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African American Inventors and Inventions
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Subject: | Language Arts,
Technology,
Social Sciences,
U.S. History
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Grade: | 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Brief Description
Students learn about inventions created by African Americans and complete a work sheet about the information learned.
Objectives
Students
- define the words invention, inventor, and patent;
- demonstrate ability to research information about African American inventors, using Internet or library print sources;
- use the information to correctly complete a work sheet about African American inventors and their inventions.
Keywords
African American, inventors, inventions, information, reading comprehension
Materials Needed
copies of the Education World work sheet African American Inventors and Inventions
printouts from Partial List of African American Inventors
library sources about African American history
pens or pencils
computers with Internet access (optional)
Lesson Plan
Discuss the meanings of the words invention, inventor, and patent.
Tell students that African Americans invented many of the devices we use today and used in the past.
Provide each student with a copy of the Education World teaching master African American Inventors and Inventions and copies of printouts from
Partial List of African American Inventors.
Have students use information on the Partial List of African American Inventors Web page to complete the work sheet.
Variation for younger students: Work together as a class to complete the work sheet.
Variation for older students: Organize students into small groups. Tell students they must use print sources only, such as library books, magazines, or textbooks, to find the answers to the questions on the work sheet.
Extensions for older students: Have students research additional inventions developed by African Americans from
The Black Inventor Online Museum
The Top Ten African-American Inventors
Black Inventors A to Z
Have students use print or online sources to learn background information about some of the inventors on those Web pages.
Assessment
Evaluate students' work sheet answers.
ANSWER KEY:
1. True, 2. True, 3. False, 4. True, 5. False, 6. False, 7.True, 8. False, 9. True, 10. True.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Lois Lewis
National Standards
Language Arts:
NL-ENG.K-12.1
NL-ENG.K-12.3
NL-ENG.K-12.7
NL-ENG.K-12.8
NL-ENG.K-12.9
Social Science:
NSS-USH.K-4.3
NSS-USH.5-12.3
NSS-USH.5-12.4
NSS-USH.5-12.5
NSS-USH.5-12.6
NSS-USH.5-12.7
NSS-USH.5-12.8
NSS-USH.5-12.9
NSS-USH.5-12.10
Technology:
NT.K-12.1
NT.K-12.3
NT.K-12.5
Originally published 01/29/2001
Links last updated 02/01/2006
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