1. 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.
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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.
Alice Keeler is a mother of 5 and a teacher in Fresno, California. She has her B.A in Mathematics, M.S. in Educational Media Design and Technology and is currently working on a doctorate in Educational Technology with an emphasis in games and simulations. EdTech speaker, blogger, and presenter. Founder of coffeecue, a 1 hour conference event for educators. New Media Consortium Horizon report advisory panel member. High school math teacher for 14 years. Currently teaching pre-service teachers curriculum, instruction and technology at California State University Fresno. Teaches online for Fresno Pacific University in the Masters in Educational Technology. Passionate that kids are not failures, researches gamification in education to increase student motivation.
This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: English Language Arts
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.

2. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?
© 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.

3. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?
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 Mojave 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.

4. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?1
Web Search
What states and regions was Butch Cassidy most active? What were his most common targets? 2
What similar geographic features do these areas share? 3
Explain the connection between Snow Canyon 4
Thinking
Geographically speaking, how might the Snow Canyon State Park be a good place for an outlaw to hang out?
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.)

5. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?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.

6. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?1
Web Search
What states and regions was Butch Cassidy most active? What were his most common targets? 2
What similar geographic features do these areas share? 3
Explain the connection between Snow Canyon 4
Thinking
Geographically speaking, how might the Snow Canyon State Park be a good place for an outlaw to hang out?
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.)

7. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?1
Web Search
What states and regions was Butch Cassidy most active? What were his most common targets?
(Possible Search Queries: “Butch Cassidy Career,” “Butch Cassidy Criminal History”)
Sources
Wikipedia:
Utah.com:
Biography:
Butch Cassidy was active in quite a few western states including: Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Idaho and Colorado. He is also reputed to have continued his life of crime after moving to Argentina where some claim he was ultimately killed. Notable places include: Telluride, CO, Montpelier, ID, Castle Gate, UT, Wilcox, WY, Folsom, NM etc.

8. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?2
Web Search
What similar geographic features do these areas share?
(Possible Search Queries: “Telluride Geography,” “Montpelier ID Geography, ” “Castle Gate Geography,” “Wilcox, WY Geography,” “Folsom, NM Geography,” “Winnemucca, NV Geography”)
Sources
Colorado Geographic :
Wikipedia:
Geographic.org :
WIkipedia:
Each location has the following characteristics in common. They are all sparsely populated with the largest town even today being under Ten Thousand people. In fact the population a the times of the Butch Cassidy’s criminal activity, would have been much less (mostly under 2 thousand). They are remote, arid regions with high elevations.

9. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?3
Web Search
Explain the connection between Butch Cassidy and Snow Canyon State Park.
(Possible Search Queries: “Snow Canyon State Park,” “Butch Cassidy Snow Canyon,” “Butch Cassidy The Bathtub,”)
Sources
State Parks Utah.govhttp://stateparks.utah.gov/park/snow-canyon-state-park/about
Atozion
Filmsite.org
While there is no immediate search information to suggest that the actual Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch ever resided near Snow Canyon State Park, it was used as one of the principle filming locations for the film “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It is clear from an investigation of the terrain that it shares many characteristics with the actual locals frequented by the historic Butch Cassidy. In fact, Butch Cassidy’s younger sister visited the movie set in Utah and spoke with the actors about her infamous brother. She was impressed with the whole production and believed it to be a historically accurate representation.

10. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?4
Thinking
Geographically speaking, how might the Snow Canyon State Park be a good place for an outlaw to hang out?
(Possible Search Queries: “Butch Cassidy Career,” “Butch Cassidy Criminal History,” “Telluride Geography,” “Montpelier ID Geography, ” “Castle Gate Geography,” “Wilcox, WY Geography,” “Folsom, NM Geography,” “Winnemucca, NV Geography”)
Sources
Wikipedia:
Utah.com:
Biography:
Colorado Geographic :
Wikipedia:
Geographic.org :
WIkipedia:
Possibly answers may vary but may include any of the following: Sparsely populated, remote location, lack of law enforcement, Vegetation and water sources, mountainous regions and lava rocks provide many areas to escape detection, wildlife may provide a supplemental food supply.

11. What is it about the “bathtub” that was appealing to Butch Cassidy?
This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.