2-13-2023

​ELA/ SOCIAL STUDIES

2/13/2023

​AGENDA

1. DO NOW (SPELLING QUIZ)

   Silent Solo

2. DISCUSSION

3. EXIT TICKET

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Cars were on the streets.

Horses and buggies were

on the streets.

People and bikes were

on the streets, too.

A man named Garrett Morgan lived

in Cleveland, Ohio.

He saw a car on the street hit

a horse and buggy.

He saw that the streets

were not safe.

Cleveland

Garrett Morgan and the Traffic Signal • Level J

Poll

Did G. Morgan create the traffic light?

• Yes

• No

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Making a Plan

Each day more traffic was

on the streets.

Mr. Morgan knew there would

be more traffic problems.

He thought about how to solve

these problems.

Mr. Morgan knew Cleveland

needed a way to help the traffic.

He thought about how to do this.

He made a plan for a traffic signal.

A police officer tries to keep traffic moving.

The patent, or plan,
for a traffic signal

Garrett Morgan and the Traffic Signal • Level J

Poll

Why did G. Morgan create the traffic light?

• Because traffic was unsafe

• No reason

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The Traffic Signal

The traffic signal had arms.

The arms went up and down.

Later, traffic signals used lights.

The lights told traffic when to stop

and when to go.

This drawing shows how the traffic signal worked.

Garrett Morgan and the Traffic Signal • Level J

Poll

What else did he create other than the traffic light?

• NOTHING

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Mr. Morgan’s traffic signal could

also stop all traffic.

Then it was safe for people

to cross the street.

The traffic signal was put

on street corners.

It was easy to make traffic stop

and go at corners.

Mr. Morgan’s plan worked!

People walk across the street when traffic is stopped by a signal.

New York’s busy 34th Street

Garrett Morgan and the Traffic Signal • Level J

Poll

The traffic light also allowed people to walk across the street safely.

• True

• False