Why Were They Built? Dams in Arizona

GeoLiteracy
Legacy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
An important way in which people have modified natural resources is by building dams. Many dams have been built on Arizona rivers. Students should know why people have built dams and will see that Arizona has a long history of dam building. In this lesson students will gain a better understanding of how people modify a natural resource in their environment by building dams.
Author: 
Carol Warren
Grade Range: 
3
Duration: 
1 class period
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Materials
application/pdf iconImportant Dams in Arizona map
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation iconArizona Dams PowerPoint
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Standards
National Geography Standards: 
14: How human actions modify the physical environment
16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future