Wyoming's Mormon Trail: A Time of Testing | Our Wyoming

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Wyoming WyomingPBS Wyoming PBS mormon mormon trail oregon california pioneer handcart john smith salt lake Our Wyoming Westward Expansion pioneers pioneer life frontier life historical reenactment South Pass National Historic Trail wagon train Mormon Church migration internal migration
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English-Language Arts History-Social Science
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Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
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Wyoming's Mormon Trail: A Time of Testing | Our Wyoming

Every year, thousands of Mormon youth travel to Wyoming from across the United States to pay tribute to the pioneers who settled the West. WyomingPBS explores the challenges and lessons learned as they walk, push, and pull their belongings by handcart for over 30 miles across the barren Wyoming plains.

NOTE:  Spanish closed captions are available for this resource.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Students will identify the hardships of pioneers traveling on the Mormon Trail.
  • Students will identify the loction of Wyoming's Mormon Trail.
  • Students will identify why the Mormon followers were traveling to the Salt Lake Valley.
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PBS Learning Media

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