| Site: How Stuff Works
Address: howstuffworks.com
Grade Levels: All
Description: This site provides in-depth explanations on the function
of a variety of products and technologies. There is an area that
just focuses on automobiles.
Site: For Gold and Glory
Address: pbs.org/forgoldandglory/index.html
Grade Levels: Middle-High School
Description: This site focuses on the first African American racecar
drivers and the struggles they faced. There are several lesson
plans that cover Arts and Literature, Math, Science and Technology,
and Social Studies.
Site: Way Back
Address: pbskids.org/wayback/summer/tp.html
Grade Levels: Elementary
Description: This site includes features on the history of summer
camp and also the role of the automobile in changing summer vacation
plans
Site: Scientific American Frontiers
Address: pbs.org/saf/1403/teaching/teaching2.htm
Grade Level: High School
Description: This site provides science-based lesson plans relevant
to automobiles. Featured lesson plans include model car design
and fuel cells.
Site: On the Line: People’s Century
Address: pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/teachers/
tgontheline.html
Grade Level: Middle-High School
Description: The people remember: Henry Ford, the Model T, mass
production, the moving assembly line, Detroit's River Rouge Plant,
Italy's Fiat, Stalin's industrial revolution, Stakhovites, the
United Auto Workers, labor movement, wages.
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