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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Transforming the Waterfront: San Francisco and Oakland, Ca.

For Students 9th - 10th
Containers-steel boxes stuffed with goods-and the systems for transferring them between ships, trucks, and trains transformed commercial shipping. Containerization streamlined freight handling and slashed the cost of transporting cargoes...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Malcom Mc Lean

For Students 9th - 10th
While his name is relatively unknown today, this North Carolina trucker invented container shipping, a method now indispensable to the modern world of global trade.
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Handout
Other

The Communication Oriented Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative site that explores the changes that society and global communications are incurring as communication technology develops and infiltrates the global community.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Future Beyond Traffic Gridlock

For Students 9th - 10th
Bill Ford is a car guy- his great-grandfather was Henry Ford, and he grew up inside the massive Ford Motor Co. So when he worries about cars' impact on the environment, and about our growing global gridlock problem, it's worth a listen....
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Handout
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: The Case Files: History of Transportation Technologies

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of transportation technologies, and the individuals who led the way in developing and advancing new modes of transportation.