Grade 4-9: The Automobile and the Airplane

Passage to Progress: The Automobile and the Airplane
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HEC-TV 2007-08 Honorable Mention
Helen Headrick

utilization@hectv.org

8390 Delmar Blvd

Suite 211

St Louis, MO 63124

United States

Phone: (314) 432-3476
Education: Grade(s): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

A study of American progress from the 19th to 20th centuries would not be complete without looking at the impact made on people’s lives by innovations in transportation. As the “Gateway to the West,” St. Louis and transportation go hand in hand, dating from fur traders ascending the Missouri River in pirogues, to immigrants steaming up the Mississippi on ships, to its development as a railroad hub and the creation of a highly competitive automobile industry, to Lindbergh’s historic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis, and into the future with the Boeing Company’s aircraft.In this program we’ll look at two significant events in U.S. transportation history that are also part of St. Louis history and investigate how these innovations changed lives and created opportunities for progress. First, we’ll look at St. Louis’ large role in America’s early automotive industry as the car took America down new roads. And then we’ll take to the air by looking at innovations in flight inspired by the Orteig Prize and Lindbergh’s famous trans-Atlantic journey. We’ll be live from the National Museum of Transportation located in St. Louis for an up close look at some of these innovations.Curriculum materials for this program include two HEC-TV documentaries dealing with the topics for this program: Shifting Gears (about the St. Louis auto industry, and Flight City (about St. Louis’ role in the airline industry). You will receive a DVD copy of the documentaries after enrolling for the program. They can be used to help prepare students for the program or as an additional resource with more detailed information to use after the program.

60 minutes

1/22/2009
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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