The Erie Canal - Low Bridge, Angielski
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Teacher’s Annotated Edition
Informational
Nonfiction
The
Erie Canal
Low Bridge, Everybody Down!
by Louise Orlando
Macmillan
/McGraw-Hill
STRATEGIES & SKILLS AT A GLANCE
Read to
Find Out
What made the
Erie Canal such
a success? Why
is it an important
canal?
Comprehension
•
Strategy: Summarize
• Skill: Identify Main Idea and
Details
Vocabulary
• artifacts, dedicated, equality,
exhibits, site
Vocabulary Strategy
• Word Parts: Inflectional Endings
Content-Area Vocabulary
Words related to the Erie Canal
(see glossary)
CONTENT STANDARDS
Social Studies
•
History
Word count: 1,565**
photo credits
COVER: (bkgd) The Granger Collection, New York. 1: (t) The Granger Collection, New York.
2–3: (b) David Jennings/The Image Works. 3: (c) Oscar White/CORBIS. 4: (b) James Randklev/CORBIS. 6–7: (b)
New York Historical Society/Bridgeman Art Library. 8: (tr) Bettmann/CORBIS. 9: (c) The Granger Collection,
New York. 10: (b) Mary Evans Picture Library. 12: (b) North Wind/North Wind Picture Archives. 13: (tl) North
Wind/North Wind Picture Archives. 14: (t) North Wind/North Wind Picture Archives. 15: (bc) The Granger
Collection, New York. 18: (b) Owaki-Kulla/CORBIS. 19: (tc) Courtesy of Allen Kidder. 21: (t) Lee Snider/Photo
Images/CORBIS.
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**The total word count is based on words in the running text and headings only.
Numerals and words in captions, labels, diagrams, charts, and sidebars are not included.
Focus Question:
How did the building of the Erie Canal
change the economy of the United States? (
History
SS.A.4.2.5.5.1;2 Technological advances helped build the
Erie Canal. The Erie Canal fostered economic growth.)
The
Erie Canal
Low Bridge, Everybody Down!
by Louise Orlando
Table of Contents
Introduction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1
Clinton’s Ditch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2
Low Bridge, Everybody Down!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 3
A Great Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 4
The Erie Canal Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Conclusion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Glossary
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Index
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Comprehension Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Introduction
Today, we can travel by car, bus, train, or plane.
We can get to most places very quickly. But long
ago, traveling in the United States was hard and
slow. It could even be dangerous. Roads were bad.
Most people traveled in wagons pulled by horses.
Boats were one of the best ways to travel then. But
sometimes there were no rivers nearby.
Then one man had a great idea. He wanted to
dig a waterway called a
canal
(kuh-NAL) across
land. Then boats could travel along it. They could
carry people and goods safely and quickly.
Low bridge, everybody down! To save money,
bridges over the canal were built very low.
Discuss: De Witt Clinton had a vision. He saw a solution to a problem.
Many people called him a fool and said that the Erie Canal could not be
built. Ask students if they lived in the 1800s, would they have believed
the Erie Canal could be built or not. Have them explain their answers.
(Some may say that it would take too long. The people did not have the
equipment to build it.)
2
The man with the great idea was De Witt
Clinton. The canal he built is called the Erie Canal.
It became the longest uninterrupted canal in the
world. It was like a superhighway. It changed the
way people lived and worked.
Today, the canal is an important part of our
history. But it is also still in use. Many visitors
come. They travel along the waterways and under the
low bridges. They visit the towns along its path. And
they still duck when they hear the cry, “Low bridge,
everybody down!”
De Witt Clinton was mayor
of New York City, a U.S.
senator, and the governor
of New York.
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