Onward and Upward!

Before teaching this lesson, assign a home project to investigate transportation from the past:
Talk to the oldest person you know (grandparent, neighbor) and ask him/her what transportation was like when he/she was a child. Students then prepare a project (at home) to show what they have learned about transportation from long ago. The project will be presented to the class during the course of this lesson. Possible projects include: a story, poem, song, diorama, poster.