US History - CCHS

Inventor's Convention

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/edison/aa_edison_subj.html

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/carver/aa_carver_peanut_1.html

American Inventors

Thomas Edison

George Washington Carver

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/innovators_hi.html

Databases

You can translate the text into many different languages on some databases. Look for the "Translate" link.

To hear the article read to you, look for the "Listen" or "play" symbols.

https://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/Topics/Display/5

http://school.eb.com/levels/high

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/engl88921?db=SMPS

Once you have typed in a topic, you can choose the article level you would like to read.

http://school.eb.com/levels/high

Use the speaker icon to listen to the article.

http://www.factcite.com/index.html

http://link.galegroup.com/apps/portal/00000000MXMJ/UHIC?u=engl88921&xid=93873ed6

World Biography

https://sites.google.com/a/cherrycreekschools.org/us-history---cchs/inventions-ela-2/Scientific%20American%20logo.jpg

If you can work with the fairly high reading level of this database you will be rewarded with great descriptions of inventions, and sometimes great pictures of their functionality.

EBooks

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=engl88921

https://online.salempress.com/toc.do?bookId=276&bookTitle=Great%20Lives%20from%20History%3A%20Inventors%20%26amp%3B%20Inventions&bookCategory=History

*Search "inventors" for several books about inventors of different technologies*

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