Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: Wright Brothers

Beautiful, well-done site from the Smithsonian on the Wright Brothers: Who were they and what was the importance of the era they ushered in? Their roots are traced back to the Great Migration. Classroom activities and interactive...

Explore this virtual museum and learn the history of the Wright brothers and their determination to fly.

Three interactives in an online exhibition about the Wright Brothers. The first is an engineering activity on the forces of flight, and is accompanied by a lesson plan for Grades 6-8. The second is a gallery of original artifacts related...

This site, presented by the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, offers a peek into the life and inventions of Thomas Edison. Content is focused mainly on Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory and his invention of the first practical...

This resource briefly explains how, with the development of the Model T, the Ford Motor Company became the largest automobile manufacturer in the world during the early 20th century.

Classroom activities, interactive experiments, timelines, and other artifacts that celebrate the Wright brothers' first flight.

Biographical details about the Ohio-born Wright brothers, who ushered in the aerial age with their invention of the first powered airplane.

The Henry Ford Museum showcases the 1896 Duryea, one of America's first gasoline-powered automobiles.

Orville Wright's account of his and his brother's first three airplane trial flights.

This site from John Wiley & Sons examines Henry Ford and the Model T. It provides an in-depth description of how Henry Ford solved production challenges and worker shortages. Read about the other automobile companies that survived in...