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Lesson Plan Transportation (1900s-1930s)

3rd grade Social Studies

Teacher Made Objectives
Students will be able to explain an assembly line.
Students will be able to tell about two modes of transportation.
Students will be able to name inventors of different modes of transportation.

Student Objectives (I can statements)
I can explain the process of the assembly line.
I can describe two different modes of transportation.
I can tell about an inventor of a mode of transportation.

Beginning
On the board in big letters will be TRANSPORTATION. I will call on a student to read the word
allowed. I will guide the students with rhetorical questions to get their minds thinking about
transportation and what it is
What is transportation?
Have you used a mode of transportation today?
What makes something transportation?
What are different types of transportation?
How are some modes of transpiration different from other forms of transportation?
Next, individually students will make a KWL chart (shown below)

What I know about What I want to know about What I learned about
transportation transportation transportation









With their elbow partner, the students will briey share their rst two parts of the KWL chart.
Also, they will discuss the similarities and the differences that they have.

Middle
Read the book An Illustrated Timeline of Transportation by Kremena T. Spengler. The book
discusses transportation starting as early as 6300 BC and moves on to modern times. I will tell
the students that we will be mainly focusing on transportation from the 1900s through the 1930s.
Throughout the book, the students can jot down notes that they nd important. Throughout the
reading, I will stop at the main objectives that are set at the beginning of the lesson plan the
assembly line, different modes of transportation that were invented during the time period, and
key people throughout the time.
After the text is read, we will hold a Question & Answer session specically about the focused
time period. This will provide clarity as needed for the students.

Activity
Students will split up into groups (set-up by the teacher the lesson). The different groups will be
assigned different modes of transportation Cars, Airplanes, Trains, & Ships. Each group will
create a skit about their assigned mode of transportation. They can use the information from the
book and use the the internet for additional information. Each group will present their skit to the
class.