2. Analyze the Learner:
A class of 20 students. 15 boys and 5 girls.
Innovation Class
A group of different and all kinds of backgrounds.
It is a public school. ½ of them are more visual students.
Middle Income families
3. Main Objective:
Students will describe the type of transportation
innovation that has occurred in America from 1903-
2003 which was a significant decade. Students will also
categorize one transportation milestone they have
researched and turn into a short power point along
with the types of transportation they have found
through the decade given to them on that day, and
present with the class at the end of the week what
collectively they have learned about each group of
years. Each student will know a innovation that has
taken place through this decade with 95% accuracy
within one week, and the following week presenting
4. Day by Day:
Monday: 1903-1923 (airplanes)
-Research the type of old airplanes that occurred and the Wright Brothers.
Tuesday: 1923-1943 (old ford truck)
-Do research of Henry Ford and his innovations.
Wednesday: 1943-1963 (Submarine)
-Watch short clips of the Titanic to see how ships were built and what they became.
5. Day by Day
Thursday: 1963-1983 (Moon boots)
-Look at the innovations made in outer space.
Friday: 1983-2003 (Speed train)
-Research how the railroad and train systems.
They will be given a few facts about these set of years that gets them thinking a little bit. They will
research any milestones they can find collectively and keep their information throughout the week
and at the end of the week put it all together and present their findings in a PowerPoint.
6. Use of Technology:
We will be using computers and internet to do our
research. We also will be using power point and word
to put together all the pieces.
Clips from the Titanic
7. Works Cited
Timeline of Transportation Technology. (2014, February 3). In Wikipedia.
Retrieved February 10, 2014, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_transportation_technology
