Grade Range: 9-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 7/7/2008
Students can learn about the history of experimentation and innovation in the design of steam-powered, internal-combustion, electric, and solar-powered automobiles. This reference page is included in the online exhibition entitled America on the Move, which focuses on transportation in US history.
Museum education, Self-paced learning modules, Thematic approach, Visual instruction
In the 1950s, the station wagon became a staple of America's new suburban landscape and a ubiquit...
vehicle, travel, 1900, economic, invention, nineteenth century, American life, 1800, technology, twentieth century, 20th century, innovation, 19th Century, social history, transportation, economy, business, museum, 1900’s, culture
A biography of the inventor Henry Ford.
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