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- Teaching Driver and Traffic Safety Education, circa 1965 - This textbook doesn't teach driver education -- it teaches how to teach driver education. It was produced by the American Automobile Association, which had moral and monetary interests in reducing auto accidents. Driver education was a standard part of American high schools from the 1930s through the 1990s, until public school budget and curriculum concerns shifted training to private schools.
- circa 1965
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Teaching Driver and Traffic Safety Education, circa 1965
This textbook doesn't teach driver education -- it teaches how to teach driver education. It was produced by the American Automobile Association, which had moral and monetary interests in reducing auto accidents. Driver education was a standard part of American high schools from the 1930s through the 1990s, until public school budget and curriculum concerns shifted training to private schools.
- Road to Survival, 1948 -
- 1948
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Road to Survival, 1948
- Innovative Inspiration - Learn how the educational resources of The Henry Ford inspired one of our 2016 Teacher Innovator Award winners.
- September 07, 2016
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Innovative Inspiration
Learn how the educational resources of The Henry Ford inspired one of our 2016 Teacher Innovator Award winners.
- "Education," Clip from Interview with Steve Wozniak, August 18, 2008 - American computer engineer Stephen Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs in 1976. Wozniak's inventions and machines--he created the Apple 1 and Apple II computers--contributed greatly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 80s. In 2008, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Wozniak at the Computer History Museum in California as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- August 18, 2008
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"Education," Clip from Interview with Steve Wozniak, August 18, 2008
American computer engineer Stephen Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs in 1976. Wozniak's inventions and machines--he created the Apple 1 and Apple II computers--contributed greatly to the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 80s. In 2008, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Wozniak at the Computer History Museum in California as part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
- Driver Education and Training Manual for High School Teachers, 1940 - This textbook doesn't teach driver education -- it teaches how to teach driver education. It was produced by the American Automobile Association, which had moral and monetary interests in reducing auto accidents. Driver education was a standard part of American high schools from the 1930s through the 1990s, until public school budget and curriculum concerns shifted training to private schools.
- 1940
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Driver Education and Training Manual for High School Teachers, 1940
This textbook doesn't teach driver education -- it teaches how to teach driver education. It was produced by the American Automobile Association, which had moral and monetary interests in reducing auto accidents. Driver education was a standard part of American high schools from the 1930s through the 1990s, until public school budget and curriculum concerns shifted training to private schools.
- "Advocate for Education," Clip from Interview with Alice Waters, March 10, 2015 - Alice Waters founded and owns Chez Panisse Restaurant, the flagship of "California cuisine," a culinary innovation focused on locally sourced organic foods, prepared with precision and care. Waters also founded the Edible Schoolyard to reform school lunch programs and engage children in food literacy. In 2015, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Waters about her passion for good food.
- March 10, 2015
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"Advocate for Education," Clip from Interview with Alice Waters, March 10, 2015
Alice Waters founded and owns Chez Panisse Restaurant, the flagship of "California cuisine," a culinary innovation focused on locally sourced organic foods, prepared with precision and care. Waters also founded the Edible Schoolyard to reform school lunch programs and engage children in food literacy. In 2015, staff from The Henry Ford interviewed Waters about her passion for good food.
- Lesson: Resources and Location - Ford Motor Company built the Rouge Plant with the ability to create automobiles from raw materials. In this photograph, the boat docks and huge coal, iron ore and limestone bins are visible. In 1948, about 850,000 tons of ore and 2,500,000 tons of coal arrived by boat and filled these bins to be used towards building Ford cars.
- July 08, 2010
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Lesson: Resources and Location
Ford Motor Company built the Rouge Plant with the ability to create automobiles from raw materials. In this photograph, the boat docks and huge coal, iron ore and limestone bins are visible. In 1948, about 850,000 tons of ore and 2,500,000 tons of coal arrived by boat and filled these bins to be used towards building Ford cars.
- Mack Model CY Bus, "Board of Education" School Bus, August 1938 - Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1900, Mack Brothers Company relocated to Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1905 and adopted the name Mack Trucks in 1922. Sightseeing buses were the company's first products, and school buses were a natural extension of that business. Mack built more than 22,000 school, transit, and intercity buses before ending bus production in 1960.
- August 01, 1938
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Mack Model CY Bus, "Board of Education" School Bus, August 1938
Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1900, Mack Brothers Company relocated to Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1905 and adopted the name Mack Trucks in 1922. Sightseeing buses were the company's first products, and school buses were a natural extension of that business. Mack built more than 22,000 school, transit, and intercity buses before ending bus production in 1960.
- Oldsmobile Special Driving Controls for Handicapped Persons and Driver Education Programs, 1965 - This booklet features specialized automobile controls offered by Oldsmobile in the mid-1960s. Special adapters, used to operate accelerator and brake pedals by hand rather than by foot, made cars more accessible for drivers of differing abilities. Dual brake controls, with a second brake pedal mounted on the passenger side, were used in student-driver cars.
- 1965
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Oldsmobile Special Driving Controls for Handicapped Persons and Driver Education Programs, 1965
This booklet features specialized automobile controls offered by Oldsmobile in the mid-1960s. Special adapters, used to operate accelerator and brake pedals by hand rather than by foot, made cars more accessible for drivers of differing abilities. Dual brake controls, with a second brake pedal mounted on the passenger side, were used in student-driver cars.
- Ford Motor Company Employee Victory Garden Plot No. 1, Garden Educational Service, July 1944 -
- July 21, 1944
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Ford Motor Company Employee Victory Garden Plot No. 1, Garden Educational Service, July 1944