Trains At Home For Junior High Students
Trains at Home for Junior High Students
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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.

- Indigenous Encounters with the Transcontinental Railroad
- Utah’s Agriculture, Railraod, Mining & Industrialization
- Travel Before and After the Transcontinental Railroad
- Native Rumors: Rumor vs. Reality of Indigenous Attacks on the Trails West
Image: John Gast (American 1842-1896) American Progress, 1872, oil on canvas, Autry National Center 92.126.1

- Indigenous Encounters with the Transcontinental Railroad
- Utah’s Agriculture, Railraod, Mining & Industrialization
- Travel Before and After the Transcontinental Railroad
- Native Rumors: Rumor vs. Reality of Indigenous Attacks on the Trails West
Image: Ophir, Utah p.13, 1912 Utah State Historical Society Collection

- Indigenous Encounters with the Transcontinental Railroad
- Utah’s Agriculture, Railraod, Mining & Industrialization
- Travel Before and After the Transcontinental Railroad
- Native Rumors: Rumor vs. Reality of Indigenous Attacks on the Trails West
Image: Alfred A. Hart (American, 1816-1908) Locomotive on Trestle, near American River, 1865 albumen stereograph, Union Pacific Railroad Museum Collection

- Indigenous Encounters with the Transcontinental Railroad
- Utah’s Agriculture, Railraod, Mining & Industrialization
- Travel Before and After the Transcontinental Railroad
- Native Rumors: Rumor vs. Reality of Indigenous Attacks on the Trails West
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
.png)
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.