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A Social Studies Lesson

By: Lisa KnostED 417-02Dr. Helms

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Transportation

Social Studies UnitTransportation LessonThird Grade Level

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Objectives The students will: Create a list of multiple types of transportation.

Explain why we need transportation in our everyday lives.

Create a bar graph representing our class’s means of transportation.

Compare and contrast the first cars with present cars.

Create a timeline of the history of flight. Be creative in developing their own future transportation.

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Activities

Traveling On Land Transportation GraphHenry Ford’s DreamAssembly Line RaceAdventures in Flight Timeline

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Traveling on Land

Types of transportation on land: Animal Power Bicycles Motorcycles Cars Buses & Trolleys Trucks Trains & Subway Sleds Snowmobile

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Traveling on Land: Materials

Teacher:The book: Traveling on LandChart PaperMarker

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Traveling On Land

Read Traveling on Land to the class.Before :

Create a list, as a class, of all the different types of transportation that they can think of. See if they can hit all of the types that are in the book.

Ask the children to think about why we need transportation while you read the story.

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Traveling On Land

After: Why do we need transportation?

transporting goods and materials transporting people saves time and energy Go back through the book and see how many types of transportation they came up with that were in the book.

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Transportation Graph: Materials

Teacher:Poster size bar graph with mode of transportation (car, bus, walk, run, bicycle, scooter, etc.) and number of students.

Markers

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Transportation GraphHow did you get to school today? Use a marker to color in a square in the column which represents the mode of transportation that you used to get to school today.

Discuss the results of the graph. Why do we use the mode of transportation that we do?

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Henry Ford’s Dream

Henry Ford was curious and tinkered with watches as a child.

Wanted to make a car for everyone.1913-began using a conveyor belt to move cars along the assembly line.

Dropped the prices of cars and eventually everyone could afford one.

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Henry Ford’s Dream: Materials

Students:Unit 6 in the Harcourt Horizons: People and Communities Book

Magazines (with pictures of cars)

ScissorsGlue

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Henry Ford’s Dream

Discuss how different cars looked then and now.

Cut out pictures of cars from magazines.

Create a class collage of all of the different types of cars.

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Assembly Line Race : Materials

Teacher:Lego cars (in large pieces)

Not to small to lose but big enough that it needs to be put together in 5-10 steps.

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Assembly Line Race!

Discuss how the assembly line was crucial for the production of the automobile. Why is the assembly line faster?

Depending on class size, divide the class into two groups.

Have the two groups line up behind desks parallel to each other.

Each group will have to put together their Lego car in an assembly line fashion. Have the two groups race against each other. Repeat the race once or twice.

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Adventures in Flight

November 21, 1783 - First flight which took place in Paris, France. It was six miles in a hot air balloon.

1902- Wright Brothers built and flew a glider May 21, 1927- Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in history.

1935- The first helicopter is built and flown in France.

March 2, 1969 - France and England build the first passenger supersonic jet

April 12, 1989 - First space shuttle, Columbia, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida

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Adventures in Flight: Materials

Students:Adventure in Flight WorkbookCrayons/Colored PencilsPencilScissorsBulletin board paper (5’x 2’)

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Adventures in Flight Timeline

Place the students in groups of 2-4Have the students color and cut out the workbook pages.

Use these pages to create a timeline of the history of flight.

Allow the students to present their group’s timeline to the class.

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Online Resources To learn about transportation and pollution

visit: www.ott.doe.gov/education/cover.shtml

For student activities on transportation visit: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/transportation.shtml

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/transportation.htm#

For teacher reference visit: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/448.shtml

To play games on transportation visit: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/games/