MODEL T ROAD TRIP
Purpose: Imagine going across the country in the very first car, the Model T Ford. This is a journal about a fictional family going on the road in a Model T Ford in 1919.
Instructions: Go to this website.
JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT:
Read the first page, and at the bottom right hand corner, click on NEXT.
1. Read the entry for June 5, 1919. Click on next to read the rest of the entry on the next page as well. In about 2-3 sentences, tell me what this entry was mainly about.
2. Click on Table of Contents and find the entry for July 3, 1919 [We Own a Car]. What is the opinion the journal writer has in this entry? Write out the entire sentence.
3. Click here. My SUV cost $23,000.00 at the time of purchase in 2006. What is one main difference between my car and the Model T Ford in 1919?
4. Click here. This page talks about car accessories for the 1919 Model T. What is one sentence on this page that was persuasive? What is one accessory that you cannot buy today for a regular car?
5. Click here and read the journal entry for August 10, 1919. The Brown family left for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day. What is a rural dirt road?
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