Settling+the+Valley

=**Lesson**: //Settling the Valley (This lesson takes multiple days due to a project)//=

=**Vocabulary**: None=

=**Essential Question**: What is the significance of pioneers in Utah's history?=

=**Activities**:=
 * ====Conditions in the Valley ====
 * ====Use more excerpts from the "Stories of Young Pioneers" by Violet Kimball to explain what the living conditions were like in the valley when the pioneers arrived. I would read them to the class myself. ====
 * ====Grid Pattern ====
 * ====There is a single slid PowerPoint below that explains how the grid pattern works. It mirrors the layout the pioneers used in Nauvoo. Another good example of the grid pattern is in the textbook on page 122. ====
 * ====Creating a Settlement Project ====
 * Explain and assign the project assignment.
 * Student will practice using the grid pattern and the layout of the Salt Lake City through this assignment. The explanation for the project is attached below. I give them a few days to work on this in class.

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 * Settlements through the West
 * This portion explains why certain settlements in Utah were established.
 * SIMULATION: (Attached below)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; vertical-align: baseline;">Assign students skills (farmer, blacksmith, rancher, cooper, etc.) or a role. Before the activity, take a copy of your role and write a skill by each student’s name and the name of the area they are going to go in the school
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; vertical-align: baseline;">Give each student a role card that tells where they are settling and what their skill or role is.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; vertical-align: baseline;">Hand out the worksheet with the map of Utah on the back and the questions about resources on the front. You'll need to get your own copy of a map of Utah. The questions are in an attachment below.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Your Family's Journey To Utah
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This is a homework assignment I give during this unit. It is a chance for the students to research how their own family came to Utah.

=**Assessmen**t:=
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Create a Settlement Project

=**Teacher Resources**:=

=**Student Resources**:=
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Create a Settlement Project
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Utah Settlement Simulation Role Card
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Resources in Your Settlement Worksheet
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Your Family's Journey to Utah Worksheet