Topic 1: Pick your inventor.
1. Absorb.
Begin your search to find the perfect inventor to talk about in your summary. Below is a video introducing you to a few inventors. There are many other inventors listed below the video as well.
To the left is a list of all the inventors that can be used for this project. Written in pink are the inventors that are women. Choose the inventor that you are most excited about covering!
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Male InventorsThomas Edison- Lightbulb
Walter Camp- Football Walt Disney- Disney Company James Watt- Steam Engine Charles and Wilbur Wright- Airplane Ben Franklin- Lightning Rods Michael Jackson- locking mechanism for the heel of a shoe Steve Jobs- Apple George Washington Carver- Many inventions using peanuts Nikola Tesla- AC electricity James Naismith- Basketball Clarence Birdseye- Frozen Food Galileo- Telescope Louis Braille- Braille Writing System Chad Hurley- YouTube Mark Zuckerberg- Facebook Charles Babbage- First Mechanical Computer Tim Berners lee- Internet Levi Strauss- Blue Jeans Johannes Gutenberg- Printing Press Alexander Graham Bell- Telephone Ole Kirk Christiansen- Lego William Morrison- Cotton Candy Milton Hershey- Hershey Chocolate Company |
Female InventorsRuth Grave Wakefield- Chocolate Chip Cookies
Beulah Louise Henry- Sewing Machine Amanda Jones- Vacuum method of canning Melitta Bentz- Coffee Filter Marie Van Brittan Brown- Home Security System Ruth Handler- Barbie Doll Ann Moore- Snugli Baby Carrier Ellen Eglin- clothes wringer machine Tabitha Babbitt- American Tools (circular saw) Mary Anderson- Windshield Wiper Margaret E. Knight- Flat Bottomed Paper Bag Stephanie Kwolek- Kevlar Marion Donovan- Disposable Diapers Madam C. J. Walker- Hair Products |
Writing Reminder!
You will need to write in first person for your module. Check the infographic for a quick reminder!
2. Do.
Open the Google Form to choose your inventor! You may do some research first. As inventors get chosen, they will disappear. If an option is not available, that means it has already been chosen by another student. No worries, there are over 30 choices. We have plenty of options!
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3. Connect.
Please go to Google Classroom and find an assignment called “Connect Activity for ‘Writing a Summary’ Module”. Follow the directions and open the document. Your first goal is to write one sentence stating your inventor’s name in first person.
Example: “Hello, my name is Henry Ford.” Anytime you work on Google Classroom, check your document for Google Doc comments from Miss King. She will be leaving suggestions and tips on how to make your writing piece even better.
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