Lesson 1 – Blog #2           Transportation

       I will be adding this lesson to my “Proud to be and American – Learning About our Constitution Unit” I do in September.  Some of my lessons include book binding, printing press, stories by the campfire,   hats and clothing center, our first American Flag, and toys and chores.  After visiting the Alleghany  Portage Railroad,  I want to add a transportation center.  I will put together a powerpoint of the pictures I took today to illustrate the improvements in transportation in the 1800s.  Prior  to the canals it  would  take 30 days by wagon to travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburg by  wagon.  With the invention of the canal system it took 3 days.   We will brainstorm ways that we can travel from one place to the next and then rank them in order of the slowest to fastest.  For example:  walking, horseback, bicycle, boat, train, car, airplane. (Content)

     We will go to the gymnasium and the children will have to transport goods from one end of the gym to the other.   The children will work in teams of 4.  First the children will use a yoke that I made to carry water.  Next the children will use a barrel on a wagon going slow enough not to spill the water.  Lastly, the children will pull the wagons behind a tricycle.  (creative activity )

 We will time the activities and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each way. (DOK-1) Next, we will discuss the importance of working together, cooperation, and respecting each other.  What was needed to be done to be successful –cause and effect. (DOK-2)   I will have each team explain how they loaded and successfully got their goods safely across the gym.  ( DOK-3)  When the children have had a chance to discuss, plan, and improve we will do it again and teach the other kindergarten class their improvements and which is the quickest and safest way to transport goods. (DOK-4)

Standards – 25.4,15.1,15.2,15.3,15.4 , 3.3 a, 3.4 c, 4.8, 1.6,9.1, 10.1-3, 10.4, 10.5, 5.2, 5.3e , 7.2, 7.4, 2.2, 2.7