Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Decade That Roared

For Students 5th - 8th
A very brief overview of the decade between the end of World War I and the Great Depression.
Activity
National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Henry Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography on the automotive engineer, Henry Ford.
Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Henry Ford Biografia (Espanol)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Henry Ford. Ford's great ideas were to improve the inventions around him and to produce them very efficiently. Good links to pictures and other information.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Henry Ford and the Model T

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry Ford created the Model T car, the first affordable automobile, and in 1913 introduced mass production of automobiles.
Handout
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Henry Ford

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from MIT Invention Dimension is a brief profile of Henry Ford focusing on the Assembly Line.
Article
University of Washington

University of Washington: United Auto Workers (Uaw) Locals 1937 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
History of the United Auto Workers (UAW) with maps showing the spread of the UAW from 1939 through the late 1940s.