Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Wright Brothers: Who Were Wilbur and Orville?

For Students 9th - 10th
Classroom activities, interactive experiments, timelines, and other artifacts that celebrate the Wright brothers' first flight.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Wright Brothers Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn numerous fun facts about the first powered airplane flight by the Wright Brothers and the Birth of Aviation.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: You Are There, First Flight

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about archives and primary sources as they research original historical documents. While preparing an imaginative first-person account as if witnessing an historical event, they learn to appreciate the value of the...
Website
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of the u.s. Safe for Democracy Webisode 11

For Students 9th - 10th
Webisode 11 - Safety for Democracy. The history of the United States is presented in a series of webisodes, within each are a number of segments.Included are links to lesson plans, teacher guides, resources, activities, and tools.