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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Impact of Technology: Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey looks at the invention of the automobile and the development of mass production. [4:21]
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The Newberry Library

Newberry: Map 17: Geography: Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

For Teachers K - 1st
Students K-12 explore a map of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, to get a sense of how Americans entertained themselve prior to the automobile.
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Library of Congress

Loc: New Tactics for a New Generation, 1890 1915

For Students 9th - 10th
Suffragists used a variety of tactics, including traditional approaches like petitioning and lobbying, but also innovative techniques such as parades and public demonstrations, political art, and the use of planes, automobiles, motion...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Hybrid Automobiles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine a car engine illustration to discover the relationship between a motor and a generator. List the pros and cons of hybrid cars, and create a poster on series hybrid cars, parallel hybrid cars or how hybrid cars are different from...
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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

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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

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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.
Graphic
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

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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Other

Motor Trend

For Students 9th - 10th
Motor Trend magazine delivers the latest news, issues, and events in the automotive industry. Coverage includes road tests, shows, "car of the year," and a buyer's guide.
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Other

Detroit News: Autos

For Students 9th - 10th
Detroit News delivers the latest news and issues in the auto industry.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Machine: Factory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Technology Education: Hybrid Electric Vehicles (He Vs)

For Students 9th - 10th
What is an HEV and how can they help the environment? Follow this WebQuest and you will be able to answer those questions and more.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Frank Lloyd Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Rich with drawings, photographs, and text, this site from the Library of Congress is an online exhibit of Frank Lloyd Wright's ideas for a new American landscape and the place of architecture in it.
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Other

Smart Motorist: Older Drivers

For Students 9th - 10th
Read research findings on age-related driving accidents. This website provides statistics on age-related accidents and information on what is being done to address these problems.
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Other

Alberta Driver Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
Getting ready to become a driver in Alberta? Check out this government website for information on a variety of topics including the types and classes of driver's licenses, rules of the road, information on how Alberta deals with problem...
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Other

National Museum of Industrial History

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore these exhibitions, previously located in the Smithsonian Institute, which feature the great Americans who contributed to the industrialization of the United States beginning with the nation's centennial celebration. Plan a trip...
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Other

City of Littleton Government: History of Transportation: Littleton, Colorado

For Students 9th - 10th
Incredible history of transportation in Littleton, Colorado that explains the many ways in which transportation impacted the culture.
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Fill 'Er Up: The Evolution of Gas Stations

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a fascinating trip into the past to experience how gas stations have evolved from livery stables in Wisconsin. In addition to the descriptions of the architectural styles through the decades, history is brought to life with a video...
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Rutgers University

Thomas Edison Papers: Biography of Thomas Edison

For Students 9th - 10th
The first person to make the storage battery practical, with 147 patents, Edison's life is a testimony to invention. This biography, in outline form, is in two parts; go to 1879 site after this.
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Rutgers University

Edison's Papers: Edison's Patents: Batteries

For Students 9th - 10th
A full listing of all Edison's battery patents. Not just titles and numbers, but Adobe Acrobat copies of the entire set of drawings and text from each patent application. This is heirloom stuff. With the available magnification, you can...
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National Science Teachers Association

National Science Teachers Association: Egg Drop and Impulse

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This page offers a detailed description of and a link to a set of lessons that will assist teachers in targeting NGSS standard HS-PS2-3. Students investigate momentum and impulse and are challenged to solve an engineering problem that is...

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