Participant Name(s): Claire Frevert
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The Last Great Canal Curriculum Project -- Power Point
presentation on canals and locks
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Unit/Lesson Title -- Canals and Locks |
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Intended Grade Level --fifth grade (could be used for fourth through sixth grades) |
Approximate length --one class period of 40 minutes |
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Applicable Standards --Nebraska 8.1.5 and 8.4.5 (explain events that contributed to the Western expansion of the United States) |
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Goals/Objectives –The student will be able to discuss the reasons for and location of canals and locks as a transportation tool in the world and United States. The student will see the history of canal development in the world and especially the United States. The student will also see how early canals are being revitalized. |
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Procedures This lesson uses Power Point animation. The question will appear, discussion will occur, and then an answer to the question will appear. Some examples or hyperlinks will appear on the next mouse clicks. Questions asked are: What is a canal? How long have canals been in existence? Why were canals built in the United States? When did the United States first build a canal? Why is the Erie Canal so famous? Were more canals built in the United States? What happens when a canal has to go uphill or downhill? When the canal has to change elevation, locks are used. These allow the boat or barge to be raised or lowered to the new elevation. How does a lock work? What is the closest canal to us in Aurora, Nebraska? When was the I & M Canal built? How is the I & M Canal used today? Are canals and locks still in use in the United States today? Are canals
still used in the world today? |
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Materials Power Point presentation (retrieve from school’s server and/or CD) LCD projector Computer connected to projector Internet access Book Canals and Waterways (Chris Oxlade) or pages from it on making a waterway model or building a lock model. |
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Resources (traditional & electronic) Listed in the bibliography slide of the presentation (also included here) Buehr, Walter. Through the Locks Canals Today and Yesterday. New York: G P Putnam’s Sons, 1954. Ellis, Brian.
Exploring the I & M Canal coloring book. Peoria IL: Fox Tales International, 2002. Payne, Robert. The Canal Builders: The Story of Canal Engineers Through the
Ages. New York: Macmillan
Company, 1959. Ranney, Edward. Prairie Passage: The
Illinois and Michigan Canal Corridor.
Urbana IL: University of
Illinois Press, 1998. Shaw, Ronald.
Canals for a Nation: The
Canal Era in the United States 1790-1860. Lexington KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1990. Then &
Now: Twenty Years of Progress in the
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor booklet I & M Canal
Passage driving tour brochure http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/canhist.htm |
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Assessment(s) Students will be assessed on their contribution to the discussion – questions answered and asked. Also, ask the question “How did the Illinois & Michigan Canal change Chicago, Illinois, the Midwest, and ultimately the United States?” |
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