Educate your students about the history of flight with this lesson plan. They will study a text lesson, take an accompanying quiz to follow up, and participate in four hands-on activities to reinforce main concepts. Learning Objectives After studying this text lesson, your students will be able to: Explain how aviation changed rapidly after the world wars Name some famous pilots throughout aviation history Recap a timeline of major moments in aviation since 1783 Lesson Course 1.7K views Length 1.5-2 Hours Materials Colored markers Copies of the text lesson History of Flight & Aviation: Timeline & Evolution along with the related lesson quiz Image of Chuck Yeager Image of Jacqueline Cochran Internet access Poster board, one large sheet per student Two preprinted worksheets, one with ten aviation milestones and one with the corresponding dates, not in the correct order Key Vocabulary Amelia Earhart Bell X-1 Chuck Yeager Giffard Dirigible Kitty Hawk Montgolfier Brothers Red Baron Space Race Sputnik I Wright Brothers Curriculum Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3 Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.