Steamboats
Free Presentations in PowerPoint format
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The Life of Robert Fulton – The Artist, Inventor, and Civil Engineer
Robert Fulton – Inventor of the Steamboat
See Also: The Industrial Revolution, The American Industrial Revolution
For more links, lessons and loads of other goodies for teachers and kids, continue on to see what Mr. Donn has for Transportation, the Industrial Revolution and World History.
For Kids
Science Project – Making a Steam Powered “Rocket Boat”
Who Made America with PBS – Robert Fulton
For Teachers
Lesson Plan on Early American Engineers: Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston
Mickey Mouse and Steamboat Willie – Read Think Write
Impact of the Steamboat on Western Development