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The Henry Ford

Henry Ford Museum: The Innovator and Ford Motor Company

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource briefly explains how, with the development of the Model T, the Ford Motor Company became the largest automobile manufacturer in the world during the early 20th century.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Today in History: July 30: 1932 Olympics & Henry Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting pieces about the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles and about Henry Ford and his impact on society. Includes great photos of early athletes and automobiles.
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The Henry Ford

Henry Ford Museum: Visionaries on Innovation: Henry Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of Henry Ford, and his work and experiments that lead to the invention of the Quadricycle and, finally, the Model T, which was introduced in 1908. This site offers a glimpse into Ford's childhood, his work at the...
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PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Henry Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page profile of influential innovator, Henry Ford, whose vision and ideas created low-cost forms of production that made cars affordable to the average American.
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The Henry Ford

Henry Ford Museum: Smart Fun Online: Model T Road Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This collection of lesson plans and activities are for fourth through eighth graders. Lessons revolve around the automobile and its place in American society, the Model T Ford, and Henry Ford.
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John Wiley & Sons

John Wiley & Sons: Henry Ford and the Model T

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from John Wiley & Sons examines Henry Ford and the Model T. It provides an in-depth description of how Henry Ford solved production challenges and worker shortages. Read about the other automobile companies that survived in...
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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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The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford: Thomas A. Edison and the Menlo Park Laboratory

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, presented by the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, offers a peek into the life and inventions of Thomas Edison. Content is focused mainly on Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory and his invention of the first practical...
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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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Ducksters

Ducksters: Henry Ford: Father of the Modern Assembly Line

For Students 1st - 9th
A site that includes Henry Ford's biography. Learn about the inventor of the assembly line and founder of Ford Motor company.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Automobile Manufacturer Henry Ford

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Library of Congress timeline series discusses Henry Ford, whose automobiles and manufacturing process made the "horseless carriage" affordable to every American.
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The Henry Ford

Henry Ford Museum: R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House

For Students 9th - 10th
A fun glimpse into the world of dymaxion. What does it mean? And what kind of house could it possibly be? The site just gives you a taste of the exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum.
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The Henry Ford

Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: Wright Brothers

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on the Wright Brothers, including their childhoods, the Wright Cycle Shop, the world's first airplane, a chronology, and links to more information.
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National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Henry Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography on the automotive engineer, Henry Ford.
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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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The Henry Ford

Henry Ford Museum: The 1896 Duryea: The First Production Automobile in America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Henry Ford Museum showcases the 1896 Duryea, one of America's first gasoline-powered automobiles.
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PBS

Pbs: Henry Ford: People and Discoveries

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a brief biographical sketch on Henry Ford and includes links to topics related to mass production (such as the moving assembly line).
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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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PBS

Pbs: Ford Installs First Moving Assembly Line

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the history of the assembly line discusses how the use of this tool was initiated by Henry Ford in his Automobile plant.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Model T Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1998 to commemorate Henry Ford's Model T Ford, built in 1908.
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The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford: A Colonial Family and Community

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to be historical detectives. Using primary documents, they uncover information about the life and community of the Daggetts of northeastern Connecticut in the 1700s.
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The Henry Ford

Henry Ford Museum: Rosa Parks Bus

For Students 9th - 10th
An absolutely fascinating tale of the actual bus that Rosa Parks was riding in that sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Information on the quest to restore this bus is shared.
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Other

Management Control: Scientific Management

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the ideas of scientific management in mass producing products in the early 20th century. Includes ideas of Henry Ford, Frederick Taylor, and Elton Mayo.
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Other

Introduction to Anthropology: Taylorism and Fordism

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the precepts of Frederick Taylor and Henry Ford in their applications of scientific business management that improved productivity and increased output of consumer goods.

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