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Railroads, the Industrial Revolution, and the Bison
Analyze how transcontinental railroads accelerated industrial growth while contributing to the near-extinction of the North American bison.
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Technology, Innovation, and Economic Change
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Trace the evolution of tools and technologies and assess their impact on industries, ecosystems, and human society.
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Learning standards covered
SS5.3.3Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeIdentify and describe how science and technology have affected production and distribution locally, nationally, and globally (e.g., trains and natural resources).
SS5.4.2Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe how tools and technology make life easier; describe how one tool or technology evolves into another (e.g., telegraph to telephone to cell phone or travois to horse-drawn wagon to railroad to car); identify a tool or technology that impacted history (e.g., ships allowed for discovery of new lands, or boiling water prevented spread of disease, railroads and the industrial revolution led to devastation of bison population, and impact of mineral and oil development in the region).