The History of Getting Around

From steamboats to rocket ships, journey through the history of transportation.
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Lesson Resources

Teaching Information

Standards

Scientific Investigation

 

Scientists investigate problems and try to find new ways to solve them.

 

Scientific investigation can include questioning, observing, testing, recording, drawing conclusions, and designing solutions. 

 

History

 

Historical figures helped shape our communities, states, and nation.

 

Our history has examples of honesty, courage, and determination.

 

People’s lives in earlier times were different from our lives today.

Key Words

airplane

 

bicycle

 

Model T

 

steamboat

 

steam train

 

transportation

 

Wright Brothers