Stride of a Century

One of the learning outcomes for second grade is for students to understand that over time in United States history, innovations in transportation occurred. These innovations led to changes over time. The 'Stride of a Century' image is one that I can use at the start of this unit of study. By using a series of questions that will focus the students' attention and guide them through analyzing the image, students will discover the modes of transportation of that time and ideally student questions will lead to a discussion on the transportation that we use today.

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End of unit, assessment could be having students organzing in a timeline type of activity the various modes of transportation and/or showing this image again and asking if this print was created today, what would the artist add? Students could create their own "Stride of the Centuries" or share what and where and what they would add to the image.