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Please note:
1) Learners worked in pairs (of which one of them had a cell phone with photo and email capabilities).
2) One tutor was assigned to each floor to facilitate learners' experiences on that floor.
3) Wherever the form said take a picture, the pictures were emailed with their descriptions to a specific email address. All other answers were recorded by the pairs on the form.
4) The hunt was divided into 4 floors. Each floor was expected to take approximately 40 minutes to explore.
5) While pairs selected a specific floor to search and received the questions for only that floor, they were welcome to explore all floors during the time permitted.
6) Included on our original form was our time schedule so that everyone knew where they were supposed to be throughout the morning.
7) The map exhibit on the 4th floor was only available through March 2017. (These questions must be changed for future trips.)
Sending emails served several purposes, including continuous update as to the whereabouts of each pair. One tutor responded to the emails as they came in - sending feedback that acknowledged receiving the emails as well as responding to comments. The emailed information provided annotated visuals for later class discussions and activities.
PS Whether you use these questions or develop your own, please share your experience with us. We revise our questions (and hunt) annually, so we'd love input.
Enjoy!
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1st Floor (40 minutes)
Find the Hall of Governors (under the Rotunda).
1. Which governor was Utah’s first governor?
Name Dates in office
Two new facts
2. Which governor is the most recent governor displayed? Why?
Name Dates in office
Two new facts
3. Which Governor was in office the year you were born? Take a picture.
Name Dates in office
Two new facts
Look at the south wall.
4. What famous Lincoln speech is hanging here?
5. Find the American Revolution plaque. Why is it here?
Look in the display cases (on the west side).
6. Who was the capitol’s architect?
7. What is one thing you use that is from a mineral or ore mined in Utah? Take a picture.
8. What happened to the Utah flag in 1922? What happened to the Utah flag in 2011? Why? Take a picture of both flags. Explain the difference.
9. Find one fact that is new to you from one of the cases. Which case did you pick? What was the new fact?
10. Find the Liberty Bell. Take a picture of yourself with the bell. Is this the original bell? How did it get to be here? What is important about it?
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2nd Floor (40 minutes)
Go to the center of this floor.
1. What is the name of the part of the building where the gulls are flying 165 feet above your head? If one story of a building is about 10.8 feet high, then about how many stories high are the gulls above your head?
2. Above your head are twelve murals (paintings on the walls). Each scene represents a defining moment in Utah history. Examine each of the four corner murals. Pick one scene. Take a picture. Describe what is happening. What do you think made this scene important?
3. What is the Utah state animal? (Hint: You can find a baby version of this animal in the sculpture with the man wearing a wreath for wisdom.)
4. What other statue is wearing a wreath? Take a picture. What does this wreath represent?
Look at the walls.
5. The walls and columns are made from Georgia marble. The columns are 26 feet tall and weigh 5,000 pounds each. The wall panels are made from cut sheets. Each wall has a unique design. Take a picture of the wall panel that catches your attention the most. What made you pick this panel?
6. Both arched murals at the ends of the building show or depict a covered wagon scene. On which end of the building is the mural with a young mother in a wagon? East or West Which group meets in the room under this mural? The mural at the other end of this building shows a wagon train. Which group meets in the room under this mural?
Other areas
7. Find the State Reception Room. Who were two visitors to this room that you wished you’d met? (Note: If the doors are closed, don’t go in. If the doors are open, stand in the doorway and notice the gold in the ceiling and walls.)
8. Go quietly into the Governor’s Office. (Note: If the door to the room in the SW corner is open, peek at the desk from the doorway. This desk was built from trees that were destroyed by the tornado that swept past the capitol in 1999.) Look at the displays. Which display intrigues you the most? Why? Describe the display?
9. Go to the north stairwell. See the large statue. Who is this man? Was he ever governor of the state of Utah?
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3rd Floor (40 minutes)
Staircases
1. One marble staircase leads to the House of Representatives chamber. What is at the top of the other marble staircase? Take a picture of yourself on the stairs. How many Supreme Court Justices does Utah have today? Why?
Senate
2. Find the Senate Majority Leader’s office. Who is the leader? Which political party hangs out here? Is your state senator allowed to hang out here? Why?
3. Read the sign outside the Senate Chamber. Why does Utah only have 29 senators? Who was the first female state senator in Utah (and in the US)? What year? (Note: Women didn’t get the right to vote until 1920. What happened?)
House of Representatives
4. Find the House of Representatives Majority Leader’s office. Who is the leader of the majority? Which political party hangs out here? Is your state house of representative allowed to hang out here? Why?
5. By now you’ve passed four committee bulletin boards. Find one of them. Read through the agendas for this week’s meetings. Take a picture of the most interesting agenda. Why did you select this agenda? In which room will the meeting be held? Find the room. Take a picture of the door. Where was it located? Explain in words. (Use N, S, E, W.) Look down into the rotunda.
6. Now look at the murals painted into the archways. From where you are standing, you can only see two and part of a third mural. Each scene represents a defining moment in Utah history. Read and examine the murals you can see. Pick one scene. Take a picture. Describe what is happening. What do you think made this scene important?
7. Look at the details of the marble ionic columns beside you. The columns are 26 feet tall and weigh 5,000 pounds each. The top of the column is called the capital. Describe the design carved into the capital nearest you.
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4th Floor (40 minutes)
Find the map exhibit (on the House side of the floor).
1. As you walk around on this floor, pick one map that you find to be the most interesting map. Take a picture. Why did you pick this map?
Find the murals over the rotunda.
2. Look at the eight murals circling above your head. You can only see 4 of them well from where you are standing. Each scene represents an important moment in Utah history. Examine each scene. Pick one scene. Take a picture. Describe what is happening. What do you think made this scene important?
3. What bird sits on top of the chandelier?
Find the statues & display cases.
4. Which U.S. President’s bust is on display? Why is his nose shiny?
5. Who was the owner of the Grand Central Store?
6. David Jenkins, a Salt Lake City Mayor 1940-1943, was famous for setting what world records?
His bust was donated on behalf of a charity. What does this imply about the cause of Jenkins’ death?
7. Philo Farnsworth, known as “father of television,” had over 160 patents. What is he holding in his hand? (Hint: Read the plaque.)
8. Why do historians think a pair of shoes was buried in the stairs?
9. Two common moldings in this building are egg-and-dart and dentil. Read how these two moldings got their names. Take a picture of one of the two moldings on the above your head, not from the display case. Which molding did you photograph? Why?
Find art work along the walls.
10. Name one piece of interesting art work. What interested you in it? Take a picture.
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