Lesson plan
Traversing the Terrain: Transportation in Arizona (1853)
GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
Legacy
Description
In this lesson students will work in pairs to design four transportation routes through the state of Arizona in the year 1853. Since there were already established trails for the movement of people and goods relating to early exploration of Arizona, students will take into account the physical geographic features that either impede transportation or contribute to the ease of travel.Duration
2 class periodsAuthor
Suzanne
Vogt
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information4: The physical and human characteristics of places
15: How physical systems affect human systems
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Teacher Instructions
VogtTraversingT.pdf
(276.13 KB)
Student Materials
VogtTraversingS.pdf
(294.99 KB)
VogtTraversingS2.pdf
(34.28 KB)
AZTOPO.pdf
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Az-rivers-key.pdf
(1.23 MB)
AZ_biomes_web.pdf
(616.46 KB)
Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners
Supplemental Files
Historical_AZ.pdf
(211.12 KB)
AZ_explor_American.pdf
(1.24 MB)
AZ_explor_Mormon.pdf
(1.18 MB)
AZ_explorers.pdf
(296.74 KB)
RR_1940.pdf
(503.01 KB)