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Photograph
of Edison used with permission from the
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection. |
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Seeking
positive role models for students
Thomas Alva Edison born February 11, 1847 160th celebration of his birth "silent brilliance", "perseverance", "lifelong learner" |
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"Develop
success from failures.
Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." Dale Carnegie (quote from Leading Quotes) |
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Perseverance!:
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison
by Peter Murray |
Science
Hero: Thomas Alva Edison
by Josh K |
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Thomas
Alva Edison
1847-1931 Edison Invents! Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian Institution his life, his invention, his thoughts |
Genealogy.com
Ancestry of Thomas Alva Edison Biography.com Thomas Alva Edison Edison's Family Album great photographs |
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National
Archives and Records Administration
Thomas A. Edison's Patent Application Primary resource document |
Edison's
Home Page
http://www.thomasedison.com/ quotes, photo gallery and greatest achievements Thomas Edison Exhibit Brockton, MA (Historical Society) |
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America's
Story: Thomas Edison
http://www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/edison timeline in history, streaming video of motion picture invention and failed inventions |
PBS's
The American Experience
Edison's Miracle of Light http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/ teacher's guide with further readings older students |
Thomas A. Edison Papershttp://edison.rutgers.edu/ biography, patents, companies, images, family timeline |
The
Inventions of Thomas A. Edison
http://inventors.about.com/library/ inventors/bledison.htm background of his invention with suggested links |
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Home
School Learning Network: Thematic Unit
Thomas Alva Edison http://www.homeschoollearning.com /units/unit_09-06-01.shtml |
Thank
You, Mr. Edison at American Memory
Electricity, Innovation and Social Change Teacher Lesson Plan http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ ndlpedu/lessons/99/edison/intro.html |
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The
Inventions of Thomas Edison
Phonograph, Lightbulb and Motion Pictures http://inventors.about.com/library /inventors/bledison.htm |
Edison's
Time Line of Inventions
National Museum of Natural History http://americanhistory.si.edu/ lighting/scripts/s19t.htm |
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Edison
After Forty
http://americanhistory.si.edu/edison/ |
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Virtual Web Museums |
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Living
on Internet Time, In Another Age
New York Time Online Article (Abstract of article) |
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Edison
Birthplace Museum
Milan, Ohio http://www.tomedison.org/ Take a tour of the museum, view a timeline of his inventions, and browse the gift shop. |
Edison
National Historic Site
West Orange, NJ http://www.nps.gov/edis/home.htm See the patent list, view movie and sound clips and historic photographs |
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Teaching
with Historic Places:
The Invention Factory: Thomas Edison's Laboratories
Lesson
for Teachershttp://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/ lessons/25edison/25edison.htm |
Henry
Ford Museum Online Exhibits
Thomas Edison and the Menlo Park Laboratory http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/edison/ |
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Thomas
Edison Depot Museum
http://www.phmuseum.org/depot/depot.htm |
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WebQuests
and Related Themes
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Inventor
of The Millenium
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/ middle/Science/InventoroftheMillenium /inventionwebquest.htm |
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American
Memory: Inventing
Entertainment
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html Focuses on the motion and sound recordings |
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Movies
of Ellis Island by Thomas Edison
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