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Transportation and Communication Inquiry
Setting the Stage
Introduce students to the influence of the telegraph on American society by showing this video from PBS Learning Media.
Supporting Questions
How did new technology change transportation and the environment?
How did telegraph technology change communication and the environment?
How did cars and airplanes change communities in the 1900s?
Formative Assessment
List the changes in transportation based on the evidence from the photographs.
List the changes in communication based on the evidence in the photographs.
List the changes based on the evidence in the photographs.
Argument
Create a poster showing the changes in communication and transportation from the early 1900s to the late 1900s.
Extension
Compare both the negative and positive effects of new technology.
Taking Informed Action
What is one problem caused by new technology today? Brainstorm ideas for solving this problem.
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