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Peer reviewedKohlstedt, Sally Gregory – Science, 1980
The history of the Journal "Science" is described as it relates to problems in publication, editors, financing and collaboration. The success of the journal is attributed to the backing by prominent patrons including two inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. (SA)
Descriptors: Editing, Interdisciplinary Approach, Inventions, Journalism
Download full textSchur, Joan Brodsky – 2001
In 1876 Americans held a Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) to celebrate the nation's birth 100 years earlier. Machinery Hall drew the most admiration and wonder. Alexander Graham Bell exhibited the first telephone, and Thomas Alva Edison presented the automatic telegraph, one of more than 1,000 inventions he would patent in his…
Descriptors: Government Role, Industrialization, Inventions, Patents
Bartels, Dede – 1999
In this 10th grade social studies and language arts interdisciplinary unit, students research and report on historical figures from the turn of the 20th century. Students are required to work in pairs to learn about famous and common individuals, including Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Gompers, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt, Booker…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black History, Cooperative Learning, Grade 10
Singleton, Laurel R., Ed. – Source: A Newsletter of Practical Teaching Ideas for American Memory Users, 2002
This publication contains classroom-tested teaching ideas. For grades K-4, "'Blessed Ted-fred': Famous Fathers Write to Their Children" uses American Memory for primary source letters written by Theodore Roosevelt and Alexander Graham Bell to their children. For grades 5-8, "Found Poetry and the American Life Histories…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Poetry, Primary Sources
Judd, Michael; Lacasse, Jane; Smith, Monica; Reilly, Katie – 2002
A Smithsonian exhibition was developed that looked at invention in an innovative way. It aimed to encourage visitors to make connections between their own lives and abilities and those of inventors. The role of play in the invention process was examined. Play is a universal and familiar activity and can help people find the link between their own…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Elementary Education, Exhibits, Inventions
Schafer, Liza, Comp. – 1994
Suggesting that reading plays aloud is an effective way to promote literacy and history in the grade 4-8 classroom, this book presents 22 short, readers' theater plays about extraordinary American men and women. The plays in the book are designed to enrich classroom learning by building oral literacy, fostering a knowledge of American heritage,…
Descriptors: Acting, Biographies, Class Activities, Creative Dramatics
