Dams that Tamed Arizona’s Rivers

GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
Legacy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson students will use a variety of maps to learn about Arizona’s landscape and how humans have modified it with dams. They will also learn that population settlement is usually determined by the availability of water.
Author: 
Lauren Tennyson
Grade Range: 
3
Duration: 
2-3 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconArizona and Its Neighbors map
application/pdf iconLandform Regions of Arizona (labeled)
application/pdf iconLandform Regions of Arizona
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf iconImportant Dams in Arizona map
application/pdf iconArizona's Topography and Rivers map
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
4: The physical and human characteristics of places
14: How human actions modify the physical environment
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future