Students will discover that historic ideas change as new information is discovered or reexamined. Deseret News article, 'Utah, The Riddle Behind the Name', Lynne Arave staff writer, Sunday July 10,1994. Ask students to look up the answers in history books and encyclopedias. Share findings to see if the sources agree. Play the Gossip Game.
Students sit in circles.
One student is asked to think of a word or phrase to whisper to the nearest neighbor. This student whispers to the next, until the whispered phrase goes around the circle and comes back to the original speaker. The last person will tell what they heard. Discuss what happens when people repeat something over time. Explain that history goes through much the same process.