last time when it was due then it is absolutely due this week, no exceptions :) 

Study and learn:

+Read and take notes on DK American History book pages 66-69

+Find out a cool fact about the westward trails that was NOT in the book and be prepared to share it in class. 

Know and Understand:

++Add these dates and your descriptions to your timeline. I will be asking to see timelines in class and if I forget I bet one of your classmates will remind me ;) We're nearly to the point where you will have a really cool timeline of early American history completed! 

1830- Joseph Smith organizes the church

1841- First wagon train on the Oregon trail

1847- Saints arrive in Salt Lake Valley

1849- Gold Rush

++This week we have one major goal: Get your history project NEARLY or COMPLETELY finished. So if you've been puttering along and without making major progress then THIS IS YOUR WEEK. 

We will be having our museum night on April 17th so our next history class assignment will largely have you working on how you will display your research. Also, I will be bringing in people to judge our museum (kind of like a science fair, but you wont be talking, your museum display will have to speak for itself) We will talk more about our museum night in class but I wanted you to know that it will involve judges and nice awards so it's time to pour on the heat and spend the time to create something that you are proud of! Spend as many hours as you need this week to have your project near completion. As usual we will be standing and showing/reporting on these in class. 

Become/Serve:

Watch this 16 minute video that was created for General Conference several years ago. When you are done I would like you to write in your commonplace book about what it took to be a pioneer -- dig deep, be specific. What traits do you have in common with the pioneers? What traits would you like to develop? How can you develop those traits in this modern world today?