Teaching American History Project   Summer Institute 2009: Lessons by Essential Question

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Essential Questions have been found to facilitate student thinking and lead to greater student engagement in the classroom. A good EQ will address the big ideas of history, allowing students to think broadly about the subject and discuss multiple interpretations. The TAHP Summer Institute 2009 encouraged the implementation of Essential Questions in the classroom by requiring participants to prepare lesson plans that address each of the questions presented.

EQ #1: How does transportation facilitate or hinder change in the West? Author The Chinese, The Irish, and the Railroads of the West Brian A. Wallace Fast Food Nation Johanna Sergott Introduction to the Lincoln Highway (Cartoon Analysis) Zachary Schnaible Moving West Joel Sharpe Overland Trails Technology Brad Rowe Railroads and the West Kathy Dilger Transcontinental Railroad Will Houk Transcontinental Railroad Vallarie Larsen Westward Movement and Transportation Joe Bischopink EQ #2: How did the region's geography shape a distinctive transportation history? Author Construction Zone Johanna Sergott Geography and Trade Routes Will Houk The Lincoln Highway; Choosing a Route Zachary Schnaible The Mormon Trail Joel Sharpe The Short Line: V&T Railroad Brian A. Wallace Transportation and the West Will Houk Untitled Vallarie Larsen Western Railroad Travel Kathy Dilger EQ #3: Did transportation technologies and infrastructures frame “the West" as a tourist region? Author The New V&T Railway Brian A. Wallace The Organization of the Federal Interstate System Brad Rowe Road Trip Johanna Sergott Railroads and National Parks Kathy Dilger Tourism and the Railroad Joel Sharpe Tourism and the West Will Houk Transportation and Carson City, Nevada Zachary Schnaible Untitled Vallarie Larsen EQ #4: How did various transportation technologies and regimes produce their own distinctive "transportation landscapes" and corridors? Author Automobiles in the 20th Century & What they Tell Us About American Society Brad Rowe Disturbia Johanna Sergott The Effects of Transportation on Reno Vallarie Larsen Lincoln Highway Historical Journal & Photo Album Zachary Schnaible The Transcontinental Railroad in Nevada Joel Sharpe Transportation Landscapes Kathy Dilger Untitled Brian A. Wallace EQ #5: How did gender, race, and/or class relations shape and modify transportation choices in the West? Author Alice Ramsey: Independent spirit leading the way for women Vallarie Larsen Automobile Travel and Women Kathy Dilger Chinese-Americans and the Transcontinental Railroad Joel Sharpe Class and Automobiles Will Houk Early Automobile Advertisements Zachary Schnaible Economy Model Johanna Sergott The Need for Something New Joe Bischopink Separated by a Year, the Thomas Flyer and Alice Ramsey across the West Joe Bischopink Women in the West Brad Rowe "You can paint it any color, so long as it's black." Brian A. Wallace

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