A Conversation on the Impact of COVID-19 on Utah Women and Work
August 25, 2021

Panelists: Dr. Jared M. Hansen, Marin Christensen, & Dr. Christopher J. Hartwell
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–2021 has impacted all Utahns in profound ways. Yet, a host of national and global reports have argued that women’s employment and careers have been disproportionately impacted during this time. To better understand Utah women’s experiences specifically, UWLP researchers conducted an extensive, in-depth survey focusing on the impacts of COVID-19 on women and work. This comprehensive study included the collection of data on a wide variety of topic areas and included both quantitative and open-ended questions to capture participants’ perceptions and experiences. Over 3,500 Utah women responded to the survey. Study researchers discuss the findings from this research, particularly focusing on burnout, hope, career advancement challenges, childcare, homeschooling, caregiver experiences, physical and mental health struggles, and more.

This resource is from the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service. This primary source set contains information on infamous criminals and crimes, including Joe Hill, Butch Cassidy, John D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows Massacre, and lesser-known cases that have been largely forgotten.

Take a look at the history about Bryce Canyon and a few other towns in Southern Utah. From the series, Discovery Road.

This website created by the University of Utah contains an interactive timeline of Downwinders of Utah. This timeline includes several news articles and memos sent out by the Atomic Energy Commission about the nuclear testing occurring in the Nevada Desert. This timeline goes from the time of WWII until 2015.

This website created by the University of Utah contains several oral histories of those who were "Downwinders". Each history is between 3 and 20 minutes long and talk about poeple's lives prior, during, and after the nuclear testing.

The Gale Reference Collection are research databases that reside in Utah's Online Library. These resources are free to all Public Utah Schools. These resources are free to all Public Utah Schools. These resources are divided into three grade categories within the Online Library. Each grade group has one or more research database. There is a separate LTI for each resource in the Online Library. The Canvas Admin can install this LTI at the Canvas Instance Level or or a Sub Account Level. The LTI makes it much easier for teachers to share content within Canvas, Including news articles, magazines, and academic journals.
License
Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)

The significance of "Program #22: Political Geography of Utah" is discussed in this full program from the 22-part video series THE GEOGRAPHY OF UTAH, conceived and written by Albert L. Fisher, PhD (University of Utah) in the early 1980s. Program Twenty-two discusses the effect of politically drawn boundaries on the flow of goods and services within the state. County lines, settlement patterns, annexations, incorporations, and jurisdictions are debated. The entire GEOGRAPHY OF UTAH series encompasses the political, cultural, historical and sociological geography of the state of Utah. It describes the activities, the land and the people. Much of the video material was videotaped on location throughout the state of Utah, giving the student and interested viewer valuable field trip experiences. You will find that even though the series was produced several decades ago, Utah's issues and its landforms have virtually remained the same, although many of the players have changed.

Getting to Know Utah
In this Nearpod VR States lesson, students explore what makes Utah unique. They investigate Utah’s defining characteristics, including: its geography, history, landmarks, industry, and culture.

This is a great Nearpod on getting to know Utah. I used this in migrant summer school this year, I taught 6th grade and my students learned a great deal about the state they live in. They really found it to be useful and informative.

Students find and research a ghost town of Utah, and select the necessary things that it would need in order for it to function and grow. 

Students will use the internet, text books, and other resources to identify historic American Indian, State of Deseret, Utah Territory, and current Utah state governments and compare and contrast.

This lesson provides students with information about the main events and key players involved in Utah women’s suffrage over the course of several key periods: 1) enfranchisement (1870), 2) disfranchisement (1871-1887), 3) re-enfranchisement with statehood (1888-1896), and 4) the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920). Students will read an informational text to learn about the early struggle for Utah women’s voting rights. They will then develop a plan for a memorial honoring women’s suffrage in Utah.

The folk art of -- Mexico and Southwestern U.S. -- is showcased. Contributed by the Utah Arts Council Folk Art Program from their HISPANIC CULTURE IN UTAH archives and the book HECHO IN UTAH, singers, dancers, musicians, boat builders, wood carvers, and ceramists are included in photos, biographies, and audio clips.

This is a teacher-created resource. It is a map scavengar hunt for students to find the Hispanic influence on Utah by looking for Spanish names of places and geographical features.

This lesson is intended to stretch across two 20-30 minute lessons. Students will understand the historical significance of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon, whose statue will be placed in the Statuary Hall Collection in 2022. Students will choose an event from Dr. Cannon’s life and create a storyboard with illustrations for a children’s book.

This lesson is intended to stretch across two 20-30 minute lessons. Students will learn about the history of National Statuary Hall and the statues that are housed in the U.S. Capitol complex as part of that collection. Students will also examine how men and women are represented numerically in the National Statuary Hall Collection and create a visual representation of the data. Lastly, students will understand the historical significance of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon, whose statue will be placed in the Statuary Hall Collection in 2022.

This biographical sketch is about WWI nurse Maud Fitch who worked on the front lines during WWI.

Enduring Understanding:Students will understand that the physical attributes of Utah have changed over time. Essential questions:How did the three major landforms of Utah affect settlement patterns?How did Lake Bonneville change Utah?During this lesson students will use maps to investigate how the geography of Utah has changed over time. 

The goal of this activity is to give students a better understanding of the act of pollination and what pollination produces. It will also provide them with a sense of the adaptations that animals and plants have to help with the pollination process.