Horatio Nelson Jackson and his co-driver, Sewall Crocker, aboard the Vermont.
"Bud", Jackson's bulldog, wearing his goggles.
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"Horatio's Drive" Project Page for Mrs. Kelly's, Mrs. Blubaum's, and Mrs. Simpson's Fantastic Fourth Graders |
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Horatio Nelson Jackson and his co-driver, Sewall Crocker, aboard the Vermont. |
"Bud", Jackson's bulldog, wearing his goggles. |
Dr. H. Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker, his chauffeur, finished the first transcontinental automobile trip at half-past four o'clock yesterday morning.
On their arrival, the mud besmirched and travel stained vehicle which had borne them so faithfully and sturdily over fifty-six hundred miles of roads between the Pacific and the Atlantic was housed in a garage in West 58th Street. All day yesterday it was visited by admiring automobilists, and curious passersby peeped in upon it. In honor of its achievement it was decorated with tiny flags and draped with national standards.
The thick coating of mud gave evidence that it had been somewhere and that somewhere a long way off. A broken mud guard and a sprung front axle alone attested the hard knocks it had had on its long journey.
The New York Herald
What the project is all about...
We'll be doing one of the lessons from the Horatio's Drive... it's called Family Road Trips. (Click on the blue, underlined link to see the lesson.) Your teacher and Mr. Hutchison will be giving you more details about this as we get started in the project and watch the film. What we'll be doing is interviewing adults about car trips they took where they were younger, and then writing about what they told us. We'll also be drawing some pictures of Horatio Nelson Jackson, Sewall Crocker, and Bud the Bulldog as they went on their trip, too.
Resources
Want to learn more about how to do an oral history project? Want to find out more about Horatio Nelson Jackson, why he named his car the "Vermont", and why Bud the Bulldog wore goggles? Check out these resources for answers!
Indiana University Center for the Study of History and Memory (Use this page for tips on how to successfully interview an oral history subject.)
This page on the Holt, Rinehart, and Winston site is a good framework for an interview sheet. (Note: you will need to have the Adobe Acrobat plug-in to read this page.)
Check out this National Public Radio page for information about the film, the book, and an interview with Dayton Duncan, co-producer of Horatio's Drive.
Here's the Horatio's Drive main web site. You'll find a lot of information about Horatio Nelson Jackson, Sewall Crocker, Bud, the Winton (that was the brand name of the car), and the trip.
Here's the Horatio's Drive educators' page. This page includes links to the various lessons that were created for the film.
Here's an interview with Horatio's Drive producer on the ClassicCar.com web site.
This ClassicCar.com story is about Peter Kesling, an orthodontist and antique car collector from La Porte, Indiana, who restored a 1903 Winton and retraced Horatio Nelson Jackson's route during the summer of 2003.
This Wichita Eagle (Kansas) newspaper story highlights the making of the film.
Project resources
We'll be adding materials regarding the projects here. Stay tuned for new files!
Do you need another copy of the parental permission slip for the project? If so, click HERE
Did you forget your copy of the question sheet your teacher made? Click HERE for a new copy!
Do you need another copy of the questions about the film that Mrs. Kelly made? Click HERE
Need a copy of Mrs. Blubaum's assignment sheet for the project? Click HERE
Project web pages
Once a class completed its project, the Technology Curriculum Facilitator's office assisted in developing a web page including a class picture and student work. Each page includes a class picture as well as student writing and art work. Pages also include an e-mail link for interested persons to e-mail the class to comment on the projects.
Mrs. Valerie Kelly's class project page
Mrs. Linda Simpson's class project page
Mrs. Julie Blubaum's class project page
Persons with questions or wanting more information about the Horatio's Drive project are also welcome to e-mail the Vincennes Community Schools Technology Curriculum Facilitator's office by clicking on the graphic below.
