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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Colonization of Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a detailed discussion of the colonization of Utah.
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Other

Vermont History: Brigham Young (1801 1877)

For Students 9th - 10th
A short introduction to Brigham Young. While Young is most closely associated with Utah, he was born and raised in Vermont.
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Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Immigration to Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource looks at Mormon immigration into the state of Utah during the 19th century.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Polygamy

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the history of polygamy in the Mormon church from the Utah History Encyclopedia.
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Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the Utah History Encyclopedia. Includes discussion of the Church's organization, teachings, practices, and history.
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Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Salt Lake City

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a discussion of the history of Salt Lake City, from its Mormon past through its changes through time.
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Handout
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr Photographic History Museum: Utah's Role in the Pacific Railroad

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from John J. Stewart's "The Iron Trail to the Golden Spike" about Utah and the transcontinental railroad.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Utah: Brigham Young Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
The Beehive House and adjacent Lion House were the residence of Brigham Young from 1852 until his death in 1877. As President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the time of the Mormon settlement of the Salt Lake...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Utah

For Students 3rd - 5th
Who "led the group of Mormon pilgrims seeking freedom from religious persecution into the Great Salt Lake Valley?" Come to this website and find out!
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Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Great Salt Lake

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a natural and human history of the Great Salt Lake.
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Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Manifesto

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource examines the history of polygamy--being married to more than one woman--in the Mormon Church.
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Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Mountain Meadows Massacre (1875 76)

For Students 9th - 10th
Called "the darkest deed of the nineteenth century," the brutal 1857 murder of 120 men, women, and children at a place in southern Utah called Mountain Meadows remains one of the most controversial events in the history of the American...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Settling the Great Salt Lake

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a brief account of Brigham Young and his Mormon followers as they settled in the Great Salt Lake Valley.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Brigham Young

For Students 9th - 10th
A celebrated Mormon leader, born at Whitingham, Vermont, June 1, 1801; died in Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 29, 1877.
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Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Mormon Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
The Utah portion of the Old Mormon Trail remains the best-known and most famous section of the several emigrant trails used by the Mormons in their migrations during the 19th century.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Utah, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1898 of Utah showing the capital at Salt Lake City, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountains, lakes, rivers, and the Great American Desert to the west of Salt Lake. "Settled 1848 at Salt Lake by Mormons from Illinois,...
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Utah: Emigration Canyon

For Students 9th - 10th
The Mormon pioneers traversed the Wasatch Range through this canyon at the western end of their trail, beginning in 1847. The canyon mouth is the location of Brigham Young's famous quotation "This is the place.".
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Salt Lake City

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the history of Salt Lake City. Includes a brief paragraph about the settlement of the Mormons in 1847. For the full article, get a free trial!
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Unit Plan
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Carthage (Joseph Smith Murder) Trial (1845)

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most consequential crimes in American history occurred on a summer day in 1844 when a mob stormed a jail in Carthage, Illinois and murdered Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum. The killing of Joseph Smith, the charismatic...
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Website
Other

Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has everything you need to know about the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Read about the stops along the 1,300-mile trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley and get personal accounts of what happened to the Mormons on...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Documents Relating to the Mormon Migration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary documents related to the promotion of and resistance to the expansion of Mormonism.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Mormonism

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on the Mormonism provides information on the religion's founder (Joseph Smith), holy book, (the "Book of Mormon"), and basic tenets. Also included is a history of Mormonism and the Mormon people, including an overview of the...