Classroom Objectives, Subjects & Age Level for Activities

Activity/Discussion Points Objective/s Subject/s Age Level
Aviation Innovation:
Yesterday and Today
* Critical thinking skills
* Critical thinking skills
* Language Arts
* Social Science
7-12
Ins and Outs of an Airplane
* Identity airplane parts and their functions (vocabulary and mechanical information)
Analyze primary sources (photographs)
* History
* Language Arts
* Science
6-12
Prep and Color Your Plane for Flight
* Identify airplane parts and their functions (vocabulary and mechanical information)
* History
* Language Arts
2-8
Name that Airplane
* Visual and motor skills
* Compare/contrast/match
* Analyze primary sources (photographs and stamps)
* History
6-10
Aviation Innovation:
Airmail Changes the de Havilland
* Critical thinking skills
* Language Arts/Organizational skills
* Language Arts
5-12
Leg 1: Suit Up
* Careers
* Critical thinking skills
* Literacy Organizational skills
* Analyze primary sources (photographs)
* History
* Language Arts
* Social Science
6-10
Leg 2: Logbook
* Analyze primary sources (fight logbook)
* History
* Language Arts
* Social Science
7-12
Leg 3: Forced Landing
* Analyze primary sources (official form)
* History
* Language Arts
* Social Science
7-12
Aviation Innovation:
"Flying by the Seat of Your Pants"
* Critical thinking skills
* Language Arts
7-12

Fad to Fundamental: Airmail in America