http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Chicago, the Transit Metropolis"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=845http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=845<p>This online exhibition explores the role of transportation in American history. Students will learn about communities wrestling with the changes that new transportation networks brought; how cities change, suburbs expand, and farms and factories become part of regional, national and international economies; and hear the stories of people who travel for work and pleasure, and move to new homes. This online exhibition also includes an interactive collection search, thematic essays by museum staff and guest curators, interactive games and learning resources for the classroom and home.</p> <p>The website includes the following subsections: <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_1_1.html">Transportation in America before 1876</a>; <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_2_1.html">Community Dreams</a> (Santa Craz, California); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_3_1.html">Delivering the Goods</a> (Watsonville, California); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_4_1.html">A Streetcar City</a> (Washington, D.C.); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_5_1.html">People on the Move</a>; <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_6_1.html">the Connected City</a> (New York, New York); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_7_1.html">Crossing the Country</a>; <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_8_1.html">Americans Adopt the Auto</a>; <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_9_1.html">Lives on the Railroad</a> (Salisbury, North Carolina); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_10_1.html">The People's Highway: Route 66</a>; <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_11_1.html">Roadside Communities</a> (Ring's Rest, Muirkirk, Maryland); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_12_1.html">Family Camping</a> (York Beach, Maine); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_13_1.html">On the School Bus</a> (Martinsburg, Indiana); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_14_1.html">Suburban Strip</a> (Sandy Boulevard, Portland, Oregon); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_15_1.html">City and Suburb</a> (Chicago and Park Forest, Illinois); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_16_1.html">On the Interstate</a> (I-10); <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_17_1.html">Transforming the Waterfront</a> (San Francisco, California and Oakland, California); and <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_18_1.html">Going Global</a> (Los Angeles, California)</p>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:12:13 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=4091http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=4091<p>In this episode of the History Explorer&nbsp;podcast series, curator Larry Bird discusses the development of holiday parades, department store window displays, and light shows and examines larger issues in American culture&nbsp;in the late nineteeth through mid-twentieth centuries including&nbsp;&nbsp;urbanization, suburbanization, and consumerism. The teacher guide includes discussion questions and related resources.</p>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:51:22 GMT