All Aboard! The Orphan Trains

GeoHistory
GeoLiteracy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will understand how orphaned children became part of the settlement of the West by exploring personal stories and the railroad routes across the United States to start a new life.
Author: 
Jessica Medlin
Grade Range: 
5
Duration: 
2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation iconAll Aboard: Orphan Train PowerPoint
application/pdf iconOrphan Train Railroad Routes map
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Audio-Visual Presentation of this Lesson
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past