Everything you need to understand or teach The Great Bridge by David McCullough.
The Great Bridge links politics, engineering and human drama in telling the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, from 1869 to 1883.
Realizing each community stands to benefit from a land link between them, Brooklyn and Manhattan politicians obtain from the New York Assembly a charter for a private company to build a bridge. They appoint Henry Murphy, former mayor of Brooklyn, to President of the New York Bridge Company...
The Great Bridge Lesson Plans contain 132 pages of teaching material, including:
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