American West L6 – How Successful Were the Mormons?

This lesson contains:
A starter to infer what the Mormons believed from studying some images on the board.
An introduction video into the central beliefs of the Mormons. This helps understand why Christians disliked them. There are some consolidation questions.
An activity to stick in a map of the Mormon journey across America and the West. Students annotate what went wrong at each place from the on-board info. This can also be printed and students could do this in groups instead of it being teacher led.
An introduction to Salt Lake City today. Students then read and colour code the degree of success that the Mormons achieved. Student determine their biggest success and the main reason why they were able to survive the journey West.
A plenary quiz at the end.
 
Attachments:
1 x Powerpoint Presentation
2 x Publisher Files