LP+Local+Agriculture

**Standard 4.** Students will understand the diverse ways people make a living in Utah.
 * Objective 2.** Investigate the past and present role of agriculture in Utah.
 * Indicator a.** Identify the importance of farming and ranching to Utah's economy.


 * Lesson: Local Agriculture: Historical View **


 * Vocabulary:**
 * Cash Crop
 * Specialization (agriculture)


 * Essential Questions:**
 * What factors led to local specialization of agriculture in Utah?


 * Instructional Activities:**
 * Discuss with the students the state of agricultural needs in the first years of settlement by the Mormons and others:
 * The state was dotted with rural settlements.
 * They were forced to be self-sufficient, or self-sufficient as small communities.
 * They raised food for themselves (wheat, vegetables, cattle, sheep, chickens and eggs, milk)
 * They also had to raise food for their animals.
 * Discuss the concept of a cash crop and the start of commercial farming or local agriculture:
 * The settlers often could not meet all of their needs and needed something to trade for other supplies.
 * Certain areas of the state might be more conducive to specialty crops or other agriculture because of climate or other advantages.
 * Specific agricultural industries developed in different areas of the state to meet local and statewide needs.
 * Examples include sugar cane, cotton, and wine in Southern Utah, fruit orchards in different places, turkeys in San Pete county, etc.
 * What agricultural products are traditional for your area, either now or historically?
 * Choose an industry and discuss it's development and importance to the agriculture of Utah, essentially modeling for students the assignment for this lesson.
 * Have the students choose an agricultural product that is tied to a particular location in Utah, either now or historically, and write a research paper that discusses the history and impact of that example of local agriculture.


 * Assessment:**
 * Research paper on an example of local agriculture in Utah.


 * Materials / Resources for Teachers and Students:**
 * __The Utah Journey__
 * Cotton Mission, page 162
 * Provo Woolen Mills, page 178
 * Silk Industry, page 179
 * Cattle Industry
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 * Wine Mission
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 * Cotton Mission
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 * Turkeys
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 * Fruit
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 * Onions
 * Sugar Beets
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 * Sugar Cane
 * Silk
 * Sheep Industry
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 * Dairy Industry
 * Beekeeping