THE EARLYPEOPLE OF UTAH

Standard 2: Students will understand how Utah’s history has been shaped by many diverse people, events, and ideas.

Objective 2: Describe ways that Utah has changed over time.

a: Identify key events and trends in Utah history and their significance.

Introduction

The land that we now know as Utah has been the home to many different kinds of people. Historians believe that Utah was first inhabited over 12,000 years ago by the Paleo-Indians. Over the next several weeks we will be learning about the different people who have lived in Utah. We will establish when they lived in Utah, how they lived and survived, and how each group contributed to the history and establishment of Utah as a state. After we have learned about the different groups of people who lived in Utah each student will research a specific person of importance. Often we can better understand a time period when we learn about specific people. After you have researched, the important person, you will write a report, and prepare a presentation to share what you have learned.

Getting Started

Materials The Early People of Utah Vocabulary Journal. The Early People of Utah Timeline The Utah Adventure, by John McCormick.

Fourth grade curriculum text book. Post-it notes

Very ImportantWords

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Paleo-Indians

questioning

ques ● tion ● ing Questioning helps readers toclarify and comprehend what they are reading.

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paleo

pa ● le ● o means ancient, or very old.

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nomad

no● mad a person who

moves from place to place

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atlatl

at● latl a spear

thrower

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archaeologistar●chael●ol●o●gist a scientist who learns about ancient people by studying the things they left behind

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artifact

ar●ti●factan object used by people long ago

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Timeline

Group Name: Time Period they lived in Utah:

Way of Life:

Food:

Shelter:

Clothing:

Interesting Fact:

Enrichment

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Proto-Historic Tribes

Visualizationvi●su●al●iz●ation

creating a vivid image in your mind based on what you read

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Navajonav●a●jo(nav-uh-hoh)

Comes from a Pueblo Indian word for “planted fields” or “farmlands.” The Pueblo Indians probably gave them this name because the Navajos were farmers who lived in settled villages.

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Uteute(yoot)a member of an American

Indian people of Utah and W. Colorado. The meaning of Ute is unknown.

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Paiutepai●ute(pahy-oot)

the people

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Goshute

go●shute(go-shoot)

Comes from a leader name Goship or from Gutsipupiutsi, a Shoshone word for Desert people.

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Shoshonesho●sho●ne(show-show-nee)

Nobody knows where this word came from. The Shoshones call themselves Newe (pronounced nuh-wuh) which means “people.”

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Very ImportantWords

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Trappers, Traders, & Explorers

Sequencing

Explorer

Spanish Farther

Mission

Trapper

Trader

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Pioneers & Cowboys

Synthesizing

Vaqueros

Zion

Wagon Train

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Railroad

Summarizing

Transcontinental Railroad

Central Pacific

Union Pacific

Agriculture