3.  February 11,1847  Milan Ohio  Small house  Dads business failed  At age 12 Thomas took a job selling food

4.  Read books=science and philosophy  At 17 took a telegraph in Canada  Began to hate mathematics  Asked to repair telegraphic machine showed gold prices in 1869  Didn’t do well in school teachers said he was stupid

5.  Light Bulb  Phone Graph  Telegraph  Motion Pictures  Talking dolls

6.  Married Mary and she died in 1884  Thomas got married again to Mina Miller in 1885  Proposed to both in a very unusual way  Registered 1093 patents and had made millions from his inventions  Thomas passes away in 1931

7.  Dads name=Samuel  Moms name=Nancy  Had hearing problem  Middle name was Alva  Copied experiments from books  Parents knew he was special kid  Extremely energetic kid  Created more than 1000 devices

8.  http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/th omasedison.html http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/th omasedison.html  http://www.k8.ebonline.com/elementary/sear ch?query=Thomas+Edison&ct=&x=28&y=14 http://www.k8.ebonline.com/elementary/sear ch?query=Thomas+Edison&ct=&x=28&y=14  Thomas Edison and electricity By Steve Parker