London Bridge is falling down—into Arizona? A short video clip explains the rise, fall, and re-building of one of the world's most popular bridges. Scholars investigate how people constructed and ultimately moved London Bridge to its current home in Arizona. 

Concepts

united states foreign policy, london history, arizona history

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Create five questions for students to answer while viewing the video
• Print a photo of the old and new London Bridges and place them in the classroom during lesson
• Extend the lesson by creating a new nursery rhyme about the bridge in Arizona

Classroom Considerations

• Video contains advertisements prior to the actual clip 

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Resource is excellent for audio and visual learners
• Includes closed captioning if needed for those with audio difficulties 

Cons

• Does not provide a lesson plan with the video clip 

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3