Transportation

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Transportation
First Grade Social Studies
By Shannon Wall
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What You Will Learn

• Early types of transportation
• Types of transportation used today
• Why they are used

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What is Transportation?

• Its how people get from one place to the other!

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Early Types of Transportation

• Until a few hundred years ago people walked
  everywhere!

• One of the most important inventions for
  transportation was the wheel.

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Early Types of Transportation

• Horses, Carts and Sailboats were the earliest
  types.

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Types of Transportation Today

• Trains

• Planes

• Automobiles

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Types of Transportation Today

• Boats
• Public Transit

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Trains

• Another word for train is locomotive
• Richard Trevithick invented the first locomotive

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Trains

• They run on tracks
• Powered by steam

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Trains

• Trains are used to transport materials more than
  people
• Trains are one of the more popular modes of
  transportation in Europe

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Airplanes

• Wilber and Orville Wright invented the airplane

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Airplanes

• Flying is a lot faster than driving!

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Airplanes

• To go on an airplane you have to go to an airport!

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Automobiles

• Karl Benz built the first car.
• Henry Ford built a new type of car called the
  Model T.

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Automobiles

• With the invention of the car, fewer people used
  trains.

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Automobiles

• Problems with Cars
• Air pollution
• Traffic
• People getting hit

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Question Time!

• What is the main problem with cars?

• They are too fast
• Pollution
• C) Everyone wants one
• D) Cars are perfect

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Sorry, Wrong Answer!Try again!
Lets Review
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Lets Review!

• The main problem with cars is that they cause
  pollution.

Try Again
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Youre Correct!Way to go!
Lets Continue
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Boats

• People used to use boats all the time, now cars
  are a more popular choice.

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Boats

• People have boats for leisure (fun) now mostly
• People that live on the water have to have boats
  to get from one place to another.

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Boats

• Canoe/ Kayak
• Motor Boat

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Boats

• Sailboat
• Yacht

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Public Transit

• Transportation that the people use
• People pay to ride
• Cabs, trains, subways, busses

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Public Transit

• People that dont know how to drive, cant, or
  dont have a car can use public transit.

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Public Transit

• Taking a bus or train can cut back on pollution
  problems.

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Public Transit

• Places public transit is most often used
• Venice, Italy
• New York
• Los Angeles

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Its Question Time Again!

• What is a type of public transit?

A) Walking B) Riding a bike C) Taking your own
car D) Riding a bus
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Sorry, thats not right! Lets try again!
Lets Review
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Lets Review

• Transportation that people pay for and get picked
  up.
• Cabs, subways, busses, and trains are types of
  public transit.

Try Again
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Youre Correct! Good Job!
Lets Continue
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Pictures!

• Car

• Boat

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Pictures!

• Train

• Subway

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Pictures!

• Airplane

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Works Cited

• http//www.transitpeople.org/lesson/trancovr.htm
• http//www.transitpeople.org/lesson/train.htm
• http//travel.howstuffworks.com/airplane.htm
• http//www.wam.umd.edu/stwright/WrBr/wrights/phot
  os/Orville_Portrait.jpeg