Transportation
Before 1800
1. farmers still used crude hand tools and wooden plows
2. land was plentiful (private property)
Private ownership of land
1. instilled a sense of healthy pride
2. desire to make a well-earned profit
3. assured the discipline and responsibility
of every family member
Agricultural Revolution 1825-1850
John Deere invented the steel plow this tool kept its cutting edge as it rolled over the topsoil
Cyrus Mc Cormick
invented the reaping machine
Watch Harvesting and Reaping Machines 14 min video:
Eli Whitney- cotton gin
King Cotton
Watch Harvesting Cotton and Sugar Beets 9 min video:
Watch Lowell Housing 3 min video
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine improved upon by Isaac Singer
New Transportation by Water & Rail
Water Transportation Early 19th Century
Erie Canal 1825
linked the Hudson River with Lake Erie Link
Watch Hero's steam engine. 3 min video
Robert Fulton developed the first successful steamboat called the "Clairmont"
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It traveled from New York City up the Hudson River
to the city of Albany. 150 miles in 30 hours normally
2 weeks by horse wagon
Samuel Clemens AKA Mark Twain
Former river boat captain wrote
Life on the Mississippi,
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
Huckleberry Finn
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New York Ferry boat clipper ships
Iron horse
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Steam locomotive AKA Iron Horse
1. The railroad was faster, more
efficient than water transportation
2. Railroad made possible the
settlement of the west
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Lesson Objectives Students will learn OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to: 1. list 2. explain the difference between 3. describe the 4. chart on a map the 5. define the terms 6. Explain the significance of Knowledge: Recall of data. Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words. Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace. Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.
Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.
| Remember : Recognizing, Recalling |
| Understand : Interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarizing, inferring, comparing, explaining |
| Apply : Executing, implementing |
| Analyze : Differentiating, organizing, attributing |
| Evaluate : checking, critiquing |
| Create: generating, planning, producing |