Great American Inventors,

New Farming Technology

    The Age of Industry ( 1865-1900) was a great 
age of free enterprise or capitalism marked by major technological advancements and unprecedented industrial expansion in all regions of the country.

    5 ingredients that made America a great 
                                industrial nation
    1.  people with character 

     2.  an economic system that encouraged 
            individual initiative and enterprise

     3.  abundant resources/ new inventions & discoveries

    4.  large labor supply

    5.  Cheap transportation

Inventors change American Life 

    Civil War inventions  sole-sewing machine, 
              packaged cereals, canned food

Alexander Bell 1876  patented the telephone

Watch How the Telephone Works 5 min video:

Watch The New Media (utube) 4.5 min video:

Watch The New I Pod Telephone 2 min video:

Thomas Edison  AKA the greatest inventor  in history and the "Wizard of Menlo Park"     1.  said  " genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration"     2.  invented the light bulb and hundreds of ways  to use electricity

Advances in Agriculture

1.  gasoline and diesel tractors led to increased production fewer farmers could produce more crops.

    2.  crop rotation  -  planting a different crop each year so you don't deplete the soil of nutrients

3.  Contour plowing, use terracing and contour plowing techniques to preserve the soil. 4.  irrigation

    George Washington Carver
 

George Washington Carver 1.  Set important example for freemen.  2.  Received education and excelled in scientific research. 3.  Discovered over 100 different uses for the peanut and sweet potato.

    4-H Clubs    young farmers group 
                    head, heart, hand, and health

Photo Credits:

Bell / telephone: http://www.copper.org/applications/telecomm/images/historical014.JPG

Thomas Edison: http://www.bu.edu/webcentral/learning/fireworks2/graphics/thomas_edison.jpg

Ford 1: http://www.ssbtractor.com/features/Fordson_New_Major.jpg

Contour Plowing: http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/media/lrArt0401.jpg

4H: http://pearl.agcomm.okstate.edu/video/vidp21fa.gif

Irrigation: http://www.ifmaonline.org/imagesfieldlarge.jpg

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.