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Transportation History

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Middle schoolers research the major developments in transportation. In groups, they use this information to plot them on a timeline. They also write a paragraph about how advances in technology have changed the world. As a class, they discuss where the world would be without some of these advancements in transportation.

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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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