Author:
Utah Lesson Plans
Subject:
Elementary English Language Arts, Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson
Level:
Upper Elementary
Tags:
  • American Indian Government
  • Government
  • Lesson Plan
  • State of Deseret
  • Statehood
  • UEN
  • Utah
  • Utah Territory
  • License:
    Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
    Language:
    English
    Media Formats:
    Text/HTML

    Education Standards

    Governments of Utah Past and Present

    Governments of Utah Past and Present

    Overview

    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.

    Summary

    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.

    Intended Learning Outcomes

    Students will...

    • Analyze the different ways people have organized governments in Utah.
    • Identify the forms of government found in Utah in different eras.

    Instructional Procedures

    1. Divide the class into four groups: Historic American Indian, State of Deseret, Utah Territory, and current Utah State Government.
    2. Using websites provided each group will find the information for their assigned row on the Governments of Utah Past and Present chart. (see attachments)
    3. Expert jigsaw groups share their information with their group. The students in each group will fill in each row on their charts as information is shared.
    4. Write limericks or create a picture dictionary for each form of government based on information on the chart.

    Extensions

    Culminating Class Project Ideas: Newspaper Advertisement, Picture Definition Page, Brochure using the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.

    Assessment Plan

    Look at limericks for connections to history and governments of Utah.