Description
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS UTAH LIBRARY LESSON
- Recommended for: Grades 2-5
- Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)
- Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
- Editable: YES, all text is editable in PPT and Google Slides; PDF is only editable in Acrobat Pro
IS THERE ANY AI-GENERATED TEXT, PHOTOS, OR ARTWORK IN THIS LESSON?
- All text in this lesson is 100% original and NOT AI-generated. It was researched, written, and edited by a Texas-certified teacher and school librarian with a MLS degree.
- All images are public domain photos or clipart purchased from human artists on TPT.
- All clipart and photos are appropriate for upper-elementary grades. There are no cutesy images and no clipart of humans.
THIS UTAH LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES:
- 50-slide PPT + Google™ Slides library lesson presentation
- List of 21 recommended Utah -themed books for Grades 2-5 (1 page)
- Scavenger Hunt Activity (2 pages)
- Answer Key for Scavenger Hunt (1 page)
- Prep, set up, tips (6 pages)
- Detailed, pre-filled, editable lesson plan; includes detailed tips and CCSS, TEKS, and AASL Standards (4 pages)
- Instructions on how to set up PPT and Google Slides timings for scrolling slideshows (2 pages)
UTAH LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES
- Utah postal abbreviation
- Utah wildlife: California gull, black widow spider, Rocky Mountain elk, coyote, mountain goat, Great Basin collared lizard, black witch moth, honeybee, American avocets, American barn owl
- ASL sign for “Utah”
- Utah cities and towns
- Utah state flower: Sego lily
- State nickname
- Famous people who were born in or have lived in UT
- Utah history: Brigham Young, pioneers, westward expansion
- Landforms & Things to See: Monument Valley, all five Utah national parks, Great Salt Lake, Bonneville Salt Flats, Spiral Jetty, Deer Creek Reservoir, Mojave Desert, Pariette Wetlands, Newspaper Rock
- Utah foods: funeral potatoes, Ironport (soda), fry sauce
- Vocabulary: jetty, butte, salt flat, petroglyphs, polydactyly, sepals, archaea, Utahns, hoodoos, atlas






