Lesson plan - Research transport through the years

In this lesson, students will work in groups to collate information and photographs, create a timeline of events that reflects their local community and transport options over time, and write a persuasive text on the benefits of using transport options from a certain decade.

See links to Western Australian Curriculum at the end of this lesson plan.

Year Level: Years PP – 6

Teaching and Learning Resource

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to:

• Work in groups to conduct historical research
• Identify how transport has changed over the past 100 years
• Understand that our life hasn’t always been so car-focused
• Create a class visual timeline of change in the local community