Learning Standards and Practices
4.6 WESTWARD MOVEMENT AND INDUSTRIALIZATION: New York State played an important role in the growth of the United States. During the 1800s, people traveled west looking for opportunities. Economic activities in New York State are varied and have changed over time, with improvements in transportation and technology. (Standards: 1, 3, 4; Themes: MOV, TCC, GEO, ECO, TECH)
4.6c Improved technology such, as the steam engine and the telegraph made transportation and communication faster and easier. Later developments in transportation and communication technology had an effect on communities, the State, and the world.
Ø Students will investigate which early means of transportation were used in their local community and to which communities they were linked, noting why they were linked to those communities.
Ø Students will trace developments in transportation and communication technology from the 1800s to the present, noting the effects that these changes had on their communities, the State, and the world.
4.6 WESTWARD MOVEMENT AND INDUSTRIALIZATION: New York State played an important role in the growth of the United States. During the 1800s, people traveled west looking for opportunities. Economic activities in New York State are varied and have changed over time, with improvements in transportation and technology. (Standards: 1, 3, 4; Themes: MOV, TCC, GEO, ECO, TECH)
4.6c Improved technology such, as the steam engine and the telegraph made transportation and communication faster and easier. Later developments in transportation and communication technology had an effect on communities, the State, and the world.
Ø Students will investigate which early means of transportation were used in their local community and to which communities they were linked, noting why they were linked to those communities.
Ø Students will trace developments in transportation and communication technology from the 1800s to the present, noting the effects that these changes had on their communities, the State, and the world.
Setting the Stage
Introduce students to the influence of the telegraph on American society by showing this video from PBS Learning Media.
Communication Innovators
Introduce students to the influence of the telegraph on American society by showing this video from PBS Learning Media.
Communication Innovators
Supporting Question 1: How did new technology change transportation and the environment?
Formative Assessment: List the changes in transportation based on the evidence from the photographs.
Formative Assessment: List the changes in transportation based on the evidence from the photographs.
Supporting Question 2: How did telegraph technology change communication and the environment?
Formative Assessment: List the changes in communication based on the evidence in the photographs.
Formative Assessment: List the changes in communication based on the evidence in the photographs.
Supporting Question 3: How did cars and airplanes change communities in the 1900s?
Formative Assessment: List the changes based on the evidence in the photographs.
Formative Assessment: List the changes based on the evidence in the photographs.
Argument: Create a poster showing the changes in communication and transportation from the early 1900s to the late 1900s.
Extension: Compare both the negative and positive effects of new technology.
Taking Informed Action: What is one problem caused by new technology today? Brainstorm ideas for solving this problem.
Extension: Compare both the negative and positive effects of new technology.
Taking Informed Action: What is one problem caused by new technology today? Brainstorm ideas for solving this problem.