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Communities are built where people meet Where do people meet in your town?. Unit 2 Lesson 3. Route. A route is a path from one place to another. Examples of routes are: rivers, roads, railroads, and hiking trails. . Crossroads. Crossroads are a place where two routes cross.
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Communities are built where people meetWhere do people meet in your town? Unit 2 Lesson 3
Route • A route is a path from one place to another. • Examples of routes are: rivers, roads, railroads, and hiking trails.
Crossroads • Crossroads are a place where two routes cross. • A trader may have built a store at a crossroads to sell supplies to travelers. A restaurant and a hotel may have been built at a crossroads to serve the travelers.
Bridge • A bridge is a road built over a waterway.
Ferry • A ferry is a boat that carries people and goods across a waterway.
Ford • A ford is a shallow place in a waterway that can be crossed by walking, riding, or driving.
London Bridge • London is a city in England that began as a crossing point at a river. • London Bridge crossed the Thames River. • When London Bridge was rebuilt, people in the U.S. built the old bridge and moved it to Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
London Bridge • Farmers traded grains, wool, butter, and pigs for cloth or leather goods carried there by ships. • Doctors lived by London Bridge so they could help the farmers if they were sick. • Today more than 9 million people live in London.
Write a Summary • A summary gives the main ideas of a story in a few words. • A summary focuses on main ideas instead of details.