Tuesday March 31, 2020
Language Arts
Do Lexia for 30 minutes.
Read for 20+ minutes.
Continue with 4th Quarter Book Report.
Read for 20+ minutes.
Continue with 4th Quarter Book Report.
Math
Do 3-min X Test (Blue Math.)
Do ST Math for 30 minutes.
Go to Elk Run website
Click on Resources
Scroll down down and click on Go Math
Do Ch 9.2 on pp. 501-504.
Do Lesson 9.1 Practice and Homework on pp. 505-506.
On p. 505 do problems 3,4,5,6,7,8,10, on p. 506 do 4,5.
Print and save to hand-in when school resumes.
Do ST Math for 30 minutes.
Go to Elk Run website
Click on Resources
Scroll down down and click on Go Math
Do Ch 9.2 on pp. 501-504.
Do Lesson 9.1 Practice and Homework on pp. 505-506.
On p. 505 do problems 3,4,5,6,7,8,10, on p. 506 do 4,5.
Print and save to hand-in when school resumes.
Science and Social Studies
Utah Becomes a State 1
Utahns tried and tried—for almost 50 years—to win statehood. The Utah area became a part of the United States in 1848--but it took until 1896 for Utah to become a state. Why did people in Utah want a state instead of a territory? Why did Congress take so long to make Utah a state? See if you can figure out some answers. Here’s what happened, in a nutshell. 1847In July 1847 the Mormon pioneers began entering the Salt Lake Valley. At that time, Mexico owned this land. 1848The United States won the Mexican War. In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico had to give what is now the American West (including Utah) to the United States. The leaders of the Mormon settlers began to plan a strategy to gain statehood. 1849The Mormon leaders hosted a constitutional convention to write a constitution for the new state they wanted. They wanted to name the state Deseret, and it would have been huge. It would have included Utah, most of Nevada and Arizona, and parts of southern California, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, and Idaho. The Mormons also elected all-Mormon leaders for this “state,” with Brigham Young as governor. They sent Almon Babbitt to Washington D.C. as their state representative. But the U.S. House of Representatives would not give him a seat. 1850Congress didn’t want to create such a huge state. Besides, southern states and northern states had been fighting about whether slavery would be allowed in new states. Under the Compromise of 1850, Congress formed the Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory. Each could vote for themselves whether to allow slavery. Utah Territory was smaller than the state of Deseret the Mormons wanted, but it was much larger than today’s state of Utah. President Millard Fillmore appointed Brigham Young as territorial governor. He also appointed other Mormon and non-Mormon officials. Mormons didn’t like some of these appointed officials. They wanted to be able to elect their own government. To do this, Utah would have to be a state, not a territory. |
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