Change Over Time (Transportation)

Change Over Time (Transportation)

Grade Levels: K-4
Time Period: 1864-1948

Introduction

In this activity, you will look at old black and white photos that show different kinds of transportation across time. These photos will help us learn how transportation changed over time.

Activity Questions

Steamboat U.S.S. Eastport

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Photo 1: Steamboat U.S.S. Eastport, 1864. Civil War: Gunboats and Steamboats Photograph Collection, 1861-1865 (UALR.PH.0080)

Examine each photo and answer the following questions:

  1. When was this photo taken?
  2. What means of transportation is in the photo? 
  3. For what is the means of transportation in the photo used? 
  4. Do we still use the means of transportation that you see in the photo?  
  5. Does the means of transportation that you see in the photo look the same today? Are cars, bicycles, motorcycles, etc. today like those in the photo?
  6. Describe people in the photo. How old are they? What are they doing? What are they wearing? Do we wear similar clothes today?

Arkansas Social Studies Standards

Social Studies (History)

  • Strand: History 
  • Content Standard 12: Chronology, Change Over Time, and Contextualization – Students will analyze chronology, patterns of continuity and change over time, and contextualization on historical events.
  • Kindergarten 
    • H.12.K.3: Compare a child’s life of the present to that of the past using visual representations (e.g., growing food, rules and laws, making clothing, transportation, communication)
  • Grade 1
    • H.12.1.3 Compare present day families, objects, and events with those in the past using visual representations, news stories, and artifacts (e.g. daily life tasks, food, clothing, transportation, communication, recreation)
  • Grade 2
    • H.12.2.3 Compare life in your community past and present using maps, photographs, news stories, artifacts, or interviews (e.g. transportation, communication, recreation, jobs, housing)
  • Grade 3
    • Compare specific regions of Arkansas in the past with those regions today noting changes over time (e.g., transportation, jobs, urban growth, population density, natural resources, communication)

Downloadable Guides and Handouts

We encourage K-12 educators to use History Alive: Virtually! in a way that will best match their classroom needs. The “Exercise” handout includes a complete exercise as featured on this website, the “Primary Sources” handout includes only primary sources used in the exercise, and the “Questions” handout includes analytical questions from the exercise but is editable and can be easily changed to best match students’ needs.

Change Over Time (Transportation) – Exercises

Change Over Time (Transportation) – Primary Sources

Change Over Time (Transportation) – Questions