1. Canals What are they? Where were they? How did they change Ohio?

2. Look at the following maps. What are the roads? Do they have names?

5. In which direction do people and goods seem to be moving through Ohio? Where are most of the early settlements in Ohio?

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

10. Hmmm….what did New York do? Aha!

14. So, how does this canal work? (See video)

16. You can now get your goods to either the Ohio River or Lake Erie faster and easier than you could by wagon. Think of some other ways a canal might change life in your town.

27. Compare these maps What is different about where towns and communities are located after the canals are built?

28. Work in small groups. See how many jobs you can find in the following slides. Make a list.

36. Canals today

43. What replaces the canals as the new technology in transportation?

44. Credits Betty Condren Northwestern Elementary School Janice Kollar Black River Middle School Cynthia Twining Black River Elementary School