Montana: Stories of the Land

Chapter 17 - Montanans on the Move: The Coming of the Automobile, 1904 - 1940

Takeaways

Inspired by reading specialist Tammy Elser, who was in turn inspired by SKC graduate Taylor Crawford, we've created a "Takeaway" bookmark for every chapter of Montana: Stories of the Land. Before starting a chapter, print and cut out these bookmarks and distribute them to your students. Ask them to use the Takeaway to summarize the GIST of what they learn from reading assigned sections of the chapter. Remind them that they don't have much room, so they'll need to think before they write down the most important idea they want to take away from the section. Learn a little more about the GIST strategy.

Even though we've created Takeaways for every chapter, we don't recommend you have your students complete a Takeaway for every section of every chapter they read. That would be exceedingly tedious. However, used appropriately, they can be a useful tool for encouraging reflection and teaching students how to summarize information.

Websites and Online Lesson Plans

The National Park Service's "Teaching with Historic Places" program has an in-depth lesson plan on Going-to-the-Sun Road. 

The online Smithsonian exhibit, "America on the Move" examines many of the themes discussed in this chapter on a national level.

The University of Montana Special Collections Library has created an online exhibit: Transportation In & Around Missoula.

Possible Fieldtrips

Montana Auto Museum, Deer Lodge 

Conrad Transportation and Historical Museum, Conrad 

Picadilly Transportation Memorabilia Museum, Butte
 

Alignment to Content Standards and Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians (EU)

Tests and Answer Keys