Learn about American contributions to the development of transportation–from the invention of the wheel to the first airplane. This printable features two pages of nonfiction text about transportation firsts. It includes a map that notes where the first steamboat, steam locomotive, automobile, and airplane originated.
Learn About Transportation Firsts
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U.S. History Little Books Famous Events
Encourage youngsters to learn about people, places, and events in American history by making and reading their own Little Books.
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