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Henry Ford
By Erin

When I taught about Henry Ford, I read a short selection from a book about how he developed assembly lines, talked about assembly lines, and then we created an assembly line. We made edible cars. The students need to be
put in teams of five. You need the following materials:
1 whole graham cracker for each student
frosting
paper plates
2 Round Candies for each student (I used M&Ms)
1 Square wrapped candy for each student (I used now and laters)
Each student on a team is given a number and that is their job on the assembly line.
Person number one: Places the graham cracker on the paper

plate.
Person number two: Puts the frosting on the cracker and spreads it around.
Person number three unwraps the square candy.
Person number four places the window on the crackers (square candy)
Person number five places the 2 round candies on the bottom of the cracker for wheels.

Then we ate and talked about how the assembly line became quicker, beause we became very good at the jobs we had and we had all of the materials we needed and didn't need to spend extra time finding/getting materials.

Then I had them write about the experience. I used the sentence starter: Today we learned about Henry Ford's assembly line. I worked on an assembly line. I ____________.

The kids LOVED it! When I dismissed them at the end of the day, you should have heard what they were telling their parents!

Hope this is helpful and clear. If it's not, send me an e-mail and I will try to help!

Good Luck!