Pioneer Transport Activity
Moving people and objects from one place to another
An interactive education resource available through costumed visits to schools (Outreach) - within 150 kms of Auckland, New Zealand in support of the Social Studies and Technology curriculums.
The Pioneer Transport educational resource enables students to gain an understanding of how people and goods were moved from one location to another and contrasts the past with the present demonstrating how difficult it was to move families, household goods, produce and animals, in the early days.
At a time when roads were tracks, communication was poor and there were no powered, vehicles, transport presented a challenge. How pioneers tackled the problem of getting logs out of the forests, the wool clip to market and stores to the farm - these and other transport challenges are what the transport activity addresses.
Different modes of transport are discussed and illustrated using period photographs showing the way in which transport problems were solved in the past. For example moving timber out of the forest and across water required two solutions.
Work sheets are provided to be completed during the activity. By the end of the presentation, the students will have an understanding of transport solutions of the past and be able to compare them with today's transport systems.
SOCIAL STUDIES -TRANSPORT Level Achievement objective
Culture and Heritage 1,3& 4 Relating similarities and differences
of Transport. Identify the people and
the skills required to look after transport
in the past and present i.e. Bullock
driver and Mechanics. changes in
technology.
Time Continuity and Change 1,2&3 Influences of change through time.
How changes in technology influence
transport development.
Relevance of transport to everyday life.
Resources & Economic Activities 1,2&3 Resources used in transport.
Animals used in transport in the past,
fossil fuels used today.
TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORT Level Achievement objective
Technology and Society 1 -4 Understand the place of transport in daily
life, past and present. i.e. the industry that
surrounds the provision of transport.
Technological Knowledge 1-4 Understand the Technological advances
and Understanding that have occurred between past andpresent transport i.e. animals used in
transport fossil fuel and electric powered
vehicles today
Copyright RPL 11/2/2007
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Thank you for your interest in the Pioneer Transport activity. You may wish to submit your inquiry through the form below, or contact us on the following phone numbers:
Phone +64 (09) 412 8235, Mob 021 117 2068.
