Author: Jolene R. Smith
Seminar: Clean Air and Water
Program: DINÉ
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Year of Publication: 2019
Seminar: Clean Air and Water
Program: DINÉ
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Year of Publication: 2019
Abstract
Water is everywhere. Above, below, and even in our bodies. The same water we are drinking now is the same the dinosaurs have been drinking and swimming in millions of years ago. Water is very important and scarce in the southwest United States and on some parts of the Colorado Plateau, which encompasses the Navajo Reservation.
Most students have the basic understanding of carrying a water bottle to stay hydrated, but they need to know more about the policies and politics of water and how it will influence their lives today and for their future. They do not realize how important water is in the Southwest and on the reservation.