Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gallery: Ships
A gallery of pictures of ships that have been used throughout history for transportation.
Patrick McSherry
Spanish American War Centennial: The Transport Service
This site contains historical information on the transportation of soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War. It discusses the difficulties of moving so many soldiers to Cuba and the Philippines.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Washington Elementary School: From Foot to Flight
The history of transportation in the United States is at the click of the mouse for specific modes. Activities and glossary are included. Geared toward primary students in content and navigation.
Other
Romans in Sussex: Communications and Transport
Explores how the Romans built and used their roads, how they were able to travel using ships and also what writing instruments they used.
Other
Department of Transportation: Maritime Career
Resource describes jobs in the maritime industry, ways to get training for various career paths in the industry, and employment opportunities. Links to Maritime Museum websites are included.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Where's Everyone Going?
A great resource from the National Museum of American History that shows various modes and uses of transportation in the 19th and 20th centuries.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:nordic Sagas: Viking Ships
Research Viking ship design and the technological innovations they invented to improve transportation. Construct a wind-powered model of a Viking ship and examine the relationship between rudder shape, placement and steering angle.
Other
Queen Mary 2
How much fun would it be to plan a trip on the QM2? Here's the official information for this incredible ship. Take a tour, look at its destinations, and find out what you can do on board for fun.
Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)
Sternwheelers
Before railways and roads were built,the steam-powered sternwheelers played an important role in British Columbia's transportation.
Other
Haze Gray & Underway: Naval History Information Center
Over 14,000 files and 3,000 images of ships throughout history are located at this site.
Other
World Ship Society: Queen Mary 2 Photo Essay
Wonderful pictures tell the incredible story of the construction of the largest liner in the world, the Queen Mary 2.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Transforming the Waterfront: San Francisco and Oakland, Ca.
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...
University of New Brunswick (Canada)
Henry George Clopper Ketchum the Railway to Glory or Despair
This is a fascinating, largely forgotten piece of Canadian history. In the late 19th century, Henry Ketchum, an engineer from Fredericton, New Brunswick, envisioned the building of a railway to transport ships from the Bay or Fundy to...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Transatlantic Souvenirs
The Smithsonian's maritime collections contain many objects relating to the steamship Leviathan, the largest American passenger ship of the 1920s and 1930s. View these mementos originally preserved by passengers and crew to remember...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Themes: Container Back Story: Container Revolution
America on the Move tells the story of containerization-the technological and operational revolution that transformed the way cargos are loaded and moved among ships, trains, and trucks. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at how the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Up With All This Traffic?
Expanding on the topic of objects in motion covering Newton's laws of motion, acceleration and velocity, which are taught starting in third grade, middle schoolers are introduced to new concepts of speed, density, level of service (LOS)...
McREL International
Mc Rel: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
McRED offers a lesson to help learners understand what mode of transportation is most efficient to ship goods.
US Navy
Uss Augusta Transports President Truman
[Archived Content] An article about the USS Augusta, a ship which transported President Truman to and from the Potsdam Conference.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Ancient Egyptian History for Kids: Boats and Transportation
Kids learn about the boats and transportation of Ancient Egypt. The Nile River was an important way to travel using ships and rafts.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Marine Patent Models
View the Smithsonian's collection of patent models that demonstrate marine inventions from the 1770s to the 1950s that attempted to change and improve the challenges Americans encountered working and traveling on the water.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Malcom Mc Lean
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.
Other
Forest Preserve District of Cook County (Illinois): River Steamboats
Information about the invention and development of steamboats as a mode of transportation.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Geostories: Port Cities
Use this GeoStory in classroom instruction to provide information about how port cities help exchange goods and services.
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Caravel
Illustration of a caravel, a sailing ship.