Student Objectives: After completing the lesson students will be able to: •List three common methods of travel •Describe how the Conestoga wagon and stagecoach operated •Color the stagecoach and Conestoga wagon to look as they did during the National Road era •List three travelers tools •Describe a typical day for an emigrant •List two hardships the emigrants encountered
Recommended level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
1. Methods of Travel on the National Road
2. Travelers, Tools, and Daily Life on the National Road