Utah Studies Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Simpson
- Term
- 2018-2019 School Year
- Department
- 7th & 8th Grade
- Description
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We will become historians and geographers as we dive into the past and look at evidence of those whose footsteps we follow in. In Utah Studies we will get to explore Utah before anyone else. We are going to travel all the way back to when dinosaurs roamed the land. From there we will explore Utah’s amazing resources, its geographic wonders, and its rich history. We will not only study the history but learn essential skills unique to the social studies discipline. Put your seat belt on and get ready to explore! I am so excited to have you all in my class to go on this grand adventure with me!
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- Group 1: pg 201 – Ku Klux . Pg 208 – Utah Labor Movement
- Group 2: pgs 210-211. The Progressive Spirit and Prohibition
- Group 3: pgs 212-213. War Clouds, Camp Williams, A Deadly Enemy in Our midst.
- Group 4: 214-215. The Age of Jazz, Rural Areas, Painting and Sculpting, Sports
- Group 5: Women’s Suffrage Reading
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Movies in the 20’s: www.1920-30.com/movies
1920’s Culture:
- Name and draw 3 inventions of the 1920’s:
- Define the following slang terms:
www.huffenglish.com/gatsby/slang.html
Write 5 Words to describe a flapper:
History of Jazz:
http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/tbacig/studproj/is3099/jazzcult/20sjazz/index.html and
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/harlem_renaissance/harlem_renaissance_home.htm
Sports: http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/sports-in-the-1920s.htm
http://acepilots.com/pioneers.html
Crime & Justice: Write one fact (in complete sentences) about each of these 1920’s gangsters. https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/hidden-secrets-gangsters-1920s-1930s/
Prohibition
https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition
Scopes Trial
https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/scopes-trial
Automobiles:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/46a.asp http://www.1920-30.com/automobiles/
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DUE 4/12 - GREAT DEPRESSION REFLECTION PAPER
Write a half sheet of paper answering the following
What was the great depression?
How did it affect the U.S?
How did it affect Utah?
- Include the FDR and the New Deal for both the U.S. and Utah
- Also include fireside chats, CCC, Eleanor Roosevelt and anything else you see relevant.
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Utah in World War II
Your job will be to research how Utah was involved in World War II. You will be creating a PowerPoint that you will use to teach your classmates. You may work with a partner for this. DUE: Friday, April 26th. You will have some time in class, but you may also need to work on this outside of class. Show me what you know! 60 points possible.
Requirements
- Title Page with both of your names
- A minimum of 6 slides after your title page
- Clear and readable font
- Pictures that have to do with your topic (If you use pictures or memes that do not have to do with the historical nature of your topic and distract from your presentation you will lose points.)
- Include
- who was required to go to war (how many and how many were killed)
- The home front
- The women
- Factories/Farms
- How did the war impact Utah
- Other facts and information that you find interesting