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Inventors and Inventions Theme Unit

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Reading Comprehensions
Inventors
     Mary Anderson, Inventor of the Windshield Wiper (Grades 7-8)
     Alexander Graham Bell (Grades 8-9)
     Benjamin Banneker (Grades 5-7)
     Louis Braille (Grades 3-4)
     William Seward Burroughs
     Joshua Lionel Cowen (Grades 4-5)
     John Deere (Grades 7-8)
     Charles Drew (Grades 5-7)
     The Duryea Brothers (Grades 3-4)
     George Eastman (Grades 9-12)
     Thomas Alva Edison - Bright Ideas (Grades 4-6)
     Thomas Edison: The Wizard of Menlo Park (Grades 7-8)
     Thomas Edison (Hi/Lo Grades 3-5)
     George W. G. Ferris (Grades 8-9)
     Henry Ford (Grades 7-9)
     Sir Alexander Fleming (Grades 6-8)
     Benjamin Franklin (Grades 7-8)
     Johannes Gutenberg (Grades 9-10)
     Jack Kilby: Bringing in the Future (Grades 6-8)
     Margaret E. Knight (Grades 6-7)
     Cyrus McCormick (Grades 8-9)
     Elijah McCoy (Grades 4-5)
     Garret A. Morgan, Inventor of Safety Devices (Grades 5-6)
     Samuel F. B. Morse
     Louis Pasteur (Grades 8-9)
     Nikola Tesla (Grades 9-12)
     Jethro Tull (Grades 5-6)
     George Westinghouse (Grades 8-9)
     Eli Whitney (Grades 4-6)
     Eli Whitney (Grades 7-8)
     Granville T. Woods (Grades 5-7)

Inventions
     What Is Your Favorite Color? (Grades 2-3)
     The Swoosh (Grades 2-3)
     More Than Up and Down (Grades 2-3)
     Zip It Shut With Velcro (Grades 3-5)
     A Bad Trick (Grades 3-6)
     The Real Toy Story (Grades 4-5)
     Who Invented Chopsticks? (Grade 4-6)
     The Invention of Masking Tape (Grades 4-6)
     Adopting Your Own Cabbage Patch Kid (Grades 4-6)
     Is There Really a Rubik Who Invented a Cube? (Grades 4-6)
     The Polaroid Camera (Grades 5-6)
     The Inventors of Coca-Cola (Grades 5-7)
     Inventors of Recipes (Grades 5-7)
     Inventors of the Guitar (Grades 5-7)
     Get Your Pictures Instantly (Grades 5-7)
     Building a Lego World (Grades 5-7)
     The Greeks: Masters of Invention, Part 1 (Grades 5-7)
     The Greeks: Masters of Invention, Part 2 (Grades 5-7)
     Inventors of the Wheel (Grades 6-7)
     The Invention of Chewing Gum (Grades 6-7)
     Inventors of Toys (Grades 6-8)
     Steam Power (Grades 6-8)
     Inventors of the Alphabet (Grades 8-9)
     The Inventors of Penicillin (Grades 8-9)
     Inventions for Babies (Grades 8-9)
     Inventors of the Automobile Engine (Grades 9-12)
     Inventors of the Radio (Grades 9-12)
     Inventions to Overcome Disabilities (Grades 9-12)

Read and Color

The Master of Invention

A Hotel on Wheels

Sarah E. Goode: Inventor of the Hideaway Bed

John Deere

Kid Inventor: Becky Schroeder and the Glo-Sheet

A Tale of Two Brothers

Going Up? The Invention of the Elevator (PDF file)

Chester Greenwood: Boy Inventor

Copy That: The Xerox Story

A Soft-spoken Genius: George Washington Carver

Taking Care of Yourself: The Band Aid

The Big Wheel: G.W. Ferris, Jr. and the Ferris wheel

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Bulletin Board

Inventors Bulletin Board (black and white) Inventors Bulletin Board (color)

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Inventors and Inventions Analogies

Inventors and Inventions Analogies

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Writing
Inventions Draw and Write

Inventions Draw and Write

Writing Prompts
     Writing Prompts - Inventors

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