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You are going somewhere. For some of you this is a delightful excursion to see one of the great events of the century. For others the trip is born of necessity, hunger or a tragedy.

• See Entertainment, People and Holidays, Excursions and Trips for ideas about your trip and its purpose.
• Read the fictional journal of Jenny Brown about her family's journey in a Model-T from Waterford, Michigan to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Find pictures and maps to record how you get there and what you see along the way and at your journey's end.
• Where do you travel and with whom? Tell the story of your trip in journal entries.

Think about...

• During the "Great Migration" (1910-1920) between 300,000 and 1,000,000 African Americans moved north to take unskilled factory jobs at manufacturing plants boosting production for World War I.
• The third wave of immigration (1890-1914) now brought 15 million Austro-Hungarians, Turks, Lithuanians, Russians, Greeks, Italians and Romanians, as well as more English, Irish, Germans, Scandinavians and others from northwestern Europe to settle mainly in cities.
• Between 1900 and 1910 automobile registrations rose from 8,000 to 469,000.
• The Golden Age of streetcars (1890-1920) was marked by an increase of ridership from 2 to 15.5 million passengers a year.