CanalsCanals

What are they?What are they?

Where were they?Where were they?

How did they change Ohio?How did they change Ohio?

Look at the following maps.Look at the following maps.What are the roads?What are the roads?

Do they have names?Do they have names?

In which direction do people In which direction do people and goods seem to be and goods seem to be moving through Ohio?moving through Ohio?

Where are most of the early Where are most of the early settlements in Ohio?settlements in Ohio?

Problem: You are a farmer in Problem: You are a farmer in central Ohio. You can make a central Ohio. You can make a lot of $$ if you can sell your lot of $$ if you can sell your extra crops back East. What extra crops back East. What are your options to transport are your options to transport

your goods back East?your goods back East?

Hmmm….what did Hmmm….what did New York do?New York do?

Aha! Aha!

So, how does this canal So, how does this canal work?work?

(See video)(See video)

You can now get your goods to You can now get your goods to either the Ohio River or Lake Erie either the Ohio River or Lake Erie faster and easier than you could faster and easier than you could

by wagon.by wagon.

Think of some other ways a canal Think of some other ways a canal might change life in your town.might change life in your town.

Compare these maps

• What is different about where towns and communities are located after the canals are built?

Work in small groups.Work in small groups.

See how many jobs you can See how many jobs you can find in the following slides. find in the following slides.

Make a list.Make a list.

Canals todayCanals today

What replaces the canals as the new technology in transportation?

Credits

Betty CondrenNorthwestern Elementary School

Janice KollarBlack River Middle School

Cynthia TwiningBlack River Elementary School