Utah's Heritage by Ellsworth, see chapters relating to settlement and town layout in Utah. Collect copies of past and present local zoning laws. Current periodicals, print materials, or news reports of proposed changes. Set perimeters for an imaginary town. Direct students to put their marker in the best location for each structure and for the new community.
Students stake out a new community.
Draw a map of the new community. Use your map to prepare a coherent set of reasons that show the choices your group made in creating the new community. Record reasons for location decisions as each group presents their summary. When all reasons have been exhausted by presentations or discussion make a list of the criteria that can be used for location selection. Rank the list.