Objective: These lessons are designed to make students aware of various forms of transportation and how to read different schedules and maps.

Lesson 1: Have students name various forms of transportation. Students should relate transportation systems to their own lives. (For example, riding a bike to school, walking to the store, carpooling to baseball practice.) Discuss and explain the rules of each type of transportation named. (For example, where you can/cannot ride your bike or using a carpool lane.)

Student Assessment: After completing this lesson students should be able to identify various types of transportation and the rules that apply.

Lesson 2: For this lesson you will need the following:

• Color copy of the London Underground Map (you may use this PDF version and print in color or view on the computer screen), or
• Local subway and/or bus maps (or any transportation map or schedule available to you.)

Using the London Underground map, have students help the ProjectExplorer Team travel from:

• The Tower of London at Tower Hill Station to Parliament at Westminster Station.
• The National Archives at Kew Station back to their hotel near Southwark Station.

If using a local map or the map of another public transit system, select destinations that allow students to understand both direct routes and routes that require transfers. Before beginning, instructor should lead students through map keys and symbols. Then, as a class, work through several journeys aloud before having students read a map individually.

Working either individually or in small groups to solve the problem, have students identify which Transit Line(s) they will be traveling by using the map key. If working in groups assign each group different routes and have them share their path with the class.

Student Assessment: After completing this lesson students should be able to read map keys and symbols and identify the most direct way to travel.

Curriculum Connections: Geography, Life Skills, Social Studies

Objective: This lesson is designed to teach students to read different schedules and maps.

Lesson: For this lesson you will need the following:

• Color copy of the London Underground Map (you may use this PDF version and print in color or view on the computer screen), or
• Local subway and/or bus maps (or any transportation map or schedule available to you.)

Using the London Underground map, have students help the ProjectExplorer Team travel from:

• The Tower of London at Tower Hill Station to Parliament at Westminster Station.
• The National Archives at Kew Station back to their hotel near Southwark Station.

If using a local map or the map of another public transit system, select destinations that allow students to understand both direct routes and routes that require transfers. Before beginning, instructor should lead students through map keys and symbols. Have students identify which Transit Line(s) they will be traveling by using the map key.

Student Assessment: After completing this lesson students should be able to read map keys and symbols and identify the most direct way to travel.

Curriculum Connections: Geography, Life Skills, Social Studies

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