Trains At Home: Junior High
Trains At Home: Junior High
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, teachers throughout Utah created lessons to help students learn more about Utah’s railroad history.
Learn more about Utah’s Agriculture, Railraod, Mining, & Industrialization (.pdf)
Image: Ophir, Utah p.13, 1912 Utah State Historical Society Collection
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, teachers throughout Utah created lessons to help students learn more about Utah’s railroad history.
Learn more about Travel Before and After the Transcontinental Railroad (.pdf)
Image: Alfred A. Hart (American, 1816-1908) Locomotive on Trestle, near American River, 1865 albumen stereograph, Union Pacific Railroad Museum Collection
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, teachers throughout Utah created lessons to help students learn more about Utah’s railroad history.
Learn more about Native Rumors: Rumor vs. Reality of Indigenous Attacks on the Trails West (.pdf)
Image: John Mix Stanley (American, 1814-1872) Black Knife, an Apache Warrior, 1846, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Misses Henry, 1985.66.248,933
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, teachers throughout Utah created lessons to help students learn more about Utah’s railroad history.
Learn more about Indigenous Encounters with the Transcontinental Railroad (.pdf)
Image: John Gast (American 1842-1896) American Progress, 1872, oil on canvas, Autry National Center 92.126.1
Learn more about Indigenous Encounters with the Transcontinental Railroad (.pdf)
Image: John Gast (American 1842-1896) American Progress, 1872, oil on canvas, Autry National Center 92.126.1
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, teachers throughout Utah created lessons to help students learn more about Utah’s railroad history.Learn more about Utah’s Agriculture, Railraod, Mining, & Industrialization (.pdf)
Image: Ophir, Utah p.13, 1912 Utah State Historical Society Collection
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, teachers throughout Utah created lessons to help students learn more about Utah’s railroad history.Learn more about Travel Before and After the Transcontinental Railroad (.pdf)
Image: Alfred A. Hart (American, 1816-1908) Locomotive on Trestle, near American River, 1865 albumen stereograph, Union Pacific Railroad Museum Collection
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, teachers throughout Utah created lessons to help students learn more about Utah’s railroad history.Learn more about Native Rumors: Rumor vs. Reality of Indigenous Attacks on the Trails West (.pdf)
Image: John Mix Stanley (American, 1814-1872) Black Knife, an Apache Warrior, 1846, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Misses Henry, 1985.66.248,933
Have some fun designing your own passenger train route here in Tooele County! Print the .pdf and get creative!
Tooele County Map (.pdf)
Here are some questions to consider as you are designing:
-Where will it go?
-How many stops will it have?
-Why did you plan the stops you have decided upon?
-How fast will your train travel?
-What kind of train is it?
-Where will you build the train station?
-How much money would it cost to take the train?
-How many days per week will it run?
-What are the hours of operation of the train?
-What safety guidelines would you have?
-What would you name the train?
-What logo would you give it?
-What colors would you want the train to be?
-Design the image you are thinking of.
-Creating a Passenger Train to Network Through Tooele County
-Using a map of Tooele County, map a route for the train to follow.
-Where will it go?
-How many stops will it have?
-Why did you plan the stops you have decided upon?
-How fast will your train travel?
-What kind of train is it?
-Where will you build the train station?
-How much money would it cost to take the train?
-How many days per week will it run?
-What are the hours of operation of the train?
-What safety guidelines would you have?
-What would you name the train?
-What logo would you give it?
-What colors would you want the train to be?
-Design the image you are thinking of.
Tooele County Map (.pdf)
Here are some questions to consider as you are designing:
-Where will it go?
-How many stops will it have?
-Why did you plan the stops you have decided upon?
-How fast will your train travel?
-What kind of train is it?
-Where will you build the train station?
-How much money would it cost to take the train?
-How many days per week will it run?
-What are the hours of operation of the train?
-What safety guidelines would you have?
-What would you name the train?
-What logo would you give it?
-What colors would you want the train to be?
-Design the image you are thinking of.
-Creating a Passenger Train to Network Through Tooele County
-Using a map of Tooele County, map a route for the train to follow.
-Where will it go?
-How many stops will it have?
-Why did you plan the stops you have decided upon?
-How fast will your train travel?
-What kind of train is it?
-Where will you build the train station?
-How much money would it cost to take the train?
-How many days per week will it run?
-What are the hours of operation of the train?
-What safety guidelines would you have?
-What would you name the train?
-What logo would you give it?
-What colors would you want the train to be?
-Design the image you are thinking of.