Turn of the century in america unit lesson 3 - ford and lindbergh - power point
1. Cultural Changes inCultural Changes in
Technology in the 1920sTechnology in the 1920s
A Look at Henry Ford and CharlesA Look at Henry Ford and Charles
LindberghLindbergh
2. ObjectiveObjective
By the end of the lesson, SWBAT
analyze how specialization helped
people be more productive.
By the end of the lesson, SWBAT
analyze how the transatlantic flight
changed the way people travel.
3. VocabularyVocabulary
Assembly Line - A process to make things
where a bunch of people have a task and
together they make one single product.
Specialization - When a person or a business
concentrates on doing one task when making
something rather than the entire object.
Transatlantic - Across the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Henry FordHenry Ford
Henry Ford lived between the
years 1863 - 1947.
He created of the Ford Motor
Company in 1903.
6. Henry FordHenry FordFord understood that cars could be very
useful for people.
Ford understood that cars shouldn’t just
be for the rich. He wanted to make them
affordable for the lower and middle classes
as well.
However, cars were still very expensive
when Ford started thinking about how
useful cars truly were.
Cars could be useful!
7. Henry FordHenry Ford
What do you think Ford tried and
eventually was able to do to get cars
in the hands of normal Americans?
9. Henry FordHenry Ford
Using specialization Ford was able to change
the way machines were built.
Before specialization cars and many machines
were built by one person.
He used specialization by creating the assembly
line.
10. On the assembly line there are a lot of workers,
but each one of them has a very specific job and
they do that job all day long!
12. Henry FordHenry Ford
Ford used the assembly line to create the first
automobile that was cheap enough for many
families to own.
This car was called the Model - T. It was
developed in 1908 and was sold for $825. By
1916 it sold for only $360!
15. Henry FordHenry Ford
Henry Ford’s creation of the
assembly line changed how people
make things in factories.
Henry Ford’s cheap car, the Model - T,
changed how people got from one place
to another place.
16. Many companies started using the assembly
line to make things quicker.
Many companies became specialized, meaning
they started doing producing (making) one kind
of good or service.
When you are specialized you are able to
increase the amount of things people can
produce (make)
17. Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh lived between 1902 -
1974.
Charles Lindbergh was famous because
he was the first person in the world to
ever make a transatlantic flight.
19. The CompetitionThe Competition
In 1919 a rich Frenchman named Raymond
Orteig said he would give $25,000 to the first
person to fly a plane from New York to Paris.9
($25,000 in 1919 = $1,000,000) today!
20. Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh
Lindbergh had enjoyed aviation his whole life,
so he decided to go after the big prize!
Tough decision
4 men had died attempting this amazing
challenge in the past!
21. LindberghLindbergh
On May 20 - 21, 1927, Lindbergh
successfully flew across the
Atlantic Ocean!
It only took him 33.5 hours
25. Charles LindberghCharles Lindbergh
Lindbergh took the Wright Brother’s invention
and showed the world that it was possible to fly
across major oceans.
Lindbergh forever changed how people get
places and travel!
Lindbergh made the world smaller!
26. Key PointsKey Points
Henry Ford helped created the assembly line.
The assembly line worked well because of
specialization.
Specialization helps to make things cheaper to
produce.
Charles Lindbergh was the first person to cross
the Atlantic ocean in an airplane.
