Lesson plan
Dams that Tamed Arizona’s Rivers
GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
Legacy
Description
In this lesson students will use a variety of maps tolearn 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.
Duration
2-3 class periodsAuthor
Lauren
Tennyson
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
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
Teacher Instructions
TennysonDamsT.pdf
(208.59 KB)
Student Materials
TennysonDamsS.pdf
(284.93 KB)
az_state.pdf
(209.08 KB)
AZLNDFRM.pdf
(292.42 KB)
AZLNDFRM_blank.pdf
(226.57 KB)
Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners
Supplemental Files
AZ-DAMS.pdf
(52.9 KB)
AZTOPO.pdf
(65.95 KB)