This enquiry aims to introduce students to one of the industrial titans of the USA – Henry Ford.  The primary focus is assessing Ford’s historical significance.  Moreover, the lesson consolidates the earlier enquiry on the causes of the economic boom in the 1920s and deals with a number of the same themes, including the growth in wages and the increasing ubiquity of the motorcar.  It is highly active, uses a good balance of resources and film clips. It won’t fail to engage and stretch.

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Lessons presentation – PowerPoint

Lesson write up – PDF

Resource 1: Sources – PDF

Resource 2: Cards – PDF

Worksheets 1a,1b and 2: Significance grids – PDF