print email comment close They Made America URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/ Description: Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that "examines America's evolution over two centuries." The site features images and profiles of the "extraordinary innovators whose ideas and entrepreneurial spirit gave birth to landmark advances like the steamboat and the 747 jetliner, and cultural touchstones like the Barbie doll and CNN. Profiles of each innovator can be viewed chronologically, geographically, and by category." Also includes resources for teachers and an "Innovators Tournament" game. Publisher: WGBH Library of Congress Subject Headings: Entrepreneurship Inventions Inventors -- Biography Technological innovations United States -- History LII Database Information: Record 10652 created by Maria Brandt on 11/09/2004 Last modification on 11/16/2004 Published: 11/09/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10652