Students will engage with primary source documents to explore the reasons behind memorializing people in public art. Students will craft written or oral statements to support an argument in favor of installing a statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon, Philo T. Farnsworth, or Brigham Young in National Statuary Hall.

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.

In this quick video tutorial, Dani guides you through navigating the free resources available in Utah’s Online School Library to help you learn and teach about Utah's History.

Students learn about the experience of being an immigrant, which requires the traveler to plan for the journey, to pack, and to make difficult decisions. People from many cultures have created trunks or others containers to hold their belongings while they travel. The size of the carrying device limits the number of personal possessions, mementos, and material goods brought from home to begin a new life.

Students will understand why the Chinese and Irish immigrated to the U.S. and Utah and what they did when they got here.

After learning about the Fremont people, students will make their own Fremont-Style pottery.

A library lesson in which "An Outlaw Thanksgiving" by Emily Arnold McCully is read aloud and then discussed to discover text to history/geography/reader connections.    

Students will understand that the physical attributes of Utah have changed over time.During this lesson students will use maps to investigate how the geography of Utah has changed over time.

The student will be able to identify the subsistence practices of the Southern Paiutes and analyze the economic and social connections between the different bands of Southern Paiutes in Utah.

Students will list three or more types of evidence of prehistoric cultures that encouraged archaeologists to investigate the marshes around the Great Salt Lake. Students will also explain why it is important not to disturb archaeological remains.

This lesson is designed to be a compare-and-contrast reading activity using the Utah and U.S. Constitutions.

The history of -- Utah State Historical Society -- is examined in an article provided as a PDF document. This article is extracted from the book UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA, published in celebration of Utah's Centennial (1996) and edited by Allan Kent Powell. Over two hundred contributors wrote about the individuals, organizations, locations, institutions, and topics important to Utah history.

The history of -- Utah history -- is examined in an article provided as a PDF document. This article is extracted from the book UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA, published in celebration of Utah's Centennial (1996) and edited by Allan Kent Powell. Over two hundred contributors wrote about the individuals, organizations, locations, institutions, and topics important to Utah history.

Information about the founding of the state of Utah and This Is The Place - for families, kids, and history buffs of all ages.

A resource developed and maintained by the Utah Historical Society aligned to Utah grade level core standards

Students will become familiar with the Ute Indians both past and present.Enduring Understandings:Who the Ute Indians were and their significance in Utah history.What the Ute culture was like before European expansion.How things are different today for the Ute Indians today compared to the past