Americans Adopt the Auto

Object Details

Description: Online exhibit examining how cars became a significant part of American life. In response to the changes that 'auto mobility' brought, the nation developed an elaborate system of laws, commerce, and customs as well as a slew of businesses including gas stations, tire shops and garages. This is the eighth section of the online exhibition America on the Move.
Use Rights Links: http://www.si.edu/termsofuse/
Educational Use: Reading, Visual/Spatial
Learning Resource Type: On-Line
Educational Role: student, teacher
Time required: 30 min
Interactivity Type: Expositive
Accessibility Feature: structuralNavigation
Accessibility Hazard: noFlashingHazard, noMotionSimulationHazard, noSoundHazard
Accessibility Control: fullMouseControl

Educational alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.7; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.7; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.8

Topic: American History; Transportation; Ford; Model T; Assembly line; Typical age range 8-10; Typical age range 10-12; Typical age range 12-14; Typical age range 14-16; Typical age range 16-18