Wednesday, April 17th:
Today we are wrapping up our work on transportation advancements. Tomorrow we will connect these advancements to westward expansion!
4/17 Quick Write:
We take vehicles for granted, even though we live in the beloved Motorcity and have the history of the automobile surrounding us. Most of us use cars/trucks/buses everyday, and don’t think twice about it. However, in the 1800s, jumping in the car to go to the grocery store or to zoom across the country wasn’t an option. I want to challenge you to think of transportation through a different lens– a national and capitalistic lens!
We will be wrapping up our brace map today, adding in a summary in which you will choose the most important form of transit that we have discussed and WHY.
In our next activity you will be thinking like a capitalist: it is 1830 and you are a wealthy investor– do you want to invest your capital ($$$) in roads, canals or railroads? Whichever means of transport you choose, you need to be able to EXPLAIN WHY this is a good investment. If time permits, this is due at the end of class.
See instructions below:
Please keep in mind this Wrap Up is a Quiz Grade— worth more than formative assignments (and not weighted quite as much as summative work).
You will also be attaching your Brace Map to your completed Transport Wrap Up when you turn it in.
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