COMMUNITIES ARE BUILT WHERE PEOPLE MEET WHERE DO PEOPLE MEET IN YOUR TOWN? Unit 2 Lesson 3

Route  A route is a path from one place to another.  Examples of routes are: rivers, roads, railroads, and hiking trails.

Crossroads  Crossroads are a place where two routes cross.  A trader may have built a store at a crossroads to sell supplies to travelers. A restaurant and a hotel may have been built at a crossroads to serve the travelers.

Bridge  A bridge is a road built over a waterway.

Ferry  A ferry is a boat that carries people and goods across a waterway.

Ford  A ford is a shallow place in a waterway that can be crossed by walking, riding, or driving.

London Bridge  London is a city in England that began as a crossing point at a river.  London Bridge crossed the Thames River.  When London Bridge was rebuilt, people in the U.S. built the old bridge and moved it to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

London Bridge  Farmers traded grains, wool, butter, and pigs for cloth or leather goods carried there by ships.  Doctors lived by London Bridge so they could help the farmers if they were sick.  Today more than 9 million people live in London.

Write a Summary  A summary gives the main ideas of a story in a few words.  A summary focuses on main ideas instead of details.