1G20 – Transportation Changes

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Class Summary

Students should leave the class understanding how inventions like the steamboat, the train, and the car changed transportation.

Lesson Slide

1G20 – Transportation Changes

Main Teaching Points

  • Explain: Transportation is how we move things from one place to another. Even bikes and skates are transportation.
  • Explain: Many inventions have made it easier to travel. In the past, if you wanted to go to the store, you had to walk or ride a horse.  An invention can be a new tool or it can be a new way of doing things.
  • Explain: In the 1800s an invention called a steamboat helped people to travel faster on the water. Trains were also invented in the 1800s.
  • Explain: In the 1900s people invented cars. They also invented space shuttles in the 1900s and went into space.

Discussion Questions

  • What is transportation?
  • When was the steamboat invented?
  • When was the car invented?
  • What is an invention?

In-Class Activities

  • Use Vocabulary Cards: Use vocabulary cards to discuss transportation.
    • transportation – how we move things from one place to another
    • invention – An invention can be a new tool or it can be a new way of doing things.
  • How Far to the Store? : Encourage parents and students to do an activity where they use Google Maps to find out how much time it would take for them to get to the store. They can compare the walking time to driving time and discuss how much time faster modern transportation methods are than walking.