Going-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering - A Teaching with Historic Places Lesson PlanLesson plan
What was the process like for designing and building the Going-to-the-Sun Road? How should visitors access a wilderness area, like Glacier National Park? Objective Students will be able to identify the problems encountered in designing and building Going-to-the-Sun Road as well as describe and evaluate arguments for building roads to provide access to Glacier National Park and other back country and wilderness regions. Lastly, they will be able to identify an important highway or parkway in their own community and describe the work that went into its construction. Background Information on how Duration: 90 Minutes.