Read about the disposal of New York City subway cars into the Atlanic Ocean, and how these cars are then used by the marine life. Includes video.

America's most famous subway has turned 100! NPR does a fun series that looks at the early technology and the usage of subway in film and song. Be sure to view the galleries of photos and listen to the memories and music!

Pictures, primary source documents, and articles about the subway system and rapid transit in New York City at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.

Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery item, the Subway.

Detailed downloadable subway maps for Madrid, Spain highlighting significant places around the city. A great way to practice, in Spanish, using a subway map to get around in Madrid to see the sights.

Bockenheimer Warte subway entrance (Frankfurt)

Montreal subway (Montreal)

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the 100th birthday of New York City's subway system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a man named Tim who is surprised and disappointed by the changes he sees while walking through the subway. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...

This website contains six poems of Sharon Olds, including "Connoisseuse of Slugs," "January, Daughter," "On the Subway," "Sex Without Love," "My Son the Man," and "Rite of Passage."

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the centennial celebration of New York City's subway system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about two students who took a picture of themselves at every subway stop in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the New York's subway system history. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.

Christian Wolmar explains how the London Underground was built at a time when no one had built a railway under a city before.

Provides interactive maps, video, audio, and images of the attack on London's transit system. Presents the location, casualties, and different scenes from the attack on 7/7/2005.

BBC News in-depth coverage of the London Attacks on 7/7/2005. You will find eyewitness accounts, reaction from around the world, and video accounts.

On Thursday, July 7, 2005 - one day after London won the bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, and the first day of the UK-hosted G8 summit - four suicide bombers detonated explosives in three locations in the central London subway network...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to elementary game theory. The lesson is framed in the context of criminal who must get off at one of two subway stops -- will the officer choose the same stop...

Spray-painted subway cars, tagged bridges, mural-covered walls- graffiti pops up boldly throughout our cities. And it turns out: it's nothing new. Graffiti has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised...

Stadtplan.net provides a zoomable map of Frankfurt, as well as maps of the state of Hessen (Hesse) and Deutschland. In addition to the local map of streets, there is other city info, including links to events such as rock and other...

You can't keep them down on the farm! Read about the glamour and allure of the city in the late 19th century where electricity and skyscrapers, along with other thechnological advances, enticed people into the city from the country.

Did you ever wonder who invented something, and when it was invented? Go to this interactive timeline that highlights inventors/inventions from 1750-1990. Click on the topic to read a brief paragraph about that invention.

The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is Transportation.

This site has a list of questions that can be utilized in very common situations when traveling and checking into hotels. Click on the underlined Spanish words to hear how they're pronounced.