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Wnet: Thirteen: Wake Up, America: New Modes of Transport in 19th Century America [Pdf]

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A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines how new technology and scientific advances of the nineteenth century changed America. Includes ideas for directing middle schoolers through a discussion of the challenges of building of the Erie Canal and of the role transportation plays in moving people toward freedom.

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Concepts
railroads, steamboats
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transportation technologies, baltimore and ohio railroad, erie canal, freedom: a history of us, pbs: wake up, america: new modes of transport in 19th-century america, robert fulton, nineteenth-century america, transportation revolution
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional