The history of Pennsylvania canals and how the people of the 1800's used transportation.
PA history used horses and buggies, canals with a boat pulled by a mule or horse along a dirt path. The canal used these means of transportation to distribute and receive goods and supplies. Discuss the way of living in the 1800's by talking about what they transported and how the process occurred. Compare this to what replaced these canals and waterways and how the use of them grew and changed to the current day. (Content)
Students begin in their Social Studies textbooks reviewing the map skills, comparing maps, then and now. Ask students to view the top map on the page of the 1800's to look at the content of the map. (look at map key and details) Ask students how they think people traveled in the 1800's to get supplies and moved from one area to another. (DOK1) Make a list of student answers on the board. (DOK2) Show students the You Tube video of the Erie Canal. Review their lifestyle with the class of how these people lived in the 1800's. Show students a large map of the 1800's on the smart board. Discuss the different ways people traveled, along the canal and waterways and horse and buggy. Discuss the length of time it took to get to a different town or location. (DOK2) Show students a large map of Pennsylvania only. Discuss the ways of living in PA. Ask students what they notice about the map. Make a list of student observations. Show students a map of Pennsylvania now. Ask them to help generate a list of the changes they notice (list on the board). Ask students how transportation has changed since the 1800's. (Standard 8.1.3.A)(DOK3) Give students a copy of both maps, PA in the 1800's and PA now. Have students complete a Venn diagram discussing the differences in 1800's and current maps of Pennsylvania. Show students a map of United States in the 1800's and discuss what students observe. Then show a current United States map and discuss what students observe. (Standard 8.1.3.A)(DOK2) Compare transportation between the two maps and how it has changed. Ask students to list 10 changes they observe by comparing both maps of the United States. ( Standard 8.2.3C, 8.2.3.D)(DOK3) Have students use the two Pennsylvania maps again. They are to choose one canal or waterway in Pennsylvania and describe the changes they see in the current map. How has the canal/waterways and land around it changed? Students will write a descriptive paragraph (or 2) to discuss the changes in the canal/waterway and land around it. (CC-W.3.4)(DOK4) They may then color the two maps using proper color schemes for the difference in the maps. (Example: earth tones for the 1800's and colors for current map) (Creative Idea) (DOK4)
Domains: 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c
Resources:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXTZu97h760O
other you tube videos to show the transportation, canals of Erie and PA, and way of living
maps of the United States in the 1800's and current
maps of Pennsylvania in the 1800's and current
Faith,
ReplyDeleteI encourage you to be a bit more specific than the "1800s". As you know, transportation varied with where you where and WHEN you were. Pennsylvania in the 1890s was very different from Pennsylvania in the 1840s, which is when the canals were at their height of usage. While saying "early 1800s" is subtle and the students might miss it, it helps them get use to not generalizing to a whole century.
Rhonda
Good incorporation of visuals with this lesson-video and map making! Just like we talked about on the trip --getting the materials to Erie by wagon in 1812 to build the ships was much harder than if the war had occurred 20 years later when the portage system was available.
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