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Rockefeller University: The Environment Since 1970

For Students 9th - 10th
High level discussion of environmental change in a twenty year period. Look for CFC's as you scroll down to the heading "Indicators of the environment."
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Other

Grosse Pointe Historical Society: The Ford Family

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article discussing the Ford Family, with portions on Edsel Ford.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: History of the Automobile

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from the University of Colorado explaining the history of the automobile and the impact it had on the American culture. Learn all about the changes that occurred in American culture because of the automobile.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: A Biography of America: The Twenties 1913 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
How would you describe the 1920s? The decade was called the Roaring Twenties, the beginning of modern America. Take a look at the economic prosperity, prohibition, popular culture, and the invention of the automobile, then you decide, a...
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Smithsonian Institution

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Early Cars: Fact Sheet for Children

For Students 3rd - 8th
Encyclopedia entry presents fun facts about the history of the automobile.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Duryea Automobile

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Smithsonian collection of early automobiles. Read about the Duryea automobile and how it worked. Included are pictures of this early car and a brief description of its creators, the Duryea brothers.
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Other

Motorline: Motorsport

For Students 9th - 10th
Austrian Racing site in German with many images that can be navigated by beginners. Numerous links to images, games, screen savers, motorcycles, Formula 1 racing (Formel 1) and cars in general (Autowelt).
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Lesson Plan
Ohio State University

Osu History Teaching Institute: The Automobile

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan will help students understand the different ways in which the automobile changed American society. Students will learn about Henry Ford, whose innovations transformed manufacturing and made automobiles affordable for...
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NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Power Up With Tortillas!

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from NASA provides The Space Place which gives a great explanation of energy sources for young readers using the space shuttle, cars, and our human body as examples.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Henry Ford Biografia (Espanol)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Henry Ford. Ford's great ideas were to improve the inventions around him and to produce them very efficiently. Good links to pictures and other information.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Henry Ford and the Model T

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry Ford created the Model T car, the first affordable automobile, and in 1913 introduced mass production of automobiles.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Henry Ford

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from MIT Invention Dimension is a brief profile of Henry Ford focusing on the Assembly Line.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Car

For Students K - 1st
Illustrated discussion of the first car in 1769, the first practical car by designer Karl Benz in 1885, and the invention of combustion engines.
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Curated OER

Alice Ramsey and Crew

For Students 9th - 10th
EyeWitness to History offers stories of early exploits of the automobile, based on writings from the turn of the 20th century.
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Curated OER

Cnn: Car

For Students 9th - 10th
Red car
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Image: See Caption Below

For Students 9th - 10th
Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Curated OER

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For Students 9th - 10th
Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Curated OER

Image: See Caption Below

For Students 9th - 10th
Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Curated OER

Image: See Caption Below

For Students 9th - 10th
Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Curated OER

Image: See Caption Below

For Students 9th - 10th
Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Curated OER

Image: See Caption Below

For Students 9th - 10th
Who invented the automobile? While there is no simple answer to this question, this site does shed some light on the topic. The images, related links, and further reading supplement the content here by the the library of congress.
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Curated OER

Automobile in American Life and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive website that looks at all aspects of the automobile in American life. Teacher and student resources are included.
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Beacon Learning Center: Blue Car

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A cartoon image of a blue car with smoke coming out of its tailpipe.