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Materials Needed: -Various reference materials about inventions and inventors from different fields such as communication, transportation, technology, medical, recreational, scientific, foods, etc. (See Extensions for link to Unit Plan for Bibliography) -Several different types of reference materials (for example, encyclopedia, Weblinks, chart, timeline, reference book, photo, etc.) for each communication invention/inventor (i.e., telegraph/Morse, telephone/Bell, wireless telegraph which led to the radio/Marconi, television/Farnsworth, Magnetic Tape Recorder/Marvin Camras, CD/Russell, personal computer/Jobs and Wosniak, and WWW/Berners-Lee) (See Attached Files for sample Reference List) -Background Information for the teacher (See Attached Files) -Sample Graphic Organizer, one teacher copy (See Attached Files) -Writing surface, such as a dry erase board, a chalkboard, or chart paper to draw a graphic organizer on -Markers or chalk -Inventions and Inventor Cards, one set (See Attached Files) -Great Invention Summary, one per small group (See Attached Files) -Photographs of selected inventions and inventors (See Attached Files) -Small bag or hat for the Inventions and Inventors Cards -Student Web Lesson Max and Mavis and the Case of the Missing Inventors, Part 1: Communication (See Web Links) -Summative Assessment 1 , one copy per student. (See Extensions for link to Unit Plan)

Author: Laurie Ayers

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Tags / Keywords: Communication, Inventions, Inventors

Found in: 3rd Grade • 4th Grade • 5th Grade • February • History • Language Arts • Social Studies