Handout
Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Immigration to Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource looks at Mormon immigration into the state of Utah during the 19th century.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Mormon Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Mormon migration.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Documents Relating to the Mormon Migration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Primary documents related to the promotion of and resistance to the expansion of Mormonism.
Website
Other

Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has everything you need to know about the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Read about the stops along the 1,300-mile trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley and get personal accounts of what happened to the Mormons on...
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Settling the Great Salt Lake

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a brief account of Brigham Young and his Mormon followers as they settled in the Great Salt Lake Valley.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Mormon Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
The sources in this set help place the Mormon migration in geographic, political, religious, and cultural contexts, including other westward movement motivated by Manifest Destiny.
Primary
Other

Joseph Smith's History Vault: Mormons in Illinois

For Students 9th - 10th
From the 1850 and 1852 series of articles in the magazine, "American Whig Review," you can read about Mormonism and the Mormons in Illinois.
Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Mormonism

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on the Mormonism provides information on the religion's founder (Joseph Smith), holy book, (the "Book of Mormon"), and basic tenets. Also included is a history of Mormonism and the Mormon people, including an overview of the...