Celebrating 100 Years of Route 66: Take Your Students on an Adventure!
Natalie TeboulThe Mother Road is turns 100 today! Celebrate the Route 66 Centennial with Traveling Miss T. and discover how one legendary highway can bring mathematics, geography, and American history to life in your classroom.
In 1926, a new highway connected communities across the United States, creating a route that would become one of the most recognizable roads in American history. Known as the Mother Road, Route 66 stretches from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California, crossing eight states and connecting travelers to small towns, bustling cities, and unforgettable American landscapes.
Now, 100 years later, we have an incredible opportunity to celebrate the Route 66 Centennial and introduce a new generation of learners to the history, geography, and stories behind this iconic highway.
What better way to celebrate America's most famous road trip than by combining coordinate geometry with a cross-country journey?
As we celebrate 100 years of Route 66, it is important to recognize the organizations working to ensure that its history and legacy are not lost. One organization making a tremendous impact is the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which has made Route 66 preservation a priority, especially this Centennial. One of their core missions: Supporting educational curriculum materials that encourage young people to become future stewards of Route 66.
When students learn about historic places, understand their significance, and explore the communities connected to them, they become more informed and engaged citizens. Today's students are tomorrow's travelers, historians, educators, and preservationists.
I am especially excited that educational curriculum is part of the broader Route 66 Centennial preservation effort, and incredibly grateful to the Route 66 Centennial Committee and the staff who reviewed and officially certified my educational resources. Thank you for recognizing the importance of bringing Route 66 history into classrooms and for helping educators celebrate this extraordinary milestone.Through Traveling Miss T.'s Math Maps, students can experience the history and geography of the Mother Road in an interactive way, building connections between mathematics and the real world.
It is an honor to have Explore Route 66 with Traveling Miss T. designated as an official Route 66 Centennial Certified Project and to be authorized to display the Centennial Certified Emblem.
This printable coordinate plane adventure takes students on a journey along the legendary Mother Road. Using ordered pairs and coordinate plotting skills, students travel across the map while discovering the geography and history of this iconic American highway. Instead of simply reading about Route 66, students get to explore it, without a driver's license!
Here's to 100 years of the Mother Road and a new generation of explorers ready to discover it!
