Utah Museum of Natural
History
Bison Tool Kit:
"Learn about
the relationship people have had with the bison for centuries from
ceremonial reverence to the utilization of every physical part of
the animal. Examine and hold some of the many parts that have been
used in everyday life as you contemplate our continued fascination
with this remarkable creature."
This Tool Kit
belongs to the
Museum of Natural History
Loan
Duration: Two Weeks (pick-up and return at the Museum)
Fee: Free
Audience: K-12 and community groups
Phone: Call 801.581.5567
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
For more
information or to reserve a Teaching Tool Kit, call 435-722-1736
We know you are busy, please let us help you
antonioa@ext.usu.edu
Native Utah Tool
Kit:
"Examine and
analyze artifacts made by Utah’s native people. Discover differences
and similarities in how things are made. Learn to recognize artistic
characteristics of diverse people."
This Tool Kit
belongs to the
Museum of Natural History
Loan
Duration: Two Weeks (pick-up and return at the Museum)
Fee: Free
Audience: K-12 and community groups
Phone: Call 801.581.5567
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Suggestions:
Questions to ask when observing artifacts
Lesson
Plan: "Archeo Art - A Word Picture Game"
Lesson Plan: "Imagine Living in Ancient Times"
Lesson Plan: "North America Native Food"
Lesson Plan: "Picture This, Using Photographs to Study the Past"
Reading:
"Teaching the Concepts of the Past"
For more information or to reserve a Teaching Toolbox, call
435-722-1736
We know you are busy, please let us help you
antonioa@ext.usu.edu
Utah State Historical
Society
Teaching tool kits and
photographic exhibits are available to check out for a three-week
period with one renewal for two more weeks (if the kit is not
reserved by another teacher).
It is best to e-mail or call the Utah State Historical Society,
Education Department at (801) 533-3517 at least 30 days prior to
reserve a kit. The deposit is $50.00 for all of their teaching kits
and photographic exhibits. (The deposit is refunded after the kit
and/or exhibit is inventoried by the Education Department and all
items are accounted for and in good condition. Fines are levied for
lost or damaged items.)
brrogers@utah.gov
Prehistory/Archeology Teaching Tool Kit:
"This kit is devoted to
what is currently known about the prehistoric sequence in Utah from
shortly after the melting of glacial ice, about 9500 B.C., to the
American Indians who were in the area when Euro-American settlers
first arrived. It contains manuscripts, posters, maps, publications,
and a variety of visual aids, including 35mm slides, artifact
specimens, some authentic and some reproductions, provide hands-on
experiences. Among objects included are: projectile points, pottery
fragments, stone specimens, bone tools, basketry fragments, and
vegetable products used in daily life. A teaching guide for
archaeology and prehistory is included which contains instructions
to teachers, a synopsis of the guide, an archaeology program for
school children, and exercises and games for use in the primary
grades."
Suggestions:
Questions to ask when observing artifacts
Lesson
Plan: "Archeo Art - A Word Picture Game"
Lesson Plan: "Imagine Living in Ancient Times"
Lesson Plan: "North America Native Food"
Lesson Plan: "Picture This, Using Photographs to Study the Past"
Reading:
"Teaching the Concepts of the Past"
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Useful for 4th--12th grade levels; history and earth science
classes.
If you are located outside the Salt Lake area check this listing for
Archaeology Teaching Tool Kits.
We know you are busy, please let us help you
antonioa@ext.usu.edu
Mining History
Teaching Tool Kit:
"This kit focuses on the pivotal role mining has played in the
history of Utah encompassing industrial and technological
development, as well as the diverse peopling of the state. The kit
centers on the mining industry and daily life in three important
mining areas: Park City (silver), Bingham Canyon (copper), and
Castle Gate (coal). Three tabletop foldouts exhibit historic
photographs of these towns and the mining that occurred in nearby
mines. These photos illustrate the themes of mining technology and
the day-to-day life of miners, their families, and the role of
children."
Useful for 4th--12th grades; history, geography; and earth science
classes.
We know you are busy, please let us help you
antonioa@ext.usu.edu
Country School
Legacy Tool Kit: "Country School Legacy focuses on children
attending school during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
There are two versions of the kit. The larger format is a tabletop
fold out exhibit of photographs and document facsimiles related to
the country school experience. This version and the smaller kit,
without the fold out, both contain 21 photographs of Utah schools, a
set of McGuffey's Eclectic Readers Primer through the Sixth
(reproductions), a slate, quill pen, 28-minute Country School Legacy
video, and an accompanying booklet entitled, Country School Legacy:
Humanities on the Frontier. Also included are two My Copybook
examples, an activity sheet for making a My Copybook and a set of
Copybook exercise sheets."
Useful for 4th--9th grade levels; history, English, and art classes.
If you are busy, please let us help you
antonioa@ext.usu.edu
UB-TAH
Constitution Kit and Colonial Era (Under construction)
Constitution Kit
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Soldier Haversack:
A collection of class
materials used by Soldiers during the Revolutionary War
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Lady's Pocket:
A collection of class materials used by women during Colonial Times
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
David McCullough,
1776 The Illustrated Edition: A Collection of more than 100
(hundred) copies of original documents in U.S. History Constitution
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Suggestions:
UB-TAH
Constitution Celebration Kit Resources
Questions to ask when observing artifacts
If you would like
to have this kit in your classroom for 2 (two) days, please,
contact us or call us
(435) 722-1736
UB-TAH United States
Presidents
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
If you would like
to have this kit in your classroom for 2 (two) days, please,
contact us or call us
(435) 722-1736. If you are a UB-TAH Teachers, you may receive a copy
of some of these materials for using in your classroom.
UB-TAH
United States Declaration of Independence
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Suggestions:
UB-TAH
Constitution Celebration Kit Resources
Question to ask when observing artifacts
If you would like
to have this kit in your classroom for 2 (two) days, please,
contact us or call us
(435) 722-1736. If you are a UB-TAH Teachers, you may receive a copy
of some of these materials for using in your classroom.
UB-TAH Dominguez and
Escalante Box (In construction)
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Suggestions:
Question to ask when observing artifacts
If you would like
to have this kit in your classroom for 2 (two) days, please,
contact us or call us
(435) 722-1736. If you are a UB-TAH Teachers, you may receive a copy
of some of these materials for using in your classroom.
UB-TAH Native and Ute Box
(In construction)
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Suggestions:
Question to ask when observing artifacts
If you would like
to have this kit in your classroom for 2 (two) days, please,
contact us or call us
(435) 722-1736. If you are a UB-TAH Teachers, you may receive a copy
of some of these materials for using in your classroom.
UB-TAH Civil War Box (In
construction)
Suggestions:
Question to ask when observing artifacts
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
If you would like
to have this kit in your classroom for 2 (two) days, please,
contact us or call us
(435) 722-1736. If you are a UB-TAH Teachers, you may receive a copy
of some of these materials for using in your classroom.
UB-TAH World War II (Available
very soon!)
Suggestions:
Please, visit our
online resource on
World War II
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
If you would like
to have this kit in your classroom for 2 (two) days, please,
contact us or call us
(435) 722-1736. If you are a UB-TAH Teachers, you may receive a copy
of some of these materials for using in your classroom.
UB-TAH Jamestown Box
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
Voyage to
Virginia by Jamestown and Yorktown Foundation
Jamestown
QUESTIONS and ANSWER
Cultures at
Jamestown
Living with
Indians
A Jamestown
timeline
Tobacco and Labor
The Angolan
Connection and Slavery in Virginia
UB-TAH Utah History (Available
very soon!)
Please, visit our
online resource on
Utah Natives
and Utah
Studies Picture Collection
UB-TAH Utah's Pioneer History
Please, visit our
online resource on
Utah Natives
and Utah
Studies Picture Collection
Worksheet for Analyzing Artifacts
If you would like
to have this kit in your classroom for 2 (two) days, please,
contact us or call us
(435) 722-1736. If you are a UB-TAH Teachers, you may receive a copy
of some of these materials for using in your classroom.
UB-TAH Historical
Markers Collection
This collection
contains more than 100 pictures with information about local
(Duchesne County, Uintah County) Historical Markers
If you would like
to have this kit in your classroom for a week, please,
contact us or call us
(435) 722-1736. If you are a UB-TAH Teachers, you may receive a copy
of some of these materials for using in your classroom.
LOCAL
MUSEUMS (Duchesne and Uintah Counties) and others
Myton Memories
Museum
110 South
Main
Myton - Duchesne County, 84052
Phone: 435-722-6090
PO Box: P.O. Box 185
Hours: by appointment
Fees: free
Utah Field House of Natural History State Park
496 East
Main
Vernal - Uintah County, 84078
Phone: 435-789-3799
Description: Eighteen life-size prehistoric animal replicas
line the paths of the dinosaur garden. Relics of prehistoric and
recent Indian residents of the region, mineral exhibits, plants and
wildlife, fossils, models and reconstructed skeletons of extinct
species.
Hours: Summer M-Sun 8-7, Winter M-Sun 9-5
Fees : $6 adult, $3 children (6-12), seniors from Utah, free
children under 6
Western Heritage
Museum
328 E. 200
South
Vernal - Uintah County, 84078
Phone: 435-789-7399
Description: Western and Indian artifacts; turn-of-the
century displays, including blacksmith shop, drug store, barber
shop, country store, machinery shop, etc.; art exhibits, school
programs and tours. Outdoor exhibition of horse-drawn vehicles,
1800s-early 1900s.
Hours: Summer M-F 9-6, /Sat 10-4; Winter M-F 9-5, Sat 10-2
Fees: free
Uintah County
Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
186 S. 500 West, Rock School used for Post Office
Vernal - Uintah County, 84078
Phone: 435-789-0352
Description: Pioneer artifacts; special tours for families,
schools, church groups, scouts, etc.
Hours : T-Sat 10-4
Fees: free
Duchesne Visitor
Center and Museum
339 West
Main
Duchesne, Duchesne County 84021
Phone: 435-738-2166 or 5154
Description: Historic displays.
Hours:
Fees:
Pope House
Museum
370 West
100 North
Duchesne, Duchesne County, 84021
Phone: 435-738-2464 or 5154
PO Box: PO Box 974
Description: Historic home of Fred Pope with displays of
scale models of wagons, farm machinery and log cabins of the period.
Hours: T-Sat 11-5
Fees: free
Lending UB-TAH Library (Only 1
week)
