Learners discuss contemporary methods of travel and the time it takes to travel to places. They use the Internet to explore 18th century travel. Students work in small group to research the amount of time it would have taken representatives of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to travel from their home colonies and compare to the amount of time it would take by automobile.

Concepts

modes of transportation, Vocabulary

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Additional Tags

Map, modes of transportation, Travel, social studies

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Classroom Considerations

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