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Driving Through History

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Young scholars create and perform a skit.  In this automobile history lesson, students work in groups to research the development of the automobile during different periods of history.  Young scholars create a timeline and perform a skit that emphasizes the events in their period of history.

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inventions, inventors, automobiles

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automobile, automobile history, inventions, social studies
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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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