It's an early winter morning in rural Indiana, and Russell Bishop is getting ready to drive his school bus route. His daughter Mary Lou is with him, and his double-deep orange school bus is parked outside the family farm's barn. An interactive station lets you hear what life was like for the children who rode this bus.

Concepts

transportation

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Additional Tags

school bus, 1930s transportation, america on the move: on the school bus: martinsburg, indiana 1939, smithsonian, transportation by roads

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)