Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Transportation Changes [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
"Transportation Changes" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the history of transportation across both land and sea. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes:...
Article
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Improvements in Transportation: Post American Revolution to Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
From the earliest days of European exploration, the land and waterways seemed to do their best to frustrate growth and movement in what was to become North Carolina. In its natural condition, the area was just not an easy place to get...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Now and Then and Back Again: Study of Transportation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
By using a slideshow presentation and a Conestoga wagon project, students will experience different ways people have conquered the human and social need for transportation in America. Students will begin by studying ancient and Native...
Unit Plan
Other

Virtual Museum of Labrador: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Become acquainted with the "rich and diverse history" of the people of Labrador. Over the years there has been a variety of cultures that have inhabited the land including the Inuit, Metis, Europeans, and more. Information is also given...
Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Transportation Changes [Pdf]

For Teachers 8th
"Transportation Changes" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the history of transportation by land and by sea. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Land! Water! Sky! Oh My!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
This lesson focuses on the importance of airplanes in today's society. Airplanes of all shapes and sizes are used for hundreds of different reasons, including recreation, commercial business, public transportation, and delivery of goods,...
Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Transportation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is Transportation.
Website
University of Alberta

University of Alberta: The Edmonton and Slave Lake Railway

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief history recounts the construction in 1899 of the the Edmonton and Slave Lake Railway by a group of businessmen with an interest in exploiting the mineral deposits in the Athabasca Landing and Lesser Slave Lake area.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Ancient Egyptian History: Geography and the Nile River

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about Ancient Egyptian Geography and the Nile River. The Nile provided fertile land, transportation, and building materials for Egypt.
Website
Other

Allstar Network: Flight

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive and informative site looks at the history and principles of flight.
Website
University of Alberta

University of Alberta: The Calgary and Edmonton Railway

For Students 9th - 10th
This history of The Calgary and Edmonton Railway is an account of the necessity to build branch lines in order for the Canadian Pacific Railway to develop its vast land holdings on the prairies. Included are maps, photographs and primary...
Graphic
Library of Congress

Loc: Map Collections 1500 2002

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection provides maps dating back to 1500 up to the present. The collection includes: cities, towns, discovery and exploration, conservation and environment, military battles, cultural landscapes, transportation, communication,...
Handout
Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Hazardous Business: The Railroads Come to Texas

For Students 9th - 10th
What made transportation in early Texas so difficult? What were the road conditions like? This article talks about land and water transportation in Texas in the years leading up to and after the Civil War. Also, check out photos and...
Lesson Plan
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Stagecoaching in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they look at stagecoaches and how this mode of transportation compared to other...
Handout
Latimer Clarke Corporation

Atlapedia Online: Iraq

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Has information about Iraqi history, people, geography, climate, economy, and more. Click on the map image to get more details and an enlarged view. The information covers up to 1993.
Handout
Indiana University

Indiana Univ. Bloomington: Geo Notes: Standing Rocks: Remnants of Erosion [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what standing rocks are, how they are formed by erosion, and gives the names of some well-known ones in Indiana.