Move If....
What better way for students to show their knowledge of a subject than through a movement activity that is both fun and educational!
move_if_common_core_k-4.docx | |
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Just Fine the Way They Are
Participation in this Readers' Theater will allow your students to evaluate the costs and benefits of modes of transportation throughout Arkansas' history.
just_fine_the_way_they_are.docx | |
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Arkansas Traveler, Arkansas Traveler
Using the Arkansas Traveler print as a springboard, this lesson challenges students to consider ways to travel Arkansas and identify the many natural resources found in the state. As a culminating activity, students create a class book.
arkansas_traveler_lesson.docx | |
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arkansas_traveler_cover_page.docx | |
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natural_resource_city.docx | |
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traveler_traveler.docx | |
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"All Aboard" for a Lesson on Arkansas Railroads
Have railroads had an impact on cities and towns across Arkansas? This lesson will allow students to learn facts about railroads and answer that question.
railroad_lesson.docx | |
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train_facts_arkansas.pdf | |
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tenmileday.pdf | |
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ten_mile_day_activity_sheet_modifications.docx | |
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ten_mile_day_modifications.docx | |
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Mapping Arkansas
This lesson is a must! Students have a chance to create the shape of the state of Arkansas with a ball of yarn and are then challenged to identify where they might find Arkansas products.
mapping_arkansas.docx | |
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ar_products_box.doc | |
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The Wheels on the Truck Go 'Round and 'Round Bringing Goods to Market
Your students will learn how Arkansas goods get to and from the local market to markets around the world through a familiar tune. The culminating activity is to create a class ABC book of goods found in the marketplace.
the_wheels_on_the_truck_lesson.docx | |
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the_wheels_on_the_truck_song.docx | |
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wheels_on_the_truck_alphabet.pdf | |
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Building an Arkansas Transportation Timeline
Students will each be given a fact from Encyclopedia of Arkansas relating to transportation in Arkansas. Each will illustrate their fact and create a timelline, detailing the economics related.
transportation_cards_for_timeline.docx | |
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transportation_timeline.pub | |
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Red Light, Green Light: Keeping Arkansas Streets Safe
What public goods do we all appreciate that keep our Arkansas streets safe? This lesson introduces your students to the young entrepreneur who invented the traffic light. Students participate in an assembly line production activity as they produce their own traffic lights.
garrett_morgan_traffic_light.pdf | |
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garrett_morgan_-_gas_mask_and_traffic_signal.mht | |
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traffic_light_production.docx | |
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Arkansas History Resources
Visit this hotlist of Arkansas History resources. Simply click on the link you wish to visit, and it will connect you to that site.
arkansas_history_resources.mht | |
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Transportation Bibliography
For a list of literature connections, check out the bibliography.
transportation_books.docx | |
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