Name: ______Date: ______D.O.L. Week #____
1. my freind myra said last weak our class studeying steemboats My friend Myra said, “Last week our class was studying steamboats.” ______2. me told she id certainly love a ride on a old Steambote I told her, “I’d certainly love a ride on an old steamboat!” ______3. have identifyed three famos steemboats between the seven ships in the pictures I have identified three famous steamboats among the seven ships in the pictures. ______4. they is the new orlenes the robert e lee and the natchez They are the New Orleans , the Robert E. Lee , and the Natchez . ______5. no ones deniing it the first steemboat where not a financial success in 1887 No one’s denying it; the first steamboat was not a financial success in 1787. ______6. john fitch bilt it said myra “and sailed it on the Delaware river “John Fitch built it,” said Myra, “and sailed it on the Delaware River.” ______7. robert fultons boat the clermont qualifyes as the first successful steemboat; Robert Fulton’s boat, the Clermont , qualifies as the first successful steamboat. ______8. it travel amoung New york; new York; and albany new york in 1807 It traveled between New York, New York, and Albany, New York, in 1807. ______
Did you know . . . ?
You can still ride big paddle-wheeled riverboats, such as the Memphis Queen. The first steam engine was made in 1690, almost a century before the first steamboat. Many passenger steamboats had elaborate lounges with paintings and chandeliers. These same boats often well known chefs and full orchestras.