Mom taught carrie and __ to drive last summer. select the appropriate pronoun

The appropriate pronoun that would complete the given sentence above is "me". The complete sentence would be: Mom taught Carrie and me to drive last summer. Why "me" and not "I". The missing pronoun is a direct object. It is the receiver of the action along with "Carrie". The pronoun "I" is a subject pronoun whereas, the pronoun "me" is a object pronoun.