Biography
Henry Ford (1863-1947) Henry Ford helped to create a country which is mobile by mass producing and marketing the Model T automobile. Through his efforts, the automotive industry became world-wide. As a young boy, Ford worked on a farm, at a shipbuilding firm, and for a company which serviced steam engines. During the winters he worked at building his own engines. He built and drove his first automobile in 1896. The Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, and he developed the Model T by 1908. Ford used mass production to reduce the price of the Model T, and he worked to perfect the assembly line.
Video Notes
In your Social Studies Notebook take detailed notes about Henry Ford to help you along with your assignment. Also, listen how you can make connections with terms that are used in the video, you might hear a few familiar terms learned in Science about simple machines.
Assignment
Login to Pebble Go, search for Henry Ford under the biography tab, write and answer the following questions in your Social Studies Notebook:
b. gas engine
c. computer
d. bicycle
5. Henry's first machine was created in what year? What did he call his machine?
6. The Ford Motor Company started in what year?
7. How was Ford able to make the cars cheap?
8. How was Henry able to make changes to people's lives?
- When was Henry Ford born?
- Where did he grow up?
- Henry enjoyed studying ___________ and ___________ in school?
- Henry wanted to build
b. gas engine
c. computer
d. bicycle
5. Henry's first machine was created in what year? What did he call his machine?
6. The Ford Motor Company started in what year?
7. How was Ford able to make the cars cheap?
8. How was Henry able to make changes to people's lives?
Activity
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Vocabulary Terms
- assembly line- an arrangement of machines and workers in a factory where work passes from one person or machine to the next until work is complete
- industry- a branch of business or trade
- carriage - a vehicle with wheels that is usually pulled by horses
Fun Facts
- Henry worked as an engineer at the Edison Illumination Company where he met Thomas Edison.
- His first try at an automobile company was in collaboration with Thomas Edison and was called the Detroit Automobile Company.
- Ford had Edison's last breath saved in a test tube and you can still see the test tube at the Henry Ford Museum.
- In 1918 he ran for a US Senate seat, but lost.
- He was a race car driver early in his career.
Instructional Resources
- Great Minds Think Alike
- Pebble Go
- Fact Monster
- Brain Pop
- Biographies
- Henry Ford: Father of the Modern Assembly Line
- Student Encyclopedia
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