Planes, trains, and automobiles. How many ways to travel are there? Scholars learn about modes of transportation in the past and how they have changed over time. Budding historians view a timeline, participate in group discussion, and complete a worksheet to better understand the topic of transportation. 

Concepts

transportation, modes of transportation, american history, the industrial revolution

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask learners what events they think should be on the timeline
• Have pupils draw pictures of different modes of transportation 

Classroom Considerations

• Instructors may need to explain concepts such as similarity and difference  

Pros

• Provides all links for materials in the lesson plan
• The lesson includes several visual primary sources 

Cons

• None