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John Glenn: Astronaut/senator
A concise biography which describes the highlights of the life of John Glenn. Two photos are included in this site.
Curated OER
Image of an Egyptian Drawing Water
Obviously instrumental in Egypt's growth as a magnificent civilization, the Nile's annual inundation provided Egyptians with food and transportation.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Twentieth Century
Review the history of England in the twentieth century. Look into the homes, religion, clothes, events, and transportation of the time.
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: Iraq
Has information about Iraqi history, people, geography, climate, economy, and more. Click on the map image to get more details and an enlarged view. The information covers up to 1993.
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: Bolivia
This resource on Bolivia is full of useful information to help with a research project. Covers geography, climate, people, history, economy, and more. Click on the maps to enlarge them.
Other
First Flight: First Transatlantic Flight 1919
A succinct FirstFlight.org site that examines the trials and tribulations of the first flight across the Atlantic under the direction of Lieutenant Commander Albert Read.
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: Paraguay
Quick reference tool for finding facts, information, and statistics on the South American country of Paraguay. Click on the maps to enlarge them.
InterKnowledge Corp.
Exploring Mali
A very brief, yet informative page in which you will find an overview of Mali, its location, geography and climate, history and people.
Curated OER
Telegram From Father Lacombe Assuring Pm Macdonald of Crowfoot's Loyalty, 1885
This website is for kids, prepared by the National Library of Canada. The Kids Site of Canadian Trains explains the role railways have had in important events in Canadian history. This page on the Northwest Rebellion includes information...
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Photograph of Father Albert Lacombe Standing in Front of a Tree, Around 1913
This website is for kids, prepared by the National Library of Canada. The Kids Site of Canadian Trains explains the role railways have had in important events in Canadian history. This page on the Northwest Rebellion includes information...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Maglev Trains 1984
The railroad industry began in the frontier days, magnetic levitation has moved it squarely into the space age.
Other
Estonia Facts and Comments
A personal site that offers many geographical and demographic information on Estonia. There are also links to government sites, economic sites, travel sites, and academia sites.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Collective Learning (Part 4)
In the final essay of a four-part series, David Christian explains how advances in communication and transportation accelerated collective learning.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gallery: The Modern World
Innovations in transportation, communication, and weapons transformed the world in the 20th century. The modern era is the most complex yet, and the most fragile. This photo gallery highlights some of these innovations.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The Second Industrial Revolution
An overview of the achievements that occurred during the second Industrial Revolution are found on this site. It includes information on gas and electric power, communications, public transportation, the motor and flight industries, and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Simple Machines From Pyramids to Skyscrapers
Simple machines are devices with few or no moving parts that make work easier, and which people have used to provide mechanical advantage for thousands of years. Students learn about the wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane,...
Curated OER
Merriam Webster: Visual Dictionary Online: Caravel
Illustration of a caravel, a sailing ship.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Al: Montgomery Union Station and Trainshed
Constructed in 1898, this is an example of late 19th-century commercial architecture. It served as the focal point of transportation into Montgomery. The train shed is significant in that it shows the adaptation of bridge-building...
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Georgians
Learn more about the Georgian Era of British history with this reference page! Page includes information about the homes, clothes, religion, transportation, inventions, and much more during this time period.
Curated OER
Washburn Mud Wagon
Travel back in time to see what the pioneers used for transportation and to do their daily work. Great pictures of wagons of the west including the chuck wagon, spring wagon, farm wagon, and freight wagon.
Curated OER
Mahta 11 Passenger Wagon
Travel back in time to see what the pioneers used for transportation and to do their daily work. Great pictures of wagons of the west including the chuck wagon, spring wagon, farm wagon, and freight wagon.
Curated OER
Chuck Wagon
Travel back in time to see what the pioneers used for transportation and to do their daily work. Great pictures of wagons of the west including the chuck wagon, spring wagon, farm wagon, and freight wagon.
Curated OER
Spring Wagon
Travel back in time to see what the pioneers used for transportation and to do their daily work. Great pictures of wagons of the west including the chuck wagon, spring wagon, farm wagon, and freight wagon.
Curated OER
Farm Wagon
Travel back in time to see what the pioneers used for transportation and to do their daily work. Great pictures of wagons of the west including the chuck wagon, spring wagon, farm wagon, and freight wagon.