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Industrial Revolution: A Definition
America sure did have a few growing pains during the Industrial Revolution. Share the problems, causes, effects, and reformation that marked the turn of the century and shift in policy during US industrialization. This slide show...
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All Aboard! Railroad Transportation
Students create a picture of a train. In this train lesson, students read Freight Trainand discuss the trains that they see. Students discuss what it would feel like to be a train and play a game where they pretend to be a train. They...
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Texas State Railroad
For this word search worksheet, students solve a word search by locating forty words related to the Texas State Railroad. The word list includes oil, prison, and rail.
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Durango and Silverton Railroad
In this word search learning exercise, middle schoolers search and find vocabulary
words as they relate to the Durango and Silverton Railroad lines. Words may be located forward, backward, up, down, and diagonally.
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Thurmond: A Town Born from Coal Mines and Railroads (28)
Students examine the complex and often dangerous daily routines at the Thurmond train depot, and explore how rail workers were immortalized by some of the people they served.
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The Top 5 Ancient Chinese Inventions
In this top five ancient Chinese inventions learning exercise, students investigate each Chinese invention in detail along with the top five British inventions of all time. Students then answer five comprehension questions while writing...
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Lesson 1: Design a Transportation Stamp
Young scholars, in groups, research a certain form of transportation that has affected Maine's economic and cultural development. They write a persuasive letter that uses the research to support an argument.