Classroom Resource

John Bull Riding the Rails

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

K, 1

Overview

In this learning activity, students will hear the story of John Bull, one of the first locomotives in the United States and compare transportation from the past to today's transportation. A video of John Bull is included along with web links to other activities.

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): KG

SS10.K.12

Describe families and communities of the past, including jobs, education, transportation, communication, and recreation.

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.K.12

Vocabulary

  • community
  • family
  • transportation
  • communication
  • recreation
  • long ago

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Families and communities of today participate in many of the same activities that families and communities of the past participate in.
  • Some aspects of family and community ways of life have changed over time while others have remained the same or similar.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Name various jobs performed by family and community members in the past and present.
  • Describe the ways schools, communication, transportation, and recreation of the past are similar and different to the ways of today.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There are many similarities and differences between the ways people lived in the past and the ways we live today.
Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 1

SS10.1.6

Compare ways individuals and groups in the local community and state lived in the past to how they live today. (Alabama)

Unpacked Content

UP:SS10.1.6

Vocabulary

  • compare
  • identify
  • analyze
  • past
  • present
  • communication
  • apparel
  • technology
  • recreation
  • primary sources

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Changes occur from past to present and can compare these changes.
  • Communication, apparel, technology, recreation, and primary sources show forms of change over time.
  • Individuals and groups in the local community and throughout Alabama provide information about changes in everyday life.
  • Vocabulary: past, present, communication, apparel, technology, recreation

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Compare past and present forms of communication, apparel, technology, and recreation using primary sources in the local community and throughout Alabama.
  • Analyze pictures from the past to the present.
  • Write and speak about individuals and groups that lived in the past compared to those of the present.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • People in Alabama and the local community lived differently from past to present in areas such as communication, apparel, technology, recreation, and primary sources.
Link to Resource
https://amhistory.si.edu/ourstory/pdf/train/train_rails.pdf

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

Smithsonian
Accessibility

Accessibility

Text Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings
License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://www.si.edu/termsofuse/

Approved Date

mgsaboyd
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