Modifying the Environment: Irrigation, Dams, and Agriculture in Wyoming

Human-Environment Interaction and Wyoming Adaptations

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Analyze how people in Wyoming have altered natural waterways through ditches, reservoirs, and dams to support ranching, farming, and growing towns.

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Human-Environment Interaction and Wyoming Adaptations

4th Grade · Social Studies · US-WY-SS

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Analyze how Wyoming's diverse climate, topography, and natural resources have shaped human survival, migration, and daily life for Indigenous tribes and modern communities.

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SS5.5.4Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe how the environment influences people in Wyoming and how we adjust to and/or change our environment in order to survive (e.g., natural resources, housing, and food).