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Daniel Grossman: Airships: Lz 129 Hindenburg

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the design, history, and crash of the Hindenburg airship. Includes flight plans, engineers' drawings, and photos of the interior and exterior. Many first- and second-person accounts of seeing the Hindenburg can be...
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Wichita State University: The Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
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Airship and Blimp Resources: History of Hot Air Airships

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the invention of the hot air airship by Don Cameron in the 1970s, and the evolution of its design and production over the years.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Boy Scouts in an Airship by G. Harvey Ralphson

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel Boy Scouts in an Airship by G. Harvey Ralphson.
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History Today: The Hindenburg Disaster and the End of the Airship Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing the history of the Hindenburg, with videos of it in flight and of it crashing.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Tom Swift and His Airship by Victor Appleton

For Students 4th - 9th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, an adventure multi-chapter book from 1910, written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main...
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Ibis Communications

Eyewitness to History: Crash of the Hindenburg

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource explores the crash of the Hindenburg in 1937. Listen to radio reporter Herbert Morrison's riveting broadcast as he discusses the explosion of the giant airship.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Early Aviation

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums about early aviation. Learn more about key innovators and technologies from early flight experimentation and the invention of the hot air balloon to...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Sky Glider

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you build a blimp (airship) that travels in a straight path across the room? Give this one a try.
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Curated OER

Hindenburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
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Curated OER

Letter, Page 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
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Curated OER

Landing of Graf Zeppelin

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
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Curated OER

Passenger List

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
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Curated OER

Newspaper Article From Asbury Park Press, 1987

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
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Curated OER

Harold G. Dick, C. 1935

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
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Curated OER

Interior View of Hindenburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
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Curated OER

Interior View of Hindenburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
Graphic
Curated OER

Interior View of Hindenburg

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
Graphic
Curated OER

Zeppelin

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
Graphic
Curated OER

Fin 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit about one engineer's role in the designing and making of passenger airships or 'zeppelins'
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: G. Harvey Ralphson

For Students 3rd - 6th
This site features the author G. Harvey Ralphson including the following novels for young readers: The Boy Scout Camera Club, Boy Scouts in a Submarine, Boy Scouts in an Airship. Boy Scouts in Mexico, Boy Scouts in Southern Waters, and...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice by Victor Appleton

For Students 4th - 8th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, an adventure multi-chapter book written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main character competes...
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Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Aviation

For Students 9th - 10th
Module with visual history of aviation in America. Students and teachers can find videos on topics beginning with pioneers in aviation, WWI and WWII, Airships and more. Links to related resources can be found on this site.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers by Victor Appleton

For Students 5th - 8th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, an adventurous, multi-chapter book written by the ghost writer Victor Appleton. In this book's quest, the main characters...