Diary of a Driver (Activity Three) | Horatio's Drive
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Diary of a Driver (Activity Three) | Horatio's Drive
Students explore and document the historic elements of Horatio's journey by creating a fictitious journal in Jackson's voice. Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson accepted a gentleman's bet in 1903 and drove from San Francisco to New York City in a Winton touring car. On the centennial of Jackson's achievement, Ken Burns and Florentine Films made a documentary film that follows his historic - and hilarious - journey. Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip is a one-episode, two-hour film.