Mrs.+Shebby

=The Tunkhannock Viaduct =

**PHASE 1** : __//The opening of the Nicholson Viaduct, 1915//__ Directions: Read the websites below - both are primary source documents about the opening and construction of the Tunkhannock (formerly Nicholson) Viaduct.

http://explorepahistory.com/odocument.php?docId=199

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=pphhdatapage&fileName=pa/pa1600/pa1629/data/hhdatapage.db&recNum=1&itemLink=r?pp/PPALL:@field(NUMBER+@(pa1629

Use the NARA worksheet for documents to analyze the primary source document: The Opening of the Nicholson Viaduct, 1915
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**PHASE 2:** __//Building Pennsylvania's Railroads: The Story of Capital and Labor//__ Directions: 1. Read the website below: http://explorepahistory.com/story.php?storyId=19&chapter=2

2. Look over the political cartoons from the Images of the Railroad website http://sophia.smith.edu/~maldrich/introduction.html

Choose 2 political cartoons from the sophia.smith.edu website - Images of the Railroad Using the NARA worksheets - analyze the 2 cartoons you have chosen
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**PHASE 3:** __//Railroad Geography//__ Using the links provided and the blank map of Pennsylvania - redraw and identify the significant rail lines, include on your map the borders of Wyoming, Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties as well as local landmarks. These landmarks could include towns, businesses, school, historical markers, water, land etc.(**Location of the Tunkhannock Viaduct must be included on your map**)
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**PHASE 4:** __//Images of the Tunkhannock Viaduct and Railroads//__

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http://explorepahistory.com/displayinteractive.php?storyId=19&interId=8

**PHASE 5:** //__Music of the Rails__// Directions: Listen to both versions of the audio recordings of Casey Jones through the links provided:

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Use the Venn diagram to analyze both versions of the audio recording of Casey Jones
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