Lesson Order

The following is the order I typically teach lessons in (along with an EQ for each lesson).  This schedule was made on an A/B day school schedule

Lesson Topic: Utah's Geological Time  

EQ: What does Earth's geological past have to do with Utah?

EQ: Where is Utah?

Lesson Topic: Utah's Regions 

EQ: What are Utah's 3 different regions, and how are they different? 

Lesson Topic: Utah's  Climates  

EQ: What is climate, and what are Utah's 3 different climates?

Lesson Topic: Danger Cave 

EQ: What can we learn about Utah's earliest people from studying Danger Cave?

EQ: How did Utah's ancient people differ from one another, and how did they adapt to their living conditions?

Lesson Topic: Newspaper Rock/ Rock Art 

EQ: Why did people draw on rocks/cave walls? 

Lesson Topic: Historic Tribes 

EQ: What were Utah's 5 historic tribes, how were they similar, and how were they different from one another?

EQ: What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?

Lesson Topic: Spanish Arrive in Utah 

EQ: What were the 2 major accomplishments of Dominguez and Escalante?

Lesson Topic: Mountain Men 

EQ: What were mountain men, and what did they contribute to the founding of the state of Utah? 

Lesson Topic: Fremont and Hastings 

EQ: What did Fremont and Hastings do for the future settlement of pioneers? 

Lesson Topic: Oregon Trail (the game) 

EQ: What was it like walking across the country?

EQ: Why did the Mormon Pioneers come to the Great Basin?

EQ: Where did the settlers expand to?

EQ: What was the State of Deseret?

Lesson Topic: The Utah War

EQ: What two groups of people were at war with the settlers of Territorial Utah?

EQ: What was the Mountain Meadows Massacre?

Lesson Topic: Bear River Massacre 

EQ: How has the understanding of the Bear River Massacre changed over time? And how does perspective play a role in how we understand the massacre?

EQ: What were the causes of the disputes between Native Americans and the new settlers?

EQ: What was the most significant advancement in transportation?

Lesson Topic: Mining in Utah

EQ: What was it like being a miner in Utah? 

Lesson Topic:  Settlements 1860-1889

EQ: Why did the settlers spread out? What did they do in their new settlements?

EQ: What were 4 roadblocks to statehood, and what had to happen to get over those roadblocks?

EQ: What was the largest roadblock to Utah Statehood?

EQ: What is the purpose of the Utah Constitution?

Lesson Topic: State Constitution

EQ: What does the state constitution say that effects us today?

EQ: How are laws passed?

EQ: What groups of people came to Utah in the early 1900's? What did they add to Utah?

EQ: What was life like in Utah for African Americans?

EQ: What was Utah's involvement in WWI?

Lesson Topic: WWI Through Poetry

EQ: What was it like to be in WWI? 

EQ: What are the major events of the 20th century? 

Lesson Topic: Women's Suffrage

EQ: Why was the Women's Suffrage movement necessary? And what does suffrage mean?

EQ: Who were the leaders of the Suffrage Movement?

EQ: Who were the leaders of the Suffrage Movement?

Lesson Topic: Great Depression 

EQ: What was the effect of the Great Depression on Utah?

Lesson Topic: The CCC/New Deal

EQ: What was the CCC, and how did it impact Utah?

Lesson Topic: Beginning of WWII 

EQ: What caused WWII?

EQ: What was the largest impact of WWII on Utah?

EQ: What was the largest impact of WWII on Utah?

Lesson Topic: The Holocaust 

EQ: What does the Holocaust have to do with Utah History? 

EQ: Why were the internment camps created, and how did they compare to Nazi concentration camps?

EQ: Was war good for Utah's industry and economy?

Lesson Topic: Cold War

EQ: What was Utah's involvement in the Cold War?

Lesson Topic: Downwinders

EQ: Who were the Downwinders, and how did they come to be?

Lesson Topic: Civil Rights in Utah 

EQ: What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Movement?

Lesson Topic: Utah and the Space Race

EQ: What did Utah contribute to the Space Race?

Lesson Topic: 2002 Olympics

EQ: How did the 2002 Olympics impact Utah? How are they still impacting Utah?

EQ: How is Utah different from the rest of the nation?