Search
- Reading Rainbow "Borreguita and the Coyote" Family Literacy Kit, 1999-2008 - From 1983 until 2006, <em>Reading Rainbow</em> aimed to encourage a love of books and reading in children. The show won over 250 awards, including 26 Emmys, and earned the title of the most-watched PBS program in classrooms. The program's commitment to literacy also extended outside of the show itself, through sponsorship of programs like this literacy kit.
- 1999-2008
- Collections - Artifact
Reading Rainbow "Borreguita and the Coyote" Family Literacy Kit, 1999-2008
From 1983 until 2006, Reading Rainbow aimed to encourage a love of books and reading in children. The show won over 250 awards, including 26 Emmys, and earned the title of the most-watched PBS program in classrooms. The program's commitment to literacy also extended outside of the show itself, through sponsorship of programs like this literacy kit.
- "A Practical Workshop in Cultural Literacy: Americans and Germans Working Together," 1998 - When the German company DaimlerBenz merged with Chrysler in 1998, employees had to negotiate the culture clash. This manual, produced for Chrysler employees, gave American engineers tools for understanding their German colleagues' communication and work styles, complete with a list of common misunderstandings and how to address them.
- 1998
- Collections - Artifact
"A Practical Workshop in Cultural Literacy: Americans and Germans Working Together," 1998
When the German company DaimlerBenz merged with Chrysler in 1998, employees had to negotiate the culture clash. This manual, produced for Chrysler employees, gave American engineers tools for understanding their German colleagues' communication and work styles, complete with a list of common misunderstandings and how to address them.
- The Many Forms of Literacy - When we think of literacy, we often think of mastering the ability to read and write – but literacy is more than that. Literacy can include the ability to communicate effectively not only with words but with numbers, technology, or a host of other physical, social, and informational skills. Here are just a few literacy-related collections from The Henry Ford.
- November 02, 2023
- Collections - Set
The Many Forms of Literacy
When we think of literacy, we often think of mastering the ability to read and write – but literacy is more than that. Literacy can include the ability to communicate effectively not only with words but with numbers, technology, or a host of other physical, social, and informational skills. Here are just a few literacy-related collections from The Henry Ford.
- It’s in a Book (Bag) — Reading Rainbow Family Literacy Kit - Assembled by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), this colorful backpack features English- and Spanish-language versions of Borreguita and the Coyote, a VHS tape of a television episode based around the book, and bi-lingual activity booklet and board game designed to let families practice their language skills together. This kit was likely given to a library, community center, or school for distribution, before eventually making its way into The Henry Ford’s collection in 2024.
- June 10, 2025
- Collections - article
It’s in a Book (Bag) — Reading Rainbow Family Literacy Kit
Assembled by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), this colorful backpack features English- and Spanish-language versions of Borreguita and the Coyote, a VHS tape of a television episode based around the book, and bi-lingual activity booklet and board game designed to let families practice their language skills together. This kit was likely given to a library, community center, or school for distribution, before eventually making its way into The Henry Ford’s collection in 2024.
- Let’s Tech Together - How do we want to form a community online, navigating, creating, and adapting online spaces for our collective survival? Diana J. Nucera explains how the COVID-19 pandemic might provide an opportunity to rethink the Internet.
- March 09, 2021
- Collections - article
Let’s Tech Together
How do we want to form a community online, navigating, creating, and adapting online spaces for our collective survival? Diana J. Nucera explains how the COVID-19 pandemic might provide an opportunity to rethink the Internet.
- Agriculture in Today's Classroom - Learn how The Henry Ford is partnering in the Michigan Agriculture in the Classroom initiative to provide educators with standards-based lessons in multiple classroom subjects on local agriculture.
- November 16, 2016
- Collections - article
Agriculture in Today's Classroom
Learn how The Henry Ford is partnering in the Michigan Agriculture in the Classroom initiative to provide educators with standards-based lessons in multiple classroom subjects on local agriculture.
- Celebrating 90 -- Collecting through the Decades: 1930s - The Henry Ford marks its 90th anniversary in 2019. In celebration, The Henry Ford's curators have taken a decade-by-decade look at how our collections have grown -- through significant additions and evolving philosophies. This set looks at some of the objects and archives collected during the 1930s.
- February 25, 2019
- Collections - Set
Celebrating 90 -- Collecting through the Decades: 1930s
The Henry Ford marks its 90th anniversary in 2019. In celebration, The Henry Ford's curators have taken a decade-by-decade look at how our collections have grown -- through significant additions and evolving philosophies. This set looks at some of the objects and archives collected during the 1930s.
- Innovation Virtual Learning Series Recap: Week 5 - Access recordings and additional resources related to this week's innovation virtual learning series programming, focused on information technology and communications.
- May 01, 2020
- Collections - article
Innovation Virtual Learning Series Recap: Week 5
Access recordings and additional resources related to this week's innovation virtual learning series programming, focused on information technology and communications.
- We Shall Overcome: The 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation that forever changed the lives of many people of color in the United States and set the course for other groups to pursue their full rights as citizens. Yet, despite the successful legislation, many Black people and other people of color across the United States, particularly in the South, continued to be denied the right to vote.
- August 01, 2025
- Collections - article
We Shall Overcome: The 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation that forever changed the lives of many people of color in the United States and set the course for other groups to pursue their full rights as citizens. Yet, despite the successful legislation, many Black people and other people of color across the United States, particularly in the South, continued to be denied the right to vote.
- Voting in America - From the founding of the nation, there has never been a common American voting experience. Methods vary across states, counties, and municipalities, reflecting differing and ever-evolving ideas about how to vote -- and who should participate. Because changes that address problems with voting systems invariably create new ones, the story of voting in America is one of constant reform.
- October 15, 2020
- Collections - Set
Voting in America
From the founding of the nation, there has never been a common American voting experience. Methods vary across states, counties, and municipalities, reflecting differing and ever-evolving ideas about how to vote -- and who should participate. Because changes that address problems with voting systems invariably create new ones, the story of voting in America is one of constant reform.