General Information

Lesson plan on early nineteenth-century transportation and western expansion.

Standards Tapestry Files

• Social Studies 8.1.27
• Social Studies 8.1.30
• Social Studies 8.4.6
• Social Studies 8.4.11
  

Assessment Rationale

Standards	8.1.27	8.1.30	8.4.6	8.4.11
Quiz	X	X	X	X
Transportation map		X	X
Travel Journal	X
Job Application/Resume		X		X
Employer/Employee interviews	X	X
Wagon trip worksheet	X
Erie Canal Song response		X
Guided Reading Responses			X
Turnpike toll list activity	X
Railroad Virtual Tour responses			X
Final Assessment	X	X	X	X

Humanities-rich Resources

Type (book link, etc.)	Name	URL (if any)	Annotation (can include description and notes on how to use.
Link	America On the Move:  Transportation Infrastructure 1800-1900	http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/themes/story_47_1.html	General description of early development of railroad system in America.
Link	The Erie Canal: A Journey Through History	http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/#	Virtual tour of the Erie Canal system including songs associated with the canal movement.
Link	Taming the Wilderness:  Railroads	http://www.connerprairie.org/HistoryOnline/tamrails.html	Good resource for general information on railroads, esp. in Indiana
Book	A History of Us:  The New Nation	Joy Hakim.  Oxford University Press	Reader-friendly non-fiction text regarding a variety of subjects.  Good resource for background or introductory information activities.

Instructional Plan

Instructional Day	Description
Day 1	Introductory Activity:  Going on a trip
Day 2	Widget Simulation
Day 3	Group Activity Day
Day 4	Group Activity Day
Day 5	Group Activity Day
Day 6	Group Activity Day
Day 7	Group Activity Day
Day 8	Group Activity Day
Day 9	Group Activity Day
Day 10	Group Activity Day
Day 11	Review
Day 12	Final assessment

Teacher Inquiry Kiosk

Transportation History Bibliography

Westward Expansion Bibliography