Transportation is a particularly important part of people’s everyday lives. People use transportation for many things. Today, we will be learning how transportation changed people's lives. We will be using the texts, "Cars Changed the World", and "Boats and Beyond" and the outside source I found online, “Car Facts for Kids.” So, let’s zoom in and start learning! See what I did there? 

    First, we will be talking about how transportation became such an important thing and when the car business had its big boom. According to the text, “How Cars Changed the World” It says, “The car experienced a boom-and-bust trend throughout the 1900s. Car production lessened during the world wars and the depression of the 1930s. After World War II, the United States experienced a boom period.” The text also says, “It is often called the golden era for car manufacturing in the