Participant Name(s): Vicky Garrison, Linda Gift, Jeannette Napadow , & Joan Meehan

The Last Great Canal Curriculum Project
Unit/Lesson Title: Canals Across The Curriculum - Language Arts
Intended Grade Level K-1	Approximate length 30-45 minutes
Applicable Standards ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS : State Goal #1 - Read with understanding & fluency: Learning Standard A: Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills to comprehend selections. 1.A.1a Apply word analysis skills (e.g., phonics, word patterns) to recognize new words. 1.A.1b Comprehend unfamiliar word words using context clues and prior knowledge, verify meanings with resource materials.
Goals/Objectives The student will be able to state the purpose of the canal and at least one way it was used. The student will read seven specific words dealing with canal travel and match those words to an appropriate picture.
Procedures Read the book The Erie Canal to the students. Talk with them about what the canal was and how it was used. Include the seven vocabulary words- Canal, Tow Path, Locks Mules, Horses, Supply Boat & Packet Boat in the discussion. Show the students canal pictures labeled with vocabulary words. This could be done using an overhead or in poster format. Post copies of these pictures in the room. Words and pictures would be reviewed daily throughout the week. 3. Teach students the “Tow Path Song”, sing daily throughout the week. At the end of the unit give each student a word/picture matching sheet. Ask each student to draw a line from the word to the matching picture.
Materials (handouts, worksheets, equipment, etc.) The Erie Canal book. The Corn Hill Waterfront and Navigation Foundation Tow Path Song Sheet Labeled Vocabulary Pictures or Overheads A vocabulary word/picture matching page.
Resources (traditional & electronic) The Erie Canal book. The Corn Hill Waterfront and Navigation Foundation ISBN-0-9664411
Assessment(s) 1. A vocabulary word/picture matching page.

Participant Name(s): Vicky Garrison, Linda Gift, Joan Meehan, & Jeannette Napadow

The Last Great Canal Curriculum Project
Unit/Lesson Title Canals Across the Curriculum - Science
Intended Grade Level K-1	Approximate length 30 minutes
Applicable Standards 11.A.1f Compare observations of individual and group results. 11.B.1d Test the device and record results using given instruments, techniques and measurement methods. 13.A.1c Explain how knowledge can be gained by careful observation. 13.B.1d Identify and describe ways that science and technology affect people’s everyday lives (e.g., transportation, medicine, agriculture, sanitation, communication, occupations).
Goals/Objectives    -Students will make a hypothesis and graph their hypothesis whether a wheeled vehicle on a dirt road or boat on water travels easier. -Students will conduct an experiment and discuss results. -Students will identify water transportation as faster than land transportation.
Procedures -Advanced teacher preparation: teacher fills half of the plastic boxes with water and half with wet sand and rocks. (wet sand and rocks/twigs should be used to make a bumpy, rough terrain) Boats with strings attached and cargo* loaded on them are placed in water while wheeled vehicles with strings attached and cargo* loaded are placed in the boxes with sand. (Cargo may be anything on hand such as pebbles, nuts, or corn that fit in your boats and vehicles).  -Class discusses experiment, possible predictions, and how the graph will be used. The graph should have two columns representing wheeled vehicles and boats. -Students post their predictions using sticky-notes on class graph under the boat or the wagon, whichever they think will be the easier mode of transportation. -Students each pull strings attached to boat and wheeled vehicle at the same time (one with each hand) and see which moves easier. -Class discusses conclusions (water transportation was easier than uneven, dirt roads). Teacher has class discuss why the canal was built based on the knowledge gained in this experiment. Conclude that canals were built to ease the transportation of goods and people.
Materials large plastic boxes, water, sand, rocks/twigs, toy boats, toy cars or wagons, “cargo” (pebbles, corn, nuts, etc.), and string -post-its, chart paper with graph divided in two sections: one boat, one wagon
Resources (traditional & electronic)
Assessment(s)  Observations of students during the experiment and pre- and post-experiment discussions.

Participant Name(s): Vicky Garrison, Linda Gift, Joan Meehan, & Jeannette Napadow

The Last Great Canal Curriculum Project
Unit/Lesson Title Canals Across the Curriculum - Art
Intended Grade Level K-1	Approximate length 45 minutes
Applicable Standards   -26B 1d Visual Arts Demonstrate knowledge and skills to create visual works of art using manipulation, eye-hand co-ordination, and building imagination.
Goals/Objectives The student will follow directions to create a representation of the canal, towpath, horse, canal boy and label appropriately.
Procedures This lesson will be preceded by an introduction to canals and basic canal terms as well as a reading of the book The Erie Canal . The teacher will pass out precut paper pieces to the children and give the following directions to complete the project. Print name on back of 11X 17 sheet of paper. Glue 2½ X 17 blue strip horizontally near top of paper. Glue 1½ X 17 tan strip below blue. Cut short ends of 2 X 8 ½ brown rectangle at a slant. Glue into water with narrow side down. Glue small1 ½ X 6 brown rectangle to top of boat. Fold 1 X 4 black strip twice, open and cut on folds. Glue to top of boat as windows. Cut off corners of 1 ½ X 3 brown rectangle for the horses body. Attach ¾ X ¾ brown square behind upper left corner of brown rectangle for neck. Draw and cut 1 X 1 ½ brown rectangle into an oval and attach at an angle to neck for the head. Cut ½ X ½ brown square from corner to corner for ears. Attach to head. Fold ½ X 8 brown strip twice, open and cut on folds. Attach 2 to the back of the horse (a front and back leg) and repeat on the front of the horse to create the horses legs. Glue the horse to the towpath ( horizontal brown strip). Cut corners off one short end of 1 X 1 ½ shirt rectangle. Glue on ½ X 1 sleeve rectangle to shirt . Attach ¾ X 1 ½ blue rectangle to the back of the shirt as pants. Cut small square from the edge of ¾ X ¾ brown square for the shoes and glue under pants. Cut ¾ X ¾ square in to circle for the head and glue to shirt. Fold ½ X 1 ½ rectangle in half and cut a little square out of non- folded corner , unfold and glue on to head for hat. Draw in harness and tow rope to boat and mane. Fold green strip twice , cut out ruffle shapes for bushes. Glue to picture.
Materials Paper labels for each child – canal, towpath, packet boat, horse, canal boy  17 X 11 light green - 1 Rectangles and squares cut to the following size – 1 of each per child – 2 ½ X 17 dark blue 1 ½ X 17 tan boat 2 X 8 ½ brown 1 ½ X 6 brown 1 X 4 black horse 1 ½ X 3 brown ¾ X ¾ brown 1 X 1 ½ brown ½ X 8 brown ½ X ½ brown Boy 1 X 1 ½ red ½ X 1 red ¾ X 1 ½ blue ¾ X ¾ peach ¾ X ¾ dark brown ½ X 1 ½ blue Bushes 2 ½ X 8 green
Resources (traditional & electronic) The Erie Canal book. The Corn Hill Waterfront and Navigation Foundation ISBN-0-9664411
Assessment(s)  Observe if the child has finished the art project and attached the labels appropriately.
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