Pick-Sloan+Plan


 * Instructor:** Sam Matzke
 * Lesson Title:** Pick-Sloan Plan
 * Anticipated Instructional Time**: 50 min Class
 * Rationale:** The students will be able to understand the events that led to the development of the Pick-Sloan Plan and the building of the dams on the Missouri River.

G1.1 Understand the size of the Missouri River G1.2 Understand the events and destruction of the Flood of 1881 G1.3 Understand what the WPA was and the affect the WPA had on the Missouri River G1.4 The importance of the Flood of 1943 and the Flood Control Act of 1944 G1.5 How the Pick-Sloan Plan was developed and some of the political struggles it faced
 * Goals of Lesson:**

O1.1 The students will be able to identify the events and causes of the Flood of 1881. O1.2 The students will be able to identify what the WPA and what the WPA did for the Missouri River O1.3 The students will be able to identify the effects of the Flood of 1943 and the Flood Control Act of 1944 O1.4 The students will identify the provisions of the Pick Plan and the Sloan Plan O1.5 The students will identify the Pick-Sloan Plan and the development of dams and the Missouri
 * Objectives of Lesson:**

Computer and Projector (PPT) DVD Player and TV
 * Multiple Representations (Tools):**

SD K-12 Content Standards: 9-12.US.1.1 9-12.US.2.1

How big is the Missouri River? How did humans help break up the ice and cut a new channel for the Flood of 1881? Why did so many cattle/livestock perish in the Flood of 1881? What was the purpose of the WPA? Why is flood control so important for the residence of the Missouri River? Why is the level of water important? (Depth) What major action are we doing on the Missouri River? (Transportation) Why is cleaning up after a flood a long process? What all needs to be done? Why are the needs of the Upper Missouri States different from the Lower Missouri States?
 * Session-Related Questions:**

Questions asked during the lesson. See how the students react to questions to observe if the information is being taken at face value or if deeper thought and understanding is taking place. Observe comments on the maps that students view.
 * Imbedded/Formative Assessment Opportunities:**

Maps of Missouri River near Vermillion U.S. Map Projector Computer Gavins Point Dam DVD (Corps of Engineers) DVD Player TV
 * Instructor Materials:**