Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Cprr History Museum: A History of the Chinese in California: A Syllabus
From a 1969 publication by the Chinese Historical Society of America comes this extensive look at the Chinese role in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad from California east to Utah.
Digital History
Digital History: Explorations: Children and the Westward Movement
Read first-hand accounts to learn about the children who made the journey west to California, Utah, Oregon and other destinations in the mid-1800s.
University of California
The History Project: Ideas and Strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement
The campaign for woman suffrage in the U.S. began with the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. Sixty years later, however, women could vote in only four states: Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. In 1910 the state of Washington voted nearly...
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Cloning in Focus
This group of pages comprehensively covers the topic of cloning. There is an interactive section about how it's done, some history of cloning technology, important issues in cloning, and even an interactive quiz.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Mormon Trail
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.
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: Completing the Transcontinental Railroad, 1869
An overview of the construction of America's Transcontinental Railway, and its completion when the last spike was driven (after several misses) in Utah to connect the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railways. Travel across the...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Butch Cassidy
This resource features an article on the life and exploits of the outlaw Butch Cassidy.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Donner Party
This article recounts the tragic Donner Party, a wagon train bound for California in 1846 whose members resorted to cannibalism after getting stuck in the winter snow.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Joseph Smith, Jr.
Biography of the Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Golden Spike National Historic Site
This resource provides information about the first transcontinental railroad, which was built by nearly 30,000 Irish, German, Italian, and Chinese laborers.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Equal Rights Amendment
This resource discusses the failed attempts to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States, with a focus on the Mormon perspective.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Nhmu: Our Ancient Earth the Stratigraphy Cup
Activity provides students an opportunity to make a stratigraphy cup.
Curated OER
Utah State Flag
Provides comprehensive information regarding Utah history, famous people, cities, geography, state parks, tourism, and historic sites. A fact sheet of information and a quiz are also available.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Utah Prairie Dog
The Utah prairie dog, extinct in more than 90 percent of its former range, is an endangered species protected by law. It now lives in a small area of southern Utah, between the ranges of Gunnison's prairie dog and the white-tailed...
Other
Utah Shakespeare Festival: The Truth About Julius Caesar
Shakespeare understood that most people in the audience of Julius Caesar were familiar with the story, so he had to offer them something different - his powerful language to bring his version of history to the stage. This essay describes...
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Navajo Tribe
History for Kids give us an overview of the history of the Navajo tribe, native to the areas of Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. Provides interesting facts.
University of Utah
University of Utah: The Sieve of Eratosthenes
Site gives an explanation of the Sieve of Eratosthenes, a table for prime numbers.
Read Works
Read Works: Snake, Rattle, and Roll
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a group of students who are working to get the diamondback snake adopted as the Utah state reptile. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
BBC
Bbc: History: Animated Map: Operation Overlord
A nicely done Flash animation using a map of Normandy and the beaches where the D-Day invasion took place. You can trace the movement of the Allied armies into Normandy and there is a timeline showing when and what happened. Archived.
Curated OER
Bancroft's History of Utah: Utah as a Territory
Detailed discussion of the Utah Territory from Bancroft's 1899 book on Utah history.
Curated OER
Bancroft's History of Utah: Utah as a Territory
Detailed discussion of the Utah Territory from Bancroft's 1899 book on Utah history.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: Green River Fossil Collections
Search the collection of 35,000 fossiliferous rocks found within the Green River Formation of Colorado and Utah. View some of these 50 million year old insect fossils in a linked slide show.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: Green River Insects
Interactive photo search of the collection of 35,000 fossiliferous rocks found within the Green River Formation of Colorado and Utah.
Utah State University
Utah State University: Akhenaten and Monotheism
A study of Akhenaten, his reign and his association with monotheism. Art and iconography of the period are also discussed.