Curated OER
Spotting Trains & Planes
Students engage in an international pastime that entails reading and interpreting train, subway, or airline schedules from a selected city. They create and problem solve design of a math game using timetables. Students use their math...
Curated OER
All Aboard the Innovation Train
Learners read "Next Stop for the Subway, a Fully Automated Future" from The New York Times and consider the effect of technology on their town or city. After discussing arguments for and against the new computer-based subway system in...
Curated OER
Underground Rails: The New York City Subway System
Students explore the New York Subway system. They investigate its usefulness as mode of transportation for the people in the city and study its history compared to other city subway systems. They examine how the subway connects the...
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Nyc Subway Cars Transform Into Condominiums for Fish
Read about the disposal of New York City subway cars into the Atlanic Ocean, and how these cars are then used by the marine life. Includes video.
Other
Metro De Madrid Maps
Detailed downloadable subway maps for Madrid, Spain highlighting significant places around the city. A great way to practice, in Spanish, using a subway map to get around in Madrid to see the sights.
Scholastic
Scholastic History Mystery: Transportation 2: The Subway
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery item, the Subway.
Other
Cincinnati's Abandoned Subway
So much work, time and money, but now an urban legend, that's the abandoned subway project in Cincinnati. Narrative with some photos describe the city's failed attempt to build the subway despite the Depression and World Wars.
Other
Stadtplan: Frankfurt Am Main
Stadtplan.net provides a zoomable map of Frankfurt, as well as maps of the state of Hessen (Hesse) and Deutschland. In addition to the local map of streets, there is other city info, including links to events such as rock and other...
Other
New Britain Museum of American Art: George Tooker
This resource provides information about the artist George Tooker. His painting "Bird Watchers" may be enlarged and is accompanied by an analysis of the artwork and background on the artist.
Read Works
Read Works: Taken by Surprise
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a man named Tim who is surprised and disappointed by the changes he sees while walking through the subway. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Read Works
Read Works: Ride of the Century
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the centennial celebration of New York City's subway system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Young Couple Finds a Way to Make Commuting Fun
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about two students who took a picture of themselves at every subway stop in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Ride of the Century
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the New York's subway system history. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How the World's First Metro System Was Built
Christian Wolmar explains how the London Underground was built at a time when no one had built a railway under a city before.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: New York Underground: Beyond the Irt
Discusses the developments in underground transit systems during 1905.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Transportation
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is Transportation.
BusinessSpanish.com
Business Spanish: Requests and Questions
This site has a list of questions that can be utilized in very common situations when traveling and checking into hotels. Click on the underlined Spanish words to hear how they're pronounced.
Curated OER
Language Guide: El Recorrido Por Tierra
Travel by land is the focus of these interactive vocabulary words. Learners will hear the correct Spanish pronunciation as the mouse is moved over each illustration.