Educational Resources
The Utah State Historical Society has great educational resources for teachers and community groups.
Blacksmith shop class at West High School, 1915.
- Lesson plans use Utah Historical Quarterly articles as a basis for teaching about local, state, and national history.
- Teaching kits provide hands-on experiences for the classroom setting and other groups.
- Photograph exhibits are available on a variety of historic themes.
- Outreach programs provide speakers for classrooms and community groups.
- Teachers Forum is a place to share your ideas for teaching history and learn new ideas from others.
- Utah History Fair turns kids into historians. Students, grades 4-12, learn history is fun and they are rewarded for their academic achievements.
- Web Sites: State History publishes two other web sites that are valuable teaching and learning resources.
Utah History For Kids provides history information for students doing history reports. It also has activities appropriate for classroom use. This is also an excellent resource for teachers.
Utah History To Go has articles, timelines, and features on Utah's history from its geological beginnings through the twentieth century. This site is a great resource for researchers, students, and teachers.
- Another Web Resource: Utah History Encyclopedia is a comprehensive source of info on Utah history from A - Z.
For information and idea exchange, contact Bonnie Rogers at 801/533-3517.