Routes+of+Immigration+to+Utah


 * Lesson Name:** Immigration Routes to Utah
 * Grade / Subject:** 4th Grade Social Studies
 * Standard / Objective:** Standard 2, Objective 1, Indicator a: Chart the routes that diverse cultural groups took from their places of origin to Utah, using maps and other resources.
 * Vocabulary:** Emigration, Immigration, settlers, Mormon Trail, cultural group,
 * Integration:** Technology - Using Google Earth to create custom content, locating web-based resources; Literacy - Storyboarding, storytelling
 * Materials:** Computer Lab with Google Earth installed, Microphone, Immigration worksheet and map, Google Tour worksheet, Google Tour instruction sheet, Projector, speakers
 * Resources:** Google Images, wikipedia,
 * Preparation:** May need to download images beforehand depending on filter and time issues. Have a demo tour to show them.

Anticipatory Set:** Show Google Earth and locate a few places. Show how to mark a place (with a pin) and go back to it later. Discuss that Google Earth shows a relatively current picture of places, but that the locations have been there far back in history. What might our town have looked like 100 years ago, or 200 years? Assessment:**
 * __Lesson Development__
 * Presentation:**
 * __Cultural groups came from somewhere__. Introduce the idea that immigrants came to Utah from somewhere. Except for the Native groups, who also came from somewhere else at some point, each cultural group that came to Utah came from somewhere else at some time. List a few cultural groups in Utah today, and in history. How do you think they got here (from where, transportation, routes, etc.)?
 * __Show the sample tour in Google Earth__. Probably works best in a classroom. Show the tour and discuss how you created it.
 * __Introduce the tour creation assignment__. Tell them what they are doing, where to find resources, and walk through the instructions using some examples in Google Earth.
 * Guided Practice:**
 * __Have the students create a tour in groups__.
 * __Students present their tours to the class__.
 * Individual Practice:**
 * __Students complete the worksheet__ and fill in the map about the various groups as the tours are shown.
 * Homework:
 * I would just count the worksheet and map as points, or at most add a question to a test about how a particular group got to Utah.
 * An option would be to count the journal extension listed below.
 * Extensions:**
 * Make a journal, with multiple entries, that describes what it would be like to be one of the people on that route to Utah.
 * Create other tours on their own.
 * Make the tours available to other classes or other online visitors.
 * Additional research about an individual or family that used one of those routes.