Jennifer's+Final+Project+Sources

Note to self: I am thinking powerpoint presentation with video embedded within the presentation. I can share documents, data, photos, forms for evaluation all on the presentation. This will allow coursemates and facilitator access to the same information I am presenting. Students will have handouts in front of them as they pertain to the slides. Organization: I. Introduction: Why canals if we have railroads? II. Map, distances III.Terrain and locks - photos A. What are locks and why are they used B. How they work C. How are they made - photo comparison and research for accuracy (NARA) IV. Local canals A. Lehigh Canal and the Canal Museum in Easton (Then and Now photos - NARA) B. Delaware Canal (compare the two documents of physical and historical features - SEA) C. Erie Canal V. Life on the Erie Canal - Pearl Nye plan (Document) provides historical and physical information about the Delaware Canal (Data) includes coordinates, canal structures, mile posts

Connection to final project: Students will use spreadsheet and canal info along with NARA format to learn more about the Delaware canal.

(Document) provides historical and physical information about the Lehigh Canal Connection to final project: Students will use SEA with this document and multiple sources to learn about the lehigh canal.

Distances from canal junctions (DATA) can be used for math lesson calculating distances from place to place, finding differences, greatest, least, etc. Connection to final project: Students will view this doc along with a map to compare information and create story problems in math.

(Data) location and description of Lehigh Canal lock 20 from 1979 - would like to obtain photo of this lock. Connection to final project: Students will use this document with SEA or NARA along with many other sources to learn about locks.

__Other resources and sites leading to primary sources:__

ACS Canal Index Pages pdfs of historical and physical information about canals across the country

Erie Canal site with many links regarding the Erie Canal

National Park Service Lock animation - NPS

National Canal Museum - Easton, PA links to learn about canals

NY Canals

Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on Ohio and Erie Canals lesson plan to explore life on the canal

Erie Canal Lesson

Erie Canal worksheet

Erie Canal presentation: http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html#

[|Friends of Delaware Canal]

__Photos__

[|Erie pics] The photos offered on this site would work nicely related to those found on the "time machine" site and i could use them in the same way - offering a historical perspective on the Erie Canal.

[|Erie Time Machine pics] This site offers a number of photographs that can be used with the SEA or NARA. I would like to have students complete a venn diagram using a couple of the photos from this site

Current Lehigh canal pics These pictures offer current views of the Lehigh Canal. I would like to find some older pictures for the students to compare and contrast using a Venn diagram.

Bond (photo) I would share this picture independently just to offer a look at what a bond was in relation to canals. I think SEA and a writing assignment could make this a valuable learning tool.  __Music / Audio__ The Canaller's Songbook and other songs purchased on iTunes - great to use in an educational presentation! [|Erie Canal Song/video] Low Bridge music - compare with lyrics, recording of song by Bruce Springsteen. Students could sing their own versions of this song. How might it have sounded different if it had been recorded in the early 1900s? This sheet music could be used in conjunction with the recording. IT would also be fun to include the music teacher in having the students learn to sing this song, hearing it played on the piano or guitar. [|The Raging Canal Song] Sheet music cover, lyrics, banjo recording. Have students research if banjos may have been an instrument of choice for these canal songs. Canal Recordings This link provides ** 12 Pearl R. Nye original canal recordings,** music and audio I would like to have students listen to the lyrics, sound quality and give interpretations about life on a canal. What do the lyrics tell the students about living/working on a canal? Using a NARA with my younger students would be good to guide them through analyzing these recordings.
 * Photo:** **[|Current photo of Erie Canal in Buffalo, NY]** **and Poster: Erie Canal Poster**
 * This picture** **in conjunction with the poster** **was shared in my lesson plan. I would use both of these as described in my lesson: Jennifer B. photo lesson plan**

__Video__ [|Erie Canal Video Boat Tour] This video would make a nice comparison to the scenery viewed in the Lehigh Canal Boat Ride. How does the scenery and dialogue differ in the two videos?

[|Josiah White - Lehigh Canal Boat Ride] This two part video could be used with a modified NARA. After watching the video, students could use the information provided in the video to create a narrative story from the mule's perspective. A day in the life of...

[|Working canal locks] A great, short video that shows how a canal lock is closed, the boat is raised, and the lock is reopened for the boat to pass through. A teachable tool to display the process.

[|Erie Canal - original photos put to music/video] AND [|Burl Ives song/video Erie Canal] With a canal song in the background, a variety of original photographs are displayed that students could analyze. These video could be paused to observe particular photos of interest. Students could view the two. It would be great to create a Venn diagram of the two videos (both containing original canal photos). I would have students write about the impact of the song and what the images reflected about canal life.

__Maps__ Map of canals This is a map of roads, canals and steam boat routes in Northeast US. Students could use this map to compare the number of canalways with railroads and make assumptions about transportation. A brief, written reaction to this document analysis could be submitted. Map proposal [|Another New York map of canals] Compare these maps in conjunction with the document listed above about the distances from canal junctions. Any information they learn can be recorded on an SEA. Math story problems could be created using these three documents.