WARM - UP On page 15 of your spiral . Sketch 3 important inventions/innovation from your life time In one sentence explain how each inventions changed life as we know it. (Total 3 sentences)

Innovation notes Page 16

Thomas Edison Invented electric power Invented the light bulb Provided affordable power Invented the light bulb Replaced kerosene lamps and gas lights Increased productivity Invented phonograph First recordings of sound First played was Mary had a Little Lamb

Alexander Graham Bell Advances in communication Telephone Morse Code – telegraph Western Union Telegraph Company 100,000 miles of wire – 900,000 miles of wire in 30 years Telephone Communications revolution – sending speech over wires Faster communication = faster trade American Telephone and Telegraph Company= AT&T Bell’s patent ran out and allowed people profit from his invention

J. B. Sutherland Dairy products, meat, and seafood Helped establish mid-western cities Slaughter houses from cattle drive Widespread distribution of foods and expanded markets ie California grapes, Georgia Peaches, Washington apples

Refrigerated Rail Cars – J.B. Sutherland

Howe vs. Singer Sewing machine had a big impact on the textile industry Howe patented a sewing machine Singer then patented a similar machine, which used Howe’s needle Howe sued Singer; Howe won

Sewing Machine

Henry Bessemer Made steel production affordable Steel became the primary building material railroads, tall buildings, suspension bridges, nails, and wires

Bessemer Process

School House Rock - Innovations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APANtAd0AZo

Processing AT&T Slogan: Create a slogan for one of the inventions “Reach out and touch someone” “ Can you hear me now” Create a slogan for one of the inventions Slogan should answer the question: How will this invention change the world? You have 3 minutes and then you will present your marketing slogan to the class

Activity Look at the chart titled 13.2 New Inventions and Technologies. Use the information in the chart to create a line graph on the blank graph titled 13.2 New Inventions and Technologies