Montana: Stories of the Land

Chapter 17 - Montanans on the Move: The Coming of the Automobile, 1904 - 1940

Websites and Online Lesson Plans

The National Park Service's "Teaching with Historic Places" program has an in-depth lesson plan on Going-to-the-Sun Road. 

The online Smithsonian exhibit, "America on the Move" examines many of the themes discussed in this chapter on a national level.

The University of Montana Special Collections Library has created an online exhibit: Transportation In & Around Missoula.

Possible Fieldtrips

Montana Auto Museum, Deer Lodge 

Conrad Transportation and Historical Museum, Conrad 

Picadilly Transportation Memorabilia Museum, Butte
 

Alignment to Content Standards and Essential Understandings Regarding Montana Indians (EU)

Tests and Answer Keys