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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Transportation

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

For the Hidatsa, transportation provided a means of moving from place to place as necessary, and a way to gather the resources needed for trade and community well-being.

Innovation in Transportation

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this lesson, students will create a timeline showing Rhode Island’s changes in transportation over time.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Transportation and the Manhattan Project at Hanford, Washington

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Lesson Plan: Students learn about transportation methods used during the Manhattan Project to move materials around the globe and through the Hanford Site.

Allegheny Portage Railroad: Developing Transportation Technology

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Follow 19th-century travelers as they cross the treacherous Allegheny Mountains using an innovative inclined railway.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Traveling the National Road: Unit 3 Travelers and Transportation on the National Road

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This unit covers travelers and transportation on the National Road, teaching the students what types of vehicles traveled the road and what it was like to travel. It includes background information for the teacher, two student reading and two student activities: Stagecoach and Conestoga Wagon Coloring Sheet and Traveler’s Tools. One of the student readings is a journal of an emigrant family.

Mount Rainier National Park

Volcano Fan Club

• Type: Science Labs
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students simulate tephra transport by placing ingredients in front of running fan, and mapping the resultant layers.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Buffalo Soldiers on the Move! How New Technologies Led to New Opportunities!

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

As new modes of transportation were developed; they were adapted for military use. These new modes of transportation created new opportunities for soldiers to step into roles of leadership or be part of new regiments. African Americans took advantage of these new opportunities and combated the negative perception of their leadership abilities in the Army.

Reasons for the Blackstone Canal

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Why was the Blackstone Canal built and why did it ultimately fail? How can we apply this historical understanding to current policy decisions on transportation?

Olympic National Park

Sediment Effects of Elwha Dams

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Through this activity, students will learn about the effects that building the Elwha River dams had on the natural sediment transport and deposition mechanisms in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Working River Online

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This program engages students with four topics deeply associated with the upper Mississippi River: its geology, its role as a transportation corridor, its waterpower, and continual stewardship efforts.

At a Crossroads: The King of Prussia Inn

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn how transportation routes affected a local inn, how archaeology revealed the inn's use over time, and how preservation efforts saved the historic site from suburban sprawl.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Traveling the National Road: Unit 1 Overview of the National Road

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This unit gives an overview of the National Road, teaching the students where it was located and its importance to transportation and commerce. It includes background information for the teacher, a student reading and two student activities; Map of the National Road and the National Road in Pennsylvania.

Plan a Field Trip in the Southern Campaign

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students will be prompted to plan a field trip of the southern campaign. They will need to select four locations and research the who, what, when and where. They will need to plan some of the logistics like transportation and activities. Finally they will use the distance formula to estimate the distance of their trip.

Fort Stanwix National Monument

21 Days On-Site Education Program

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

How did the 21-day siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777 affect the Mohawk Valley…and the War? During this 90 minute program, take a closer look at how the successful defense of a valuable transportation route affected the lives of the Native Americans, Rebellious Americans, and Loyalist Americans!

Shaping the Future

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

How does flight impact your life today? In this in-classroom lesson plan, students will explore the impacts the Wright brothers' invention had on transportation, communication, and business in the United States as well as how it continues to impact us today. Subject: Social Studies. Grades: 6th-8th.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Juan's Draft Pick Lesson Plan

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Whether by pulling a wagon, cart, or saddle bag, animals powered the goods to be traded and transferred to their destination. The fur trade era simply could not have taken place without the aid of horses, mules, and oxen. The lesson examines the pros and cons of using these animals as transportation based on their characteristics and biological needs.

Navesink Lighthouse and Robbins Reef Lighthouse: Lighting the Way Through New York Bay

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The lesson could be used in U.S. history, social studies, and geography courses in units on nineteenth century and early twentieth century commerce or transportation, and to help students understand the role that maritime industries played in American history. The lesson could also be used to enhance studies related to the industrial revolution and women’s history.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Supplies, Survival, and Success: Civil War Quartermaster

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In our modern world, many of us have come to rely on transportation systems and the operation of stores and warehouses in order to provide us with food, clothing, and other essentials for survival. During the Civil War, Fort Scott played a similar role as a supply depot that was critical to the survival and success of Union soldiers in the area.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Exploring the C&O Canal's Cushwa Basin

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn about preserving the C&O Canal as a place to learn and explore our history, describe the C&O Canal as an early transportation system including canal operations, lock technology, and life for canal workers, and explain the concepts and effects of various earth processes, including: weathering, erosion, deposition, and flooding.

Shiloh National Military Park

Siege and Battle of Corinth

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

1) To explain why gaining control of the railroads in Corinth was important to both the Union and the Confederacy. 2) To describe the course of the Siege of Corinth and the Battle of Corinth and to evaluate their impact on the course of the Civil War. 3) To describe the fortifications constructed during these engagements and to analyze their importance. 4) To examine the role transportation routes played in the formation of the student's own community.