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Handout
Curated OER

Bureau of Land Management: Anasazi Heritage Center: Who Were the Anasazi?

For Students 4th - 8th
A question-and-answer site giving information about the Anasazi, an ancestral Pueblo people. There is a discussion of their languages, farming methods, architecture, and use of astronomy.
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Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: How Much Energy Is on My Plate?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using concept sketches, students study energy requirements of food production explain why different sources of food require different inputs of energy. They also investigate how variables like farming methods, processing methods and...
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Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Dry Farming in Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information about dry farming in general as well as specific information about dry farming in Utah.
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Graphic
Other

Conner Prairie Interactive History Park: Agriculture Implements

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos and brief descriptions of farm tools used in farming the plains in the 19th century.
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Unit Plan
Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: Homestead Act: Searching for Water: Windmills

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of how watermills work and how they were used on the Great Plains.