Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, WorksheetsDate Posted: 8/7/2008
This activity guide accompanies the exhibition America on the Move. It delivers a variety of historical primary source materials from the exhibition directly to your classroom. Through these documents and activities, students can build a deeper understanding of how transportation shaped American commerce, communities, landscapes, and population migrations. It is one of the many resources connected to the online exhibition entitled America on the Move, which focuses on transportation in US history.
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In the 1950s, the station wagon became a staple of America's new suburban landscape and a ubiquit...
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Ride a train with a friendly conductor who teaches a young boy how to talk like a railroader.
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