Unit Three: Lesson FourTechnological
Monopolies/Inventions
Kirby
World History
CHS
UNIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
North Clackamas School District Social
Studies Priority Standards:
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HK 2. Analyze the complexity and
investigate causes and effects of significant
events in World History.
LESSON FOUR : DAILY LEARNING TARGET
I Can….Describe in writing
Technological Monopolies and Create
three Invention Ideas.
USE THE CORNELL NOTE TEMPLATE FOR
OF YOUR NOTES TODAY!
Focus Up and……
Relax and enjoy the ride
In History Class!
Technological
Monopolies.
“Necessity is the
mother of invention”
Plato
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Write this quote down in your notes!
What does this saying mean?
Discuss in your group.
Come up with two examples from
history in your group (There are
thousands, millions!)
• Each group will share out.
Five main causes for industrial growth
during the second half of the 1800s
1860-1920
Railroads
Inventions
Natural
Resources
Human labor
and talent
Capital
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1860
1887 – Granville T. Woods
created a telegraph to work
on trains
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1870
1879 – Thomas Edison
makes the first incandescent
light bulb
from 1860-1890
1876 – Alexander Graham
Bell invents the telephone
Prominent Inventions
1885 – John S. Pemberton
introduces a new drink:
Coca-Cola
1877 – Felix Hoffman
produces aspirin
1866 – Alfred Nobel creates
dynamite
Philadelphia Exhibition
1905 – Albert Einstein
introduces E=mc2 theory
1900 – Ferdinand Zeppelin
introduces the zeppelin
from 1891-1920
1903 – Wilbur and Orville
Wright build first airplane
1895 – Wilhelm Roentgen
discovers x-rays
Prominent Inventions
1910
1900
1890
Some inventions look good
on the drawing board and in theory!
and not
so good in
practice
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Back to Timeline
Some are quite
shocking
Indeed!
Nikola Tesla
What are these inventions which have shaped American life?
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Kodak Instamatic Polaroid Instamatic
Polaroid’s camera patent
prevailed and won $910 mil.
[Sought $12 bil.] Polaroid had
accused Kodak of infringing on
10 instant photo patents and
it took 14 years to make it to
the Supreme Court.
Because of the digital revolution
Polaroid filed for bankruptcy.
Patents
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Company
5,896 IBM
4,551 Samsung
3,094 Microsoft
2,252 Cannon
2,482 Panasonic
2,246 Toshiba
2,150 Sony
1,653 Intel
1,490 LG Electronics
1,480 Hewlett-Packard [H-P]
New 2-wheeled shoes
for beginners[HX2].
Drox
Among entertainers “still breathing”, Madonna made the most at $150 M.
[forbes.com/deadcelebs]
6. Marilyn Monroe
7. John Lennon
8. Albert Einstein
9. Bettie Page
10. Steve McQueen
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Good times, great taste
McDonald’s
Give us a week, we’ll take off the weight.
Slim Fast
Where’s the beef?
Wendy’s
Make a run for the border.
Taco Bell
Milk chocolate melt’s in your mouth, not in your hands
M&M’s
• You think this is wrong.
It is a little gift from mother nature.
• Boost Mobile
[2-foot long underarm hair, flowing in the wind]
Tall Tower
Exhibition
Materials
-1 sheet of paper
-1 pair of scissors
-10 inches of masking tape
-5/6 inventors in a group
-15 minutes to work
Who can design and
construct the tallest
tower?
Tower must be freestanding…
Work On Your “Why People Invent” Assignment Now
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.”
- Gandhi