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Connecting Family and Community Histories to Utah's Past
Connect diverse family background stories to the broader history of Utah's settlements.
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Utah Pioneers: Settlements, Stories, and Early Symbols
5th Grade · Social-studies · US-UT-SS
6 lessons
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Discover how early settlers and pioneers journeyed to Utah, established communities, and inspired early state symbols like the beehive, seagull, and sego lily.
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2.1.1Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeUse primary sources (for example, artifacts and documents such as interviews, photographs, newspapers, speakers, stories, songs) to document the chronology of important events in their personal, family, school, local, or broader community history (including three significant events).
2.1.4Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeRetell the histories of key people and events connected to state and national symbols, landmarks, and essential documents (for example, Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, Francis Scott Key and The Star Spangled Banner, Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln Memorial, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson and national parks, Utah pioneers and Utah’s nickname and motto).