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Utah
Pioneers
4th
grade
Created
by Jill Radford
completed as part of the
requirements for El Ed 4050 Fall Semester, 1999, Jay Monson,
course Instructor, USU
Outline
of Unit
I. Significance of Topic
II. Goals and Objectives
III. Introductory Activity
A. Utah pioneers
display
B. What do I know?
1. handout
IV. Developmental Activities
A. Pioneer or pilgrim?
1. chart
2. handout
B. Where did they come from?
1. overhead of the Mormon
Trail
2. map of the Mormon
Trail
3. overhead of Mormon
Pioneers
4. map of Mormon Pioneers
C. What would you drive?
1. handout Conestoga
wagons
2. picture Conestoga wagon (with
people)
3. picture of covered
wagon
4. worksheet, The Conestoga
Wagon
5. handout, Hand cart
companies
6. picture of hand cart company
(people facing left)
7. picture of hand cart company
(people facing right)
8. worksheet, The Hand Cart
Companies Come West
D. You're a pioneer
1. handout, Packing Your
Wagon
2. chart, need, budget,
weight
3. handout, Grab bag
Challenges
E. We made it!
1. play, The Salt Lake
City Valley in 1847
F. Where did they settle?
1. map, Pioneers Colonize
Utah
2. handout, Colonization of Utah
and Surrounding States
3. map, Colonization of Utah and
Surrounding States
G. Others helped too!
1. handout, People from
Other Countries Who Helped Settle Utah
2. worksheet
V. Culminating Activities
A. Who's family tree?
1. handout, _______'s
Family Tree
2. overhead, ______'s Family
Tree
B. Class quilt
VI. Evaluation
VII. Resources
You're a
Pioneer!
Objectives:
Students will understand the hardships
that were faced by the Utah pioneers.
Students will increase math skills by
using a budget.
Students will use problem solving
skills.
Materials:
Packing your wagon
worksheet
Budget plan
Chart for needs and costs
Calculators
Scratch paper
Grab bag challenges (one per
group)
Procedures:
1) Separate the class into
groups of 5 people.
2) Go through the packing your
wagon worksheet together as a class.
3) Review how to work out a budget,
can't go over the amount of money that you have.
4) Explain that the student are to
pack their wagons and prepare for the trip to the Utah
Valley
5) Explain to the student when they
are ready with their wagons and money that they are to
start "traveling" to the Salt Lake Valley.
6) Pass out grab bag challenges,
already cut and in cup.
7) Have them draw one of the grab
bag challenges.
8) Student have to solve the
challenge before they can continue their trip to the
valley. They must to this 5 times. After the fifth
challenge is drawn and solved the group has reached the
valley.
9) After all groups have made it,
(after 5 grab bag challenges) to the valley, have class
discuss what some of the experience were in the
groups.
10) Ask questions to the class
related to their encounters. Ex. How much money did they
have left? What were some of the difficulties that were
faced as they were packing their wagons? How did they
over come these difficulties? What happened on their
journey to the Salt Lake Valley? How did they solve the
problem?
11)Review with class the math
concepts that had to be used to obtain their budget.
(addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,
balancing.)
Packing
Your Wagon
You are pioneer. You are traveling
together to get to the Salt Lake Valley. However your funds
are limited, and you still need supplies for the trip and
for when you arrive in the valley. You have a total of 5
people in your group with $265.00 for supplies. Your wagon
can only carry 1,100 lbs. Each member in your group needs to
be given 25 lbs. for personal belongings (clothes, coats, .
. .). These don't cost you any money but reduce the amount
of weight left for supplies. Remember these are supplies
that will help you on your journey and start your new life
in the valley. You are responsible for both the money and
pound for supplies. You can't spend or carry more than is
available. GOOD LUCK!
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Supplies
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Cost
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Weight
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wagon
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$50.00
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flour (1 barrel)
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$15.00
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100 lbs.
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wheat (1 barrel)
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$12.00
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100 lbs.
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sugar (1 barrel)
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$19.00
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90 lbs.
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1 keg salt (seasoning and
preservative)
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$5.00
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90 lbs.
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1 water barrel with
water
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$8.00
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95 lbs.
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alcohol (medicine)
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$5.00
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5 lbs.
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dried vegetables
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$10.00
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70 lbs.
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yeast
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$9.00
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60 lbs.
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seasonings
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$16.00
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30 lbs.
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dried meat
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$22.00
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80 lbs.
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grain (to eat and feed
animals)
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$12.00
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100 lbs.
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potatoes
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$8.00
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50 lbs.
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1 cow (milk)
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$25.00
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1 horse
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$30.00
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1 ox (need as least 2)
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$15.00
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1 extra wheel
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$20.00
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110 lbs.
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1 gun and ammunition
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$6.00
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10 lbs.
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kitchen utensils (cooking,
knives)
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$5.00
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20 lbs.
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household tools (broom, pail
. . .)
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$7.00
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20 lbs.
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small farming tools (shovel,
saw . . . )
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$8.00
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30 lbs.
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nails
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$8.00
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5 lbs.
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house decorations
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60 lbs.
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1 lantern and kerosene
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$3.00
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5 lbs.
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bedding (for 1 person- 2
blankets)
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$3.00
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3 lbs.
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seeds
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$10.00
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85 lbs.
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tools to repair wagon
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$6.00
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20 lbs.
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1 extra blanket
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$2.00
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1 lbs.
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material and sewing
equipment
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$5.00
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30 lbs.
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soap
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$2.00
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5 lbs.
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books and supplies
(schooling)
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50 lbs.
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1 guitar
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10 lbs.
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wax (candles)
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$2.00
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8 lbs.
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1 bed
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$2.00
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100 lbs.
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Resources:
http://www.bpvillage.com
http://www.aiwpgold.com/sup/
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