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… and the number of cars rolling off the production lines was increasing. [Ready to drive away].
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Automobile Trends in the Early Twentieth CenturyAutomobile Trends in the Early Twentieth Century
How can primary sources help us better understand the collection and interpretation
of data?
In the early twentieth century, the design of automobiles was ever-
changing…
In the early twentieth century, the design of automobiles was ever-
changing…
[First and ten millionth Ford].
… and the number of cars rolling off the production lines was
increasing.
… and the number of cars rolling off the production lines was
increasing.
[Ready to drive away].
We will investigate a primary source from 1927 about the
automobile industry that will help us practice our graphing and
estimation skills.
We will investigate a primary source from 1927 about the
automobile industry that will help us practice our graphing and
estimation skills.
Facts and figures of the automobile industry [1927].
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Facts and figures of the automobile industry [1927].
Page 8 of 99
Use estimation to construct 3 graphs:1) Year/Number 2) Year/Wholesale Value 3)
Year/Value Per Unit
Now construct 3 graphs using the actual data:
1) Year/Number 2) Year/Wholesale Value 3) Year/Value Per Unit
How accurate were your estimation graphs?
Do you notice anything interesting?
Wholesale Value
$0
$500,000,000
$1,000,000,000
$1,500,000,000
$2,000,000,000
$2,500,000,000
$3,000,000,000
$3,500,000,000
1899
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
Number
0500,000
1,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,0004,000,0004,500,0005,000,000
1899
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
Value Per Unit
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
1899
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
How accurate were your estimation graphs?
Do you notice anything interesting?
Number
0500,000
1,000,0001,500,0002,000,0002,500,0003,000,0003,500,0004,000,0004,500,0005,000,000
Wholesale Value
$0
$500,000,000
$1,000,000,000
$1,500,000,000
$2,000,000,000
$2,500,000,000
$3,000,000,000
$3,500,000,000
Value Per Unit
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
The End.The End.
