CKLA 2nd Domain 7 Lesson 8

Open Ended

Why was the Pony Express used for only eighteen months?

Open Ended

Describe the purpose of the Pony Express and how it operated.

​John Henry helped build the Transcontinental Railroad.

​Casey Jones drove a locomotive and his partner Sim Webb kept the steam engine burning.

Multiple Choice

What are people who come from their home country to a new country in order to settle there and try to make a better life called?

• Tourists
• Expatriates
• Immigrants

Open Ended

Why did people decide to build a transcontinental railroad?

Multiple Choice

What is a railroad system that spanned the continental United States from the East Coast to the West Coast called?

• Transcontinental Railroad
• Pacific Railroad
• Oregon Trail

Open Ended

Before the transcontinental railroad, how did people travel to the West?

Multiple Choice

What was a nickname for the locomotive train?

• Steam Beast
• Iron Giant
• Iron Horse

Open Ended

Why was the locomotive called the “iron horse”?

Open Ended

What were some of the hardships that workers faced in building the transcontinental railroad?

​Why do you think the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad were forced to join their tracks rather than be allowed to build their own separate transcontinental railroads?

Multiple Choice

Living close enough to school to walk there every day

• That is convenient

• That is inconvenient

Multiple Choice

Having your only pencil break before finishing your homework

• That is convenient

• That is inconvenient

Multiple Choice

Missing the bus and having to wait an hour for the next one

• That is convenient

• That is inconvenient

Multiple Choice

Missing the bus and having to wait an hour for the next one

• That is convenient

• That is inconvenient

Multiple Choice

Having an older brother or sister who can help you with your homework

• That is convenient

• That is inconvenient

​A prefix is something added to the front of a word to give it a new meaning.

​Split this word into two parts: trans and continental. Explain that trans– is a prefix that means across. Continental by itself just refers to the continent. Transcontinental means “across the continent.”
Explain that un– is a prefix that means not, or the opposite. Give students the following example: ◦ Before you leave for school, you zip your jacket and tie your shoes. When you get home, you unzip your jacket and untie your shoes.