The transcontinental railroad history lesson plans, social studies lesson. Lapbook project packs can be used to augment and add creativity to your day to day curriculum in a variety of subjects. History as we come across new and improved resources, we hope to update this website to reflect those discoveries, so be sure to bookmark this page and check back often. And the building of the transcontinental railroad fraser, mary ann, fraser, mary ann on. The activities can be used in a lapbook or individually. The hogger, or engineer, on the first train pulled hard on the whistle cord, and a shrill blast pierced the cold, damp morning air. In happy homeschool terms, a lapbook is a really cool handson method of teaching your children about anything. Known as the golden state california became the 31st state to join the union on september 9, 1850. Ten mile day vocabulary words is the property of its rightful owner. On a bet from thomas durant, president of another railroad, the union pacific, the workers attempted to lay ten miles of railroad track in one day. One likes to put the entire lapbook together and the other likes to use the lapbook printouts as a way to take notes to learn material. They often have interactive graphics and maps, as well as audio files.
American history activities if you have a great american history resource to share, we would love for you. Home school share lesson plans from the federal reserve banks of st. Great for a social studies unit or in conjunction with books about the transcontinental railroad such as ten mile day and coolies. We spent a week doing activities related to the book, if you give a mouse a cookie, by laura numeroff. Please note this resource was done based on the 5th grade reading street book 2011.
Turn any kid into a bookworm with this fun and academic book report lap book. Although many of matthew and elisabeths books are full size combbound books, most of their books through the years have been simple booklets that they have created along the way. Ppt ten mile day vocabulary words powerpoint presentation. It originated in 1910, and follows a route linking port arthur and fort william.
On may 10, 1869, the final spike in north americas first transcontinental railroad was driven home at promontory summit. Choose from 147 different sets of 10 mile day spelling flashcards on quizlet. And the building of the transcontinental railroad kindle edition by fraser, mary ann, fraser, mary ann. The transcontinental railroad lapbook and learning activities by. A great story with even better illustrations that tell the history of the creation of the transcontinental railroad. Ten mile day ebook by mary ann fraser rakuten kobo. Thomas durant, the vice president of the union pacific, that his men could lay 10 miles in a day. Other activities to help include hangman, crossword, word scramble, games, matching, quizes, and tests. Get all aboard learning about the transcontinental railroad using the eight activities in this 18 page unit. Get directions, maps, and traffic for ten mile run, nj. Mulford and served as the social and economic center of chicagos growing north shore.
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Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the web. This is a great note to send home with students for them to study. In her wellresearched text, fraser incorporates fascinating detail concerning building methods, engineering challenges, and the people involved, while honestly addressing the. A copy of handout 1 for each student two copies of handout 2a for each student and one for the teacher. Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit. Learn british accents and dialects cockney, rp, northern, and more.
The fire fighters ten mile road race is an annual road running race held in thunder bay, ontario, canada. This book tells the story of one day where railroad workers were able to lay down 10 miles of railroad in one day. Learn ten mile day with free interactive flashcards. When my older son had just turned 3 years old, we made our first lapbook. On may 10, 1869, the final spike in north americas first transcontinental railroad was driven home at promontory summit, utah. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Our previously created lapbook on ten mile day and the building of the transcontinental railroad and how lincoln was involved at homeschool share. This is a set of 11 different vocabulary activities and games for the story ten mile day unit 1, story 5 from the 5th grade reading street 2011 common core edition. I get a lot of questions on how to create lapbooks, and how we use them in our homeschool.
And the building of the transcontinental railroad by fraser, mary ann 3151996. Reading street 5th grade ten mile day trifold reading. American history activities if you have a great american history resource to. This presidents day lapbook or interactive notebook is a helpful introductory overview of presidents day and focuses on george washington and abraham lincoln. Laboring with almost impossible strength, speed, and organization, the workers succeeded. You dont have to be a homeschooler to use a lapbook to teach your kids. Ten mile day lesson for grades 56 in this multidisciplinary lesson, students work in small groups work crews while participating in a production activity. Ten mile day and the building of the transcontinental railroad.
Reading street grade 5 ten mile day vocabulary learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. Lapbooks are more than just notebooks with collections of worksheets, they are diagrams, minute books, and other paper manipulatives customized to emphasize the. Ten mile day lesson for grades 56 education resources st. The free printables will make learning a memorable experience. Students will easily create the lapbook shown in the picture by using our simple instructions and handouts. The transcontinental railroad lapbook and learning activities. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Theodore dehone judahs dream of a transcontinental railroad was realized after he found a route through the sierras. The home of heroes presidents ebook contains colorful fact pages about the presidents. Learn 10 mile day spelling with free interactive flashcards. This activity would teach creation and could be taught day by day to students giving them a number for 10 days during the bible lesson of creation.
Name ten mile day research and study skills 91 electronic encyclopedia an encyclopedia gives general information about many different subjects. Earth day lesson plans y,m in honor of earth day, education world offers the following articles and activities for classroom teachers. Apr 01, 1993 on may 10, 1869, the final spike in north americas first transcontinental railroad was driven home at promontory summit, utah. With a sharp command to the bosses, crockers arm rose and fell. Read through ten mile day with a partner and try to find several adages. This will actually end up being a double lapbook two folders put together. These activities have been developed to help students make real, authentic connections with words that go beyond basic recall. Free flashcards to help memorize facts about reading street unit 1 week 5. Teamwork and competition on the transcontinental railroad.
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Level 4 unit, lapbook, and file folder game created by melissa rosson. Charles crocker, construction boss for the central pacific railroad, heard that the union pacific laborers had laid 7 miles of tracks in one day. Anyone can make one to help reinforce ideas your kids are learning at school, extra curricular activities, or church projects. Ten mile, tn 10day weather forecast weather underground. An electronic encyclopedia can be found on a cdrom or on the internet. I made these trifolds based on the expository text from the reading street grade 5 book ten mile day the trifolds cover a range of skills main idea, infer, summary, character traits, cause and effect, compare and contrast, genre, text to world, connect to text, and other skills. This is a set of 11 different vocabulary activities and games for the story ten mile day, which is the unit 1, story 5 piece of text in a 5th grad.
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Jan 17, 2008 were putting together a hodgepodge of a lapbook for presidents day. If so, share your ppt presentation slides online with. Ive found some of the lapbook activities on homeschool share and also found other activities from enchanted learning. They are organized alphabetically by entries, which are the. The race draws about 700 runners, and is held annually on victoria day, a canadian national holiday. Betting can always drive the human spirit to do more. Presidents day lapbook, interactive notebook a quiet. Thanks to the hard work of chinese, irish, and american workers, people no longer had to travel by wagon over rough roads. Ten mile day support this channel social media follow me on instagram category education. As the union pacific broke all records by laying six miles of track a day, charles crocker, the central pacifics chief contractor, and the chinese railroad workers were invited to compete with them.
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