Lesson plan
Blazing Trails: Discovering Routes through Arizona to California
GeoHistory
GeoSTEM
Legacy
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.Duration
1-2 class periodsAuthor
Karen
Davis
Standards
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence
14: How human actions modify the physical environment
Teacher Instructions
DavisBlazingT.pdf
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Student Materials
DavisBlazingS.pdf
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Blazing_Trails.pdf
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Blazing_Trails_Teacher_Key.pdf
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