Ford's Moving Line: teacher key

How Cars Are Made, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Learn how cars are drawn, pressed, painted and built on a line, and how Ford's moving line changed it.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. When did Ford's moving line first run?
   • October 2013
   • October 1913 (answer)
   • October 1813
2. How long did a Model T take after the line started?
   • 12 hours
   • One week
   • About an hour and a half (answer)
3. What did a new Model T cost at first?
   • $850 (answer)
   • $8
   • $85,000
4. What are body parts first made from?
   • Clay
   • Big rolls of steel or aluminum (answer)
   • Wood
5. Why can a car have 30,000 parts or 2,000 parts?
   • Cars change size
   • Nobody counts
   • It depends on whether you count every screw (answer)

Words

• chassis: car frame
• presses: metal squeezers
• primer: first coat