California Digital Library
Calisphere: Aerospace Industry
A broad selection of images featuring the aerospace industry can be found on this site by Calisphere. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs and image information.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Theme 3: Economic Development: Industrial Systems
This learning module looks at industrial systems, including types of industries, how economic development impacts types of jobs, and how location affects industry type. Using the example of the Airbus plane, it looks at the distribution...
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U.s. Centennial of Flight Commission: The u.s. Aircraft Industry During Wwi
A good essay on the development of the airline industry in the United States as a result of World War I. Many companies worked on airplane design, but few survived after the war.
NASA
Nasa: Glenn Research Center: Teamwork in Aerospace Activity
Learn about the principles of aerospace engineering and the importance of teamwork by designing and building a paper airplane for a "fly-off" competition. Lesson plan includes introduction to team structure, activity directions, and...
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Thrivenc.com: Key Industries in North Carolina
Some of the key industries that are thriving in North Carolina include advanced manufacturing, aerospace and aviation, defense, automotive, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, green and sustainable energy, financial services, software and...
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Business Climate: Texas: Top Industries
This guide to Texas' top nine industries links the reader to articles and other information on each topic.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama
The Encyclopedia of Alabama should be your first stop if you are interested in the history, culture, politics, geography or most other topics relating to Alabama. From the importance of the aerospace industry to the significance of folk...
Other
Texas Council on Economic Education: Building an Economy: Texas Experience [Pdf]
A 14-lesson, 169-page unit on the economic history of Texas. Lessons cover the free enterprise system, the economic patterns and motivations of Native Americans and various immigrant groups, the impact of the closing of the frontier, the...
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Women in Science: Space Exploration
Through primary source documents, discover the history of NASA's "human computers," early aerospace industry pioneers, and the struggle for American women to be allowed into the astronaut program.