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Building Irrigation Systems and Managing Water Rights
Describe how cooperative canal digging and community water masters transformed arid valleys into productive agricultural lands.
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Westward Migration and Pioneer Settlement
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Understand the push and pull factors behind diverse migrations to Utah, patterns of settlement, and the human geography of frontier communities.
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Learning standards covered
UT Standard 2.3Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will use geographic inquiry to explain patterns in the settlement of Utah and the subsequent trends in urbanization, referring to a range of communities as case studies. (geography)
UT Standard 2.6Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will explain how agriculture, railroads, mining, and industrialization created new communities and new economies throughout the state. (economics, geography,)