Additional Resources:
* Alabama Department of Transportation
* Indian Trails to Interstates: The Story of Alabama’s Road System
Download chapters on the history of roads
* Bessie Coleman Robinson Collection Early Roads
* Encyclopedia of Alabama
* Alabama Bronze Map
Use the bronze map of Alabama to locate imagesof importance in relationship to transportation in Alabama. When visiting
* Alabama Bronze Map - John Bankhead
* Father of the US Highway
* Alabama Bronze Map—Rooster Bridge
Related Links:
* Discovering Alabama APT Video: Alabama’s Rivers
* The History of Roads
* The History of Cars
* The Federal Road
* Old Federal Road
* Natchez Trace
* Henry Ford-Automobiles
* The History of Transportation: Railroads—APTPlus Discovery streaming video Complete with teacher’s guide and quiz
* America on the Move: Life on the Railroad—APTPlus Thinkfinity activity
* The History of Railroads
* Old Alabama Rails Homepage
* Rivers of Alabama
* Transportation and Alabama’s Rivers
* Transportation and Alabama’s Rivers Map
* Early American Roads and Trails
* Alabama Transportation
* Alabama’s Scenic River Trail
* Stagecoach Route
* How Automobiles and Trucks Affect the Places They Go (01:54) Video
Alabama Course of Study 4th Grade Describe the impact of population growth on cities, major road systems, demographics, natural resources, and the natural environment of Alabama during the twentieth century SS16.603.48b. Significant places in present-day AL: Transportation routes SS16.603.48a. Significant places in present-day Alabama: Cities SS33 Places and Regions 10th Grade Correlates to Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies 10th Grade Content Standard 7, p. 72
