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Unit 2: The Frontier

Unit 2: The Frontier. Lesson 11: The Transcontinental Railroad. Lesson Objective. SWBAT describe the consequences of the transcontinental railroad and the effect it had on the cultural landscape of America. Word of the Day/Initial Activity. Transcontinental

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Unit 2: The Frontier

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  1. Unit 2: The Frontier Lesson 11: The Transcontinental Railroad

  2. Lesson Objective • SWBAT describe the consequences of the transcontinental railroad and the effect it had on the cultural landscape of America.

  3. Word of the Day/Initial Activity • Transcontinental • Spanning against all of America. • Choo-Choos! • Answer these questions based upon observations of the picture. • Describe the differences between these two forms of transportation • Discussion • How would the change from horse power to machine power effect America?

  4. Building Challenges • Little experience with large railroads • Central Pacific Railroad Company starts in Sacramento • Union Pacific Railway Company starts at the Missouri River • Problems: • Money • Plains Indians • Sierra Nevada Mountains • Great Plains

  5. “Life Line to the West” • Western areas populated from gold rushes but cut off from rest of the country. • May 10, 1869: Promontory Point, Utah • Travel time between Atlantic and Pacific drops from 4 months to 10 days. • Pacific Railway Act • Land granted to companies • Land sold to settlers to raise money • Towns raise around the lines, settlers flock to “boom” towns • Creates “Railroad Barons” • Brings trade goods all over country.

  6. Transcontinental Railroad: Turn & Talk Rocky Mountain News, 1866 • "The one moral, the one remedy for every evil, social, political, financial, and industrial, the one immediate vital need of the entire Republic, is the Pacific Railroad." What words stand out here? • 1 minute to write down a response to this question: How might a railroad remedy social problems in America? Think of at least two ways. • Turn & Talk: 30 seconds per partner • Share Out

  7. Activity: Jigsaw • Focus Question: How did the transcontinental railroad effect the cultural landscape of the western states? • ReadConsequences of the transcontinental railroad • Answer the close reading questions for your sections. • Share Out

  8. Summary • Exit Ticket How will the railroad help create a more unified country? • Parking Lot • Develop one critical thinking question from today’s mini-lesson or activity. • Write onto post-it and place onto parking lot. You will address these questions as a class during the initial-activity each following day.

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