Teacher Guide This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble. Remember, you can always send feedback to the Bing in the Classroom team at BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.com. You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on our Partners In Learning site. Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location. And if you are using Windows 8, you can also use the Bing apps to learn more about this location and topic; the Travel and News apps in particular make great teaching tools. Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently lives in New York City. She works in the Youth Services Department at the Educational Alliance as the Assistant Director for Higher Education Initiatives, where she specifically oversees college prep programming for high school seniors, and academic enrichment programming for middle school students. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access programming at Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania. Ja’Dell received her B.A. from Swarthmore College with a special major in History and Educational Studies, and a minor in Black Studies. She completed her M.S.Ed in Secondary School Education at the University of Pennsylvania. This fall, she will begin her doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to her work in the education field, Ja’Dell is a dancer, musician, avid people watcher, and Scrabble enthusiast. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.3Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? © Kerrick James/Corbis Having this up as kids come in is a great settle down activity. You can start class by asking them for thoughts about the picture or about ideas on how they could solve the question of the day.

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? If you hike to this spot in Utah’s Snow Canyon State Park after a good rain, you’ll know why it’s called a bathtub (said to have been favored by outlaw Butch Cassidy, no less). The park’s red sandstone cliffs stand at a crossroads where the Mohave and Great Basin Deserts meet the Colorado Plateau, and thanks to the incredible scenery and easy access, it’s been the location of a few Hollywood Westerns.   In case anyone asks, the name of the park doesn’t refer to the climate. It’s named for two Mormon pioneers who helped settle Utah: Erastus and Lorenzo Snow. Depending on time, you can either have students read this silently to themselves, have one of them read out loud, or read it out loud yourself.

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? 1 Map Search Find the location of Snow Canyon State Park on a map 2 Web Search What is a Mormon? 3 From where did Mormons travel to Utah? 4 What population of Utah currently identifies as Mormon? 5 Are most Mormons in Utah? There are a couple of ways to use this slide, depending on how much technology you have in your classroom. You can have students find answers on their own, divide them into teams to have them do all the questions competitively, or have each team find the answer to a different question and then come back together. If you’re doing teams, it is often wise to assign them roles (one person typing, one person who is in charge of sharing back the answer, etc.)

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? 5 Minutes You can adjust this based on how much time you want to give kids. If a group isn’t able to answer in 5 minutes, you can give them the opportunity to update at the end of class or extend time.

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? 1 Map Search Find the location of Snow Canyon State Park on a map 2 Web Search What is a Mormon? 3 From where did Mormons travel to Utah? 4 What population of Utah currently identifies as Mormon? 5 Are most Mormons in Utah? You can ask the students verbally or let one of them come up and insert the answer or show how they got it. This way, you also have a record that you can keep as a class and share with parents, others.

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? 1 Map Search Find the location of Snow Canyon State Park on a map Using the “maps” link on the Bing search page, and the search term “Snow Canyon State Park”, find the location here: http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=Bukovina&mkt=en&FORM=HDRSC4#Y3A9MzcuMTk0MDk4fi0xMTMuNjQzNDUxJmx2bD0xNCZzdHk9ciZxPVNub3clMjBDYW55b24lMjBTdGF0ZSUyMFBhcmslMjA=

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? 2 Web Search What is a Mormon? (Possible queries: “Mormon” ,“what is a Mormon” ,“Mormonism”) A Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon) provides a summary: Mormons (/ˈmɔrmənz/) are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity, which began with the visions of Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s.

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? 3 Web Search From where did Mormons travel to Utah? (Possible queries: “Mormon history” , “Mormons Utah”) The site wiseGeek (http://www.wisegeek.org/why-are-there-so-many-mormons-in-utah.htm) answers the question “Why are there so many Mormons in Utah?”: On 24 July 1847, then church president Brigham Young, after an arduous trip across the plains, looked out over the Salt Lake Valley and declared, “This is the place,” and the first group set their roots down. They had fled deadly persecution from Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois, and had finally found what they thought would be a place of safety and security. Their descendants would come to be known by some as “Utah Mormons.”

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? 4 Web Search What population of Utah currently identifies as Mormon? (Possible queries: “percentage of Mormons in Utah” “Mormon population in Utah”) According to information from a Wikipedia article on Utah (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah) Utah is the most religiously homogeneous state in the Union. Approximately 62% of Utahans are reported to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS (Mormons), which greatly influences Utah culture and daily life.

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? 5 Web Search Are most Mormons in Utah? (Possible queries: “Mormons around the world” “Mormon population world”) Using a previously sited Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon), an info chart reveals that there are more Mormons outside of Utah and the United States:  United States about 6.1 million  Mexico about 1.2 million  Brazil about 1.1 million  Philippines about 630,000  Chile about 560,000  Peru about 500,000  Argentina about 380,000

What prompted Erastus and Lorenzo Snow and other Mormons to settle in Utah? Are Mormons still mostly in Utah? This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.