Grade Range: 5-12 Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities,
Worksheets, Primary Source Date Posted: 1/22/2011 In these
classroom activities, developed for the exhibition America on
the Move, students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive
skills to examine primary sources including a historical map and
answer questions about them to learn more about the expansion of
transportation systems and the impact on their own communities,
city planning, the rise of suburban life, and culture in 1950s
America. The activities provide opportunities for historical
analysis, interpretation, evaluation, analyzing cause/effect
relationships, understanding multiple points of view, performing
original research, debating and persuasive writing and help
students develop and strengthen map-reading skills, identify
issues and problems in the past and connect the past to the
present. Historical Thinking Standards (Grades 5-12) United
States History Standards (Grades 5-12)