For thousands of years, people dreamed of flying like birds. In 1903, two brothers from Ohio made the dream come true. Wilbur and Orville Wright built a flying machine and flew it at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The first flight lasted only 12 seconds — shorter than a TV commercial — but it changed the world!
Around the same time, Henry Ford found a way to build cars quickly on an assembly line, where each worker added one part as the car rolled by. Cars became cheap enough for ordinary families.
Soon Americans were driving to work and flying across the sky. The world felt smaller — and faster — than ever before.
1. Who flew the first airplane, and in what year?
2. How long did the first flight last?
3. What was Henry Ford's assembly line?
4. How did cars and planes make the world feel?
Write what each word means in your own words.
Write T for true or F for false in each circle.
Write W for the Wright brothers or F for Henry Ford.
| Clue | W or F? |
|---|---|
| We built the first flying machine. | |
| I built cars on an assembly line. | |
| Our first flight lasted 12 seconds. | |
| I made cars cheap enough for families. | |
| We flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. | |
| We were brothers from Ohio. |
1. The first flight was only 12 seconds. Why was it still one of the biggest moments in history?
1. The first airplane flew in .
2. It was built by the brothers.
3. The first flight lasted seconds.
4. Henry built cars quickly.
5. He used an line.
6. Cars became cheap enough for ordinary .
Draw the Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk — the flyer in the air and the sandy beach below!
| I learned... | Circle one |
|---|---|
| Who flew the first airplane | YES / NOT YET |
| How Henry Ford changed car-making | YES / NOT YET |
| How travel changed America | YES / NOT YET |