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Directions

Click the picture on the slides to read

and learn about Alexander Graham Bell
and Thomas Edison.
Answer questions one through six on
the worksheet using the websites.
Answer questions seven and eight on
the worksheet using what you learned.
After completing the worksheet, some
links are available to activities.

Alexander Graham Bell

Bell was born in
Edinburgh, Scotland
on what date?

Alexander Graham Bell

Why is the date

March 7, 1876
significant?

Alexander Graham Bell

Besides the
telephone, name
one other invention
created by Bell.

Thomas Edison

Edison was born in

Milan, Ohio on what
date?

Thomas Edison
On what date did
Edison conclude his
experiment and
announce his
invention of the light
bulb?

Thomas Edison

Name one of the

forms of lighting that
Edisons light bulb
replaced.

Technologys Effect
Based on what you
know, how did the
telephone and the
light bulb change
technology in the
United States and
around the world?

Technologys Effect

Based on what you

know, how did the
telephone and the
light bulb change
society in the United
States and around
the world?

Activities

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out Alexander Gr
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Activities

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