It’s a
Overview:
This lesson
introduces students to map skills, as well as the geography of northern
Objectives:
Ø
To
identify major water areas of northern
Ø
To
recognize landmarks and identify cardinal directions in the city of
Ø
To
explain the difference between a river and a wash.
Ø
To be
cognizant of flash flood safety.
Grade Level/Subject Area
Ø 1 – 5
Ø Geography
Ø History
Materials:
Oral
Histories Online:
Ø
Interview
with Mrs. Mary Greenlaw Draine : Rio de Flag flood,
1906-1907
Ø Interview
with Ethel Compton Leamon
Photographs
Flooded
Waterways:
Ø Flood
of Rainwater: One Minute Before!
Ø Flood
of Rainwater: One Minute After!
Ø Upper
End of Mormon Lake Flood
Ø Lake
Mary Spillway Flood of 1918
City
of
Ø
San Francisco and Cherry Street, Flagstaff,
Arizona, ca. 1900
Ø Looking west on Aspen Street, Flagstaff, Arizona, towards Mars Hill (Lowell Observatory), ca. 1915
City
of
Ø
Flagstaff: Aspen Street, flooded; Emerson School in
background @ 1900
Ø Flooding: downtown Flagstaff @ 1906
Blank
maps of the city of Flagstaff, Coconino County and Northern Arizona
Ø Labeled Map
Printout of Arizona
Instructional
Strategies:
1. Show the class photographs from the floods
2. Activate prior knowledge asking students
about places, landmarks, what they know about water and floods in northern
3. Listen to sample oral histories.
4. Have students discuss the pictures and the
oral history interviews – lead the discussion towards lesson objectives. Write the student answers on the board.
Questions: What places in
Discuss: Flood safety. Make sure students know not to
play in washes, especially when it is raining.
They should not walk or ride their bicycles in flooded areas and ask
their parents not to drive their cars through flooded areas.
5. Venn
Diagram:
Remind students of topics during your
discussion of rivers and
washes. Have them
fill in each side of the diagram. Note
the similarities between each in the middle.
6. Map
Skills:
Provide a
blank map of
For younger
students, provide a model map on an overhead or chalkboard.
Direct students
to label (and / or draw in) significant water landmarks:
Ø Rio de Flag
Ø
Ø Sinclair Wash
Ø
Ø
Additional criteria for grades 4 and 5:
a. Maps should include compass rose, symbols,
key
b. Find and Label the elevation for each :
(Humphreys,
Agassiz, Fremont and Aubineau)
c. Label local elevation changes in mountains,
valley, and desert
(ex:
elevation of
7.
Ø Rio de Flag
Ø Sinclair Wash
Ø
Ø Route 66/Sante Fe
Ø
Ø Location of your school
Ø Location of your house
Closing:
Ask students to review their maps. Is the school near a wash or river? Is their house near a wash or river? What should they do if a flash flood happens?
Trade maps with a friend and answer the same questions. Review flood safety.
Assessment:
At the end of the lesson, students will be
able to:
This
lesson correlates to the following
Grades
1 – 3
3SS-F1. Construct and interpret maps and other
geographic tools, including the use of map elements to organize information
about people, places, and environments, with emphasis on:
SS-F2. Identify
natural and human characteristics of places and how people interact with and
modify their environment, with emphasis on:
Physical
Geography:
6SC-F5.
Identify major features of natural processes and forces that shape the Earth’s
surface, including weathering and volcanic activity.
Grades
4-5
FOCUS:
3SS-E1.
Demonstrate understanding of the physical and human features that define places
and regions in
and
interpret data, with emphasis on:
