Transport, Past and present

Planes, trains, and automobiles. How many ways to travel are there? Scholars learn about modes of transportation in the past and how they have changed over time. Budding historians view a timeline, participate in group discussion, and...

From birth through adulthood, people grow and change a lot over a lifetime. Young learners explore their own development as they think about the past, present, and future in order to complete the pages of this printable book.

A 10-page packet delivers a plethora of information about Kwanzaa—a week-long holiday that celebrates African American people and their heritage. Each page consists of informational text and an opportunity to respond to through pictures...

In this Thanksgiving learning exercise, 1st graders color and cut out eight pictures and paste matching halves to form four complete pictures.

Providing an interesting way to discuss the U.S. presidency, this lesson has learners compare George Washington to the current president. They listen to books about George Washington, discuss the current president, and complete worksheets.

First graders explore transportation. In this social science lesson, 1st graders are given pictures of things associated with transportation. Students decide if the picture is of something in the past or in the present day.

Second graders explore the lives of actual people who make a difference in their everyday lives. They differentiate between events that happened long ago and events that happened yesterday by studying their family histories. The unit...

Students recognize modes of transportation. They research historical data from a variety of primary and secondary sources including the Harriman expedition journals, related web sites, and photographs from the expedition. Students...

Students view murals that depict various modes of transportation. They discuss the importance of maps to navigation and create a map. They compare and contrast transportation of the past with modes of transportation used today.

Students create a class timeline on the board of transportation items from the past to the present. In this social science lesson, students use string and printed pictures to complete the timeline. Students add the dates as well to...