4.3
Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade
FOURTH GRADE STRAND 3: EXPANSION (1847-1896)
Grade5th Grade
SubjectSocial Studies
Levelstrand
Child standards (7)
- 4.3.1Use primary sources to compare experiences of at least three groups’ migration to Utah between 1847–1896 (for example, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, people from Greece, Italy, China).
- 4.3.2Explain how Utah’s physical geography provided opportunities and imposed constraints for human activities between 1847-1896 (for example, agriculture, mining, settlement, communication, transportation networks) and how people changed the physical environment to meet their needs.
- 4.3.3Describe the establishment of communities and the economic development of the Great Basin area under the direction of Brigham Young as the first Territorial Governor of Utah.
- 4.3.4Identify the political challenges that delayed Utah’s statehood, and explain how these challenges were overcome. Describe the involvement of Utah women in the state and national Women’s Suffrage Movement.
- 4.3.5Cite multiple perspectives to explain the historical significance and context of at least one conflict of this period (for example, The Utah War, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, The Bear River Massacre, The Black Hawk War).
- 4.3.6Describe how and why humans have changed the physical environment of Utah to meet their needs (for example, reservoirs, irrigation, climate, transcontinental railroad) between 1847-1896.
- 4.3.7Explain how the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad and other transportation and communication networks changed Utah’s economy and led to greater economic interdependence.