History Explorer Results (8)
Related Books (8)
Resource Type(s):
Artifacts, Primary Sources
Pennsylvania Germans near the Conestoga River first made Conestoga wagons around 1750 to haul freight. By the 1810s, improved roads to Pittsburgh and Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) stimulated trade between Philadelphia, Baltimore, and settlers near the Ohio River. Wagoners with horse-drawn C
Resource Type(s):
Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
In these classroom activities developed for the exhibition America on the Move, students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including historical maps and answer questions about them to learn more about railroads, transportation, raci
Resource Type(s):
Primary Sources, Lessons & Activities, Worksheets
In these classroom activities, developed for the exhibition America on the Move, students will use visual, analytical, and interpretive skills to examine primary sources including a historical map and answer questions about them to learn more about global consumption, productio
Resource Type(s):
Reference Materials, Primary Sources
Students will learn how commerce on the Great Lakes, canals and rivers played an important role in the development of the country in this section of On the Water: Stories from Maritime America, an online exhibition. The country's vast system of rivers and lakes has helped
Resource Type(s):
Reviewed Websites
The AAR Website promotes the utilization of freight rail as a viable, eco-friendly, alternative to trucks when hauling freight across the United States, and all of North America. AAR members include the major freight railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as Amtrak, and are ba
Resource Type(s):
Reference Materials
Students can learn more about American railroads during the 20th century. This reference page is included in the online exhibition entitled America on the Move, which focuses on transportation in US history.
Resource Type(s):
Reference Materials, Primary Sources
The National Museum of American History's online transportation collection includes more than a thousand artifacts and photographs. Browse the collection by selecting multiple categories, eras, and regions. This collection object search is included in the online exhibition entitled America on
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
In this interactive game, students explore the changes in America transportation over time as they match a variety of vehicles with their destinations and time periods. This interactive is included in the online exhibition entitled America on the Move, which focuses on transportation in
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School
Ride a train with a friendly conductor who teaches a young boy how to talk like a railroader.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
Text and illustrations show the process and purpose of creating the eight-wheeler locomotive.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
A young girl learns how mail is delivered to her father as he works on an offshore freighter.
Author:
Michael O. Tunnell
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School
When a young girl can't afford to go visit her grandmother by train, her family discovers a less costly way for her to travel - by mail.
Reading Level:
High School
A pictorial chronology of the growth of the railroad system.
Reading Level:
Late Elementary School
An exploration of the impact of trains on American life.
Reading Level:
Early Elementary School,Late Elementary School,Middle School
A detailed history of one of the earliest steam locomotives in American history, rich with intricate pen and ink drawings
Author:
William L. Withuhn
Reading Level:
High School
An illustrated account of steam railroading.