Blazing Trails: Discovering Routes through Arizona to California

GeoHistory
GeoMath
Legacy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students gain an understanding of the early explorers and the routes they took through Arizona to reach California. The students will also use a map scale to determine the distance of the routes and then compare their findings.
Author: 
Karen Davis
Grade Range: 
4-5
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconFact Cards
application/pdf iconQuestion Sheet and Answer Key
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf iconImportant Rivers, Steams, and Washes of Arizona map
application/pdf iconMap of Southwest Topography and Rivers
application/pdf iconBlazing Trails: Discovering Routes through Arizona to California
application/pdf iconBlazing Trails: Discovering Routes through Arizona to California (labeled)
Related Links: 
Audio-visual Presentation of this lesson
Standards
Arizona Geography Concepts: 
1: The World in Spatial Terms
4: Human Systems
5: Environment and Society
National Geography Standards: 
14: How human actions modify the physical environment