9. A. How Did We Ever Live Without It?: Below are listed some of the inventions that changed daily life in the Industrial Era and beyond. Research each, finding the inventor, year invented, and country. Use the following sites, as well as "General References" and other resources available to you, to create an illustrated timeline. (72 pts.)

A LINK TO INVENTORS (6-12) - Inventor of the Week Archives: Links to hundreds of inventors. Includes a short biography and picture. Organized alphabetically. http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/invent/www/archive.html

INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES OF THE MILLENIUM: http://www.bookitprogram.com/archives/98-99/bibliography.asp

• Incandescent light bulb
• Fountain pen
• Telephone
• Carpet sweeper
• Railroad sleeping car
• Riveted blue jeans
• Electric telegraph
• Microphone
• Typewriter
• Underground cable railway
• Airplane
• Barbed wire
• Electrical transformer
• Celluloid
• Passenger elevator
• Refrigerated railway car
• Electric motor
• X-ray machine
• Zipper Steel
• Linotype
• Fountain pen
• Flat-disk record player
• Contact lenses

B. Research the following African-American inventors: Jan Matzeliger, Granville T. Woods, Garrett A. Morgan, George Washington Carver. Create an illustrated, 4 panel brochure, that includes biographical information as well as information on their invention(s). (60 pts.)

C. Which of the above inventions (9A) have made the greatest impact on your daily life? Why? (5 pts.)

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