Blazing Trails: Discovering Routes through Arizona to California

GeoHistory
GeoSTEM
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: 
3
Duration: 
1-2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconFact Cards
application/pdf iconBlazing Trails: Discovering Routes Through Arizona to California map (unlabeled)
application/pdf iconBlazing Trails: Discovering Routes Through Arizona to California map (labeled)
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Audio-visual Presentation of this lesson
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations
11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence
14: How human actions modify the physical environment