2. Discuss how Edison and his life and
would focus on improving inventions
that he believed would make money
and how he developed entire systems,
not just parts.
3. Review how the Industrial Revolution
changed how many products were
created, often making them cheaper/
more affordable but also taking jobs
away from skilled craftsmen. It also
opened the way to many new
inventions.
4. After watching videos and having
discussions. Students will list on paper
all of the inventions room by room that
they can think of that they have in
their homes and then they will divide
them into helpful technology and
entertaining technology using
worksheets from Thomas Edison’s
Inventions in the 1900s and Today:
From “New” to You! http://edsitement.neh.gov/
lesson-plan/thomas-edisons-inventions-1900s-and-today-new-