Here we go! Today is our LAST formal day of Social Studies!!!
Let's talk a little about how the United States became more modern. We had a 2ND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!! Take out your notebooks and let's write a few notes:
Thomas Edison & Electricity:
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/amex27-soc-edelectriclight/wgbh-american-experience-edison-electric-light/
Alexander Graham Bell & Telephone:
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/americon-vid-alexander-graham-bell/video/
Henry Ford & the Model T:
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.engin.design.techcars/the-impact-of-technology-cars/
Aircraft Industry:
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/aeroeng-sci-eng-early/creating-an-aircraft-industry/
After you research the invention you chose, answer the following question:
How was the invention you chose historically significant?
Finally, write your 1/2 page (10 sentence) Primary Source Journal Entry.
Let's talk a little about how the United States became more modern. We had a 2ND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!! Take out your notebooks and let's write a few notes:
- 2nd Industrial Revolution (1870s-1900s)
- Industrial Revolution
- A change to how things are done in the field of industry
- Learned about one in the early/mid 1800s
- Many new inventions will be created:
- Lightbulb
- Telegraph
- Telephone
- Automobile
- Airplanes
- Radio
- Industrial Revolution
Thomas Edison & Electricity:
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/amex27-soc-edelectriclight/wgbh-american-experience-edison-electric-light/
Alexander Graham Bell & Telephone:
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/americon-vid-alexander-graham-bell/video/
Henry Ford & the Model T:
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.engin.design.techcars/the-impact-of-technology-cars/
Aircraft Industry:
illinois.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/aeroeng-sci-eng-early/creating-an-aircraft-industry/
After you research the invention you chose, answer the following question:
How was the invention you chose historically significant?
Finally, write your 1/2 page (10 sentence) Primary Source Journal Entry.