Trains At Home For Junior High Students

Trains at Home for Junior High Students
Indigenous Encounters with the Transcontinental Railroad
10am17In 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.



Image: John Gast (American 1842-1896) American Progress, 1872, oil on canvas, Autry National Center 92.126.1
Utah's Agriculture, Railroad Mining & Industrialization
ophir_utah_p_13In 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.


Image: Ophir, Utah p.13, 1912 Utah State Historical Society Collection
Travel Before and After the Transcontinental Railroad
phys_7399-webIn 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.


Image: Alfred A. Hart (American, 1816-1908) Locomotive on Trestle, near American River, 1865 albumen stereograph, Union Pacific Railroad Museum Collection
Native Rumors: Rumor vs. Reality of Indigenous Attacks on the Trails West
saam-1985.66.248933_1-1In 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.




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
Design a Passenger Train Route for Tooele County
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Tooele County Map

-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.
Trains 101 Puzzles & Activities